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>>211787 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277097,00.html FRUITHURST, Ala. The Mystery of the Monster pig appears to have been solved.
The 1,051-pound hog, shot and killed by 11-year-old Jamison Stone and the subject of a world-wide Web firestorm over the photo's authenticity, really is...
Fred.
That's "Fred" the pig, and according to Rhonda and Phil Blissitt their humongous hog escaped on April 29, four days before it was killed, according to the Star newspaper.
Late Thursday evening, their claims were confirmed by Andy Howell, Game Warden for the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.
"I didn't want to stir up anything," Rhonda Blissitt said. "I just wanted the truth to be told. That wasn't a wild pig."
Her husband agreed.
"If it went down in the record book, it would be deceiving, and we'd know that for the rest of our lives."
FoxNews so I'll get an accurate source.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/monster.pig.ap/index.html FRUITHURST, Alabama (AP) -- The huge hog that became known as "Monster Pig" after being hunted and killed by an 11-year-old boy had another name: Fred.
The not-so-wild pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot there in a 150-acre fenced area, the animal's former owner said.
Better yet: http://www.nypost.com/seven/06022007/news/nationalnews/monster_pig_was_mild_fred_nationalnews_.htm June 2, 2007 -- FRUITHURST, Ala. - The 1,000-pound hog called Monster Pig after an 11-year-old boy shot it dead had another name - Fred.
Far from feral, Fred was raised on an Alabama farm from when he was 6 weeks old, ex-owner Phil Blissitt said. Fred was sold to Lost Creek Plantation four days before his death there.
"I just wanted the truth to be told," said Blissitt's wife, Rhonda. "That wasn't a wild pig."
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