It's got everything: scientist, rich promoter guy, monster hunter, monster. Just like many monster movies, sadly, the monster bites the dust. Scientist and rich promoter guy get into spat:
Holyoak said Hogzilla weighed in at half a ton on his farm scales, and that he personally measured the hog's length at 12 feet while the freshly killed beast was dangling by straps from a backhoe.
"As with any organic being after death, tissues will decompose and the body will atrophy, making actual measurements change over time," Holyoak said. "Have you ever seen a raisin after it was a grape?"
Donnelly said the experts allowed for some shrinkage in making their final estimate.
I thought the grape thing might get Donnelly, but no. Score one for science. But there's a buried dog here... Consider the mysterious phrasing "As with any organic being after death". What else does Holyoak have running around on his ranch? Inorganic beings? Silicon cyborg death zombies? Gotta have celebrating townsfolk and villagers. Check:
Despite the dispute, this town 180 miles south of Atlanta has already adopted Hogzilla as its own. It went with a Hogzilla theme for its fall festival, with a parade featuring a Hogzilla princess, children in pink pig outfits and a float carrying a Hogzilla replica.
The Hogzilla cult instituted by the villagers after the death of the monster is a nice touch. OK. Couple of things to note. Hogzilla is big, but not any 12 feet, unless Chris Griffin is goddamn Shaquille O'Neill in high-heeled boots:
Place your thumb about where Chris's feet are and your index finger where his head is. That's six feet, more or less. Now go straight up. Hogzilla is about 8 feet, or so, don't you think. That's still a behemoth. But...
No -- you'd not see Godzilla strung up by his tootsies on an urban legends page.
UPDATE: BB's coverage. Xeni shoulda checked with Rantzilla first, no?
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