'Hogzilla' Caught, Shot In Georgia

An urban legend comes to life and meets its death in northeast Georgia.

A boar weighing 1,100 pounds was shot and killed in a Fayette County neighborhood.

Residents said the wild hog had been tearing up their yards for years. These so-called "hogzillas" have been spotted and killed in south Georgia in recent years, but the Department of Natural Resources is trying to determine if the pig shot in Fayette County this week is a state record.

People passing by the Coursey house are amazed by the boar hanging from a tree in the front yard. William Coursey, an avid hunter, shot the pig in a neighbor's yard.

Coursey said the boar is one of four that had been roaming the neighborhood, uprooting yards for seven years. He said the other three animals may have been killed previously.

He said he thought it was myth until now. Coursey and his son took the hog to a local weigh station, where it weighed in at 1,100 pounds. It's an estimated 9 feet long.

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Wild pigs currently roam 39 states in the U.S., growing upward of 500 pounds (227 kilograms) as they eat just about anything they can find, from farmers' crops to endangered turtles' eggs.

he porkers damage property, threaten domestic pig farms, and may be creating human health risks, critics say.