781 lbs, 1,800 lbs, what's a thousand pounds or so between friends? OK, so it's a slight exaggeration . . . OK, a major exaggeration . . . OK, a flat-out pile of BS . . . but hey, it
is a hog, right?
I guessed it at about 700 lbs before I read the article, and definitely a real Russian boar, but come on, folks, stretching the truth a little don't hurt it, but that size story just flat screams BS. And the pictures: if you want to be credible, stand in front of the animal when you take the picture. Like Hogzilla: first they claimed it was a wild boar 12 feet long and weighed 1,200 lbs, then when people started asking about it, the pig shrunk up a bit to 10 feet long and 1,100 pounds. But when National Geographic went and dug it up, it turned out to be a 8 foot long 800 lbs domestic pig. And let's not forget Fred the Pig, either. So, long story short (a little late for that now, ain't it??
), if we're going to exaggerate, don't get carried away.