Thread: Hogzilla slated for production; and watch your bro. . .bro

Hogzilla is a new independent movie bein' produced about an oversized boar that roams the Southern woods and preys on the unfortunate:

from the Associated Press:

ALAPAHA, Ga. - Hogzilla, a near-mythical monster hog that roamed south Georgia, is about to get a little bigger.

An independent filmmaker is producing a horror movie about the super swine called "The Legend of Hogzilla," and has even enlisted the beast's killer on the set as an adviser.

"He's our hog expert," producer Rick Trimm said of guide Chris Griffin, who shot the huge porker in 2004 at a hunting preserve.

Photographs of the hog hanging from a backhoe were sent around the world, and the town of Alapaha 180 miles south of Atlanta quickly adopted Hogzilla as its own, even launching a parade in the pig's honor.

A National Geographic team confirmed the pig's existence in 2005 after exhuming the behemoth's remains. While the experts said the hog didn't exactly live up to the hype — local hunters said the pig was 12 feet long and weighed 1,000 pounds — they still discovered a mighty big hog. They estimated it weighed around 800 pounds and was probably about 8 feet long.

pic and more at: Hogzilla heads to the silver screen - Animal Peculiarity - MSNBC.com


Meanwhile, over in India, a drunken groom-to-be was bumped out of his own wedding party and replaced by his eager little bro, who stepped in to claim the bride:

from Reuters:

PATNA, India - Villagers at a wedding in eastern India decided the groom had arrived too drunk to get married, and so the bride married the groom's more sober brother instead, police said Monday.

"The groom was drunk and had reportedly misbehaved with guests when the bride's family and local villagers chased him away," Madho Singh, a senior police officer told Reuters after Sunday's marriage in a village in Bihar state's Arwal district.

The younger brother readily agreed to take the groom's place beside the teenage bride at her family's invitation, witnesses said.

Drunk groom's brother takes his place - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com


And in other news of the unusual kind. . .a strolling Kiki balancing act was busted when the cops found out the dog and cat didn't have their rabies shots and their owner had no poop scooper bags. . .the act, which features mice riding on top of a cat riding on top of a dawg. . .was temporarily pulled off the entertainment circuit. . .:

from AP:

SANTA FE, N.M. - When Gregory Pike was told he had to have a busker's license for his strolling act consisting of mice riding on the back of a cat riding on the back of a dog, he figured it would be no big deal to get the $35 license.

But Pike said that when he came out of city hall with the itinerant vendor license, he walked into city animal control officers. They gave him citations for $500 because Booger, his Rottweiler-Labrador mix, and Kitty, the gray-and-black cat, had no tags proving they had their rabies shots and had been spayed or neutered.

Pike also was not carrying the required poop bags.

Strolling dog, cat, mouse act busted - Animal Peculiarity - MSNBC.com