The Hog

One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries

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True Crime, History

4.4 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The world has already considered the perils of facing 30-50 feral hogs—but has perhaps forgotten the terror and excitement that struck South Georgia in the early 2000s, when folks had to deal with one very large one: Hogzilla.

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0:00.0	Strangers, this is an episode about hunting, and there is some discussion of exhumation after hunting, so listener discretion is advised.
0:13.0	I'm Lauren Orton, and this is one strange thing, the show where we search the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:34.8	Strangers, if you'd indulge us, we're going to be doing quite a bit of time traveling today.
0:40.7	First, we thought we'd take a short trip with you, just to get warmed up. So, please, take a
0:47.1	moment to think back to 2019. Now, if in that year you spent some time pondering the topic of feral hogs, either generally
0:57.8	or specifically, you are not alone. This really is the fault of, or the gift of, a single man
1:06.0	who will get to in just a minute. People who hadn't taken a moment to ponder pigs after finishing
1:12.1	Charlotte's web in the third grade, they were suddenly doing advanced Googling on the difference
1:17.8	between feral and domestic swine. They had questions about swarms of feral hogs and their
1:24.2	farm-bound cousins. But in case you miss that cultural moment, we will refresh you.
1:30.5	So hold tight in 2019 for just a moment as we give you a little swine lore. Now, of course, pigs,
1:39.2	they can be those cute little pot-bellied pets from Instagram, but stop imagining those.
1:46.0	We first want you to picture the decidedly not little traditional farm pig.
1:51.5	Meat pig is the less pleasant way to describe them.
1:55.1	They're the descendants of the feral swine that we'll be talking about in a moment,
1:59.9	but what you must first understand
2:02.2	is they can get very, very big. After all, they're bred that way. National Geographic explains that a
2:11.0	farm pig, especially in close captivity, can grow to be 300 to 700 pounds, or, quote, sometimes much more.
2:19.4	But it's important to note that domestic is kind of a relative term.
2:25.2	Unlike many human-raised animals, domestic pigs that are released to or escape into the wild,
2:32.0	they return to their feral roots very quickly. According to Michigan wildlife
2:38.0	biologist Christine Brown, quote, any pig that gets out can revert back in a matter of months to a
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