If you check Snopes.com you will find this story has been around with other people and places claiming the same thing.
I don't think that you will find any true feral hogs near that large.
Butch

'snoped it, not there.

if it's a hoax, he hoaxed a TV station.

that's possible, mind you

Tin Can, It showed up a couple weeks ago with somebody in Fla. with a different name and the website, whom I thought was Snopes, said it has shown up with the same pics and 2 different locations and names. I believe that KTEN is in Ada, Okla.
Butch

Well, the video of the TV report clinches it for tin can.

OK, in his "story," the guy (or whoever)wrote: " I realized afterwards that it had actually been much closer than I had initially thought. It's large size fooled me into thinking that it was further away"

That's bull. If the hog was much larger than he thought, the range estimation would have been in reverse -- he'd have thought it to be FARTHER, not closer.

I don't want to sound skeptical, but, it's too clean, ears are not scarred from fights, tusks should be prominent, and based on an old boar our neighbors had, probably not over 600/700 lbs. It is certainly an impressive pig, would hate to have to maintain the fencing that kept him penned. Don't see evidence of nose rings to keep him from rooting, only sign of maybe feral. For what it's worth, I wouldn't mind shootin' one that size.

Gentlemen,
It is difficult to tell the exact weight of a Hog from a picture.
However, I have weighed several hogs that I have killed.

I have a 300 Lb scale, the biggest hog I have killed bottomed it out weighing about 325 to maybe 340.

It looked a LOT bigger than the hog in that picture.

Hint... If you can grab the back legs, and drag the hog across the ground it is less than 300 lbs.

I've seen quite a few big hogs go thru the stock sales over the years.

Not many get this big, but, some do every year.

I believe this is a good estimate at 5-600 or there abouts.

I was a long haul trucker about ten yrs back in the 60 & 70"s. Was bobtailing across SD one night on one of the small farm type highways when a huge white hog ran across the road in front of me. Sure glad he made it as I wouldn't have wanted to roll that truck by hitting him and believe I would have.
That one was about the same size as this one near as I can judge.

It would have stood at least four feet high I'm sure. These measurements don't sound anywhere near correct. A pig this big should be closer to 7 or 8' circumference.

At 4 1/2' as quoated, it would only be about 2' or a bit less dia. That wouldn't let it be over 350-400#. Take a tape measure and form a circle and you'll see what I'm saying. I do believe the 6'+ long as his rifle is full size and they run about four feet long. That's a good way to judge and back up your claims. Put the rifle on their backs.

Would a pig this big be any good to eat? That's my question.
George

Although this was a sow, the only over-300# hog I've killed had testicles about american-football size, and was totally unedible. The first time I started cooking some of it, it stank up the kitchen so badly I had to open windows for several hours. Even the dogs wouldn't eat it.