I'm watching the Hogzilla episode right now and holy hell it's impressive.
Jeff says it's a 1200 pound hog that can stand on it's hind legs and has "usable hands". Buck is gon' hafta disagree right there and wagers that if that turns out to be true he'll dance with it.
The gang meet with a guy called Wildman. Yup. He shows them where he saw Hogzilla and then, would you Adam n Eve it, he only goes on to confirm Jeff's wild claims of bipedal, handy Hogzilla! Get those dancing shoes polished, Buck.
They head out at night to look for it and find a pile of twigs which could be anything, but thankfully Buck is on hand to confirm that this is Hogzilla's nest. Then the pile rustles just out of view and we hear a hog squeal and Buck says he sees it run off up a hill.
So this is good enough to convince our heroes that Hogzilla is out there. Now they meet a farmer who says it raided his barn. He shows them some solid footage of Hogzilla's arse disappearing out the back of his barn. "Sorry for the jumpy footage, I was scared to death". Don't worry, buddy, perfectly convenient, er, understandable.
Then they build a trap, cover it straw and dump some corn in it as bait. A demonstration of the spring-loaded trap doors draws rapturous applause from the others. Hogzilla is as good as theirs.
In the meantime, they meet a bloke and his sister (although the full extent of their relationship is probably debatable), who have a dark, grainy photograph of Hogzilla. At last, irrefutable proof!
Bill celebrates the trap by carving up a large ham for the whole crew. This is no time for a picnic, Bill.
Now it's night time again. The team splits up to try and ambush Hogzilla, but not before Trapper reminds the guys that this thing is fast, and if they can't get it before it gets them, they're dead. What a downer.
Gasp! The first crack of a twig they hear turns out to be Hogzilla himself! Upon closer inspection, the guys find some upturned ground and a rotted log. Closing in...
Someone says something unintelligible.
Oh, something warm on the thermal camera. They head to where it was and find more churned-up earth and discover Hogzilla stopped for a wizz before heading off again.
More hog cries! They sound suspiciously like the same noise from earlier repeated, but...nah.
It runs off, so they pile onto some quad bikes and chase after that "SUMBITCH!!!!11".
They've cornered it in the barn. It's banging about in the darkness at the back of the barn, no escape now. Oh, he escaped. Luckily he went into a nearby trailer to eat apples. They've blocked his only exit. The back doors are rattling. He's broken out! Ohhhh but the cameraman just caught the door swing open without quite seeing Hogzilla leap out.
Now he's out of the trailer, all Hogzilla has to do is escape the attentions of the guys. Fortunately for the team, Hogzilla only has 360 degrees to choose from when looking for an escape route and heads straight for the trap.
He's in there's, he's in the trap! We got 'im! Yeah! Woo! Good job guys! A real team effort. I think Bill really nailed it with this nugget: "He's gon' be called TRAPPEDzilla now!". Hahaha, you said it, Bill!
Oh, it's clearly just a regular ol' hog.
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