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.

　　幾年前，曾經有一頭看上去近乎于神話中所描繪之怪物的超級大肥豬Hogzilla游蕩于美國佐治亞州南部的原野上，而過不了多久，它的名氣便可能會比以前又有一定程度的增加。一家名為鋰電影公司的獨立制片機構正在拍攝一部以這頭大豬為原型的恐怖影片，片名就叫《Hogzilla的傳奇》，該公司甚至還把親手殺死那頭豬的“劊子手”請到了拍攝現場充當顧問。

　　"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.

　　據美聯社4月29日的報道，該片制片人里克·特里姆在談到負責指導拍攝工作的克里斯·格里芬時說：“他就是我們這里的肥豬專家。”正是后者于2004年在一處禁止狩獵區域內將Hogzilla舉槍擊斃。 這頭超級巨豬被人們用反鏟挖土機吊起的照片后來迅速傳遍了世界各地，而位于佐治亞州首府亞特蘭大市以南180英里處的一個名叫阿拉帕哈的小鎮上的居民則馬上將Hogzilla接納為“自己人”，他們甚至還專門舉行了一次游行以表達對該豬的敬意。

　　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. Lithium Productions says the production will need 200 locals for extras and is hosting tryouts next month.　"We don't need professional actors," Trimm said. "We need real people who are interested in the movie."

　　美國《國家地理雜志》派出的一個記者團隊于2005年時確認了Hogzilla的存在，他們當時將這個龐然大物的尸骨從地下挖了出來。當地獵人們普遍宣稱Hogzilla的長度為12英尺，而體重則達到了1000磅，但在專家看來，這頭豬根本不可能具有如此碩大的體型。不過在經過此番實地勘察后，他們也不得不承認，此豬的個頭的確非同一般。專家們估計它的體重大概在800磅左右，而長度則可能在8英尺上下。按照該電影公司的說法，這部影片將會需要200名當地人來充當臨時演員，而具體選拔工作將會從下個月開始。