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You are here: Home / Greater Indianapolis / Tickle Me Elmo III wins Second World’s Largest Hog title

Tickle Me Elmo III wins Second World’s Largest Hog title

August 3, 2012 by Brian Groce

Boar weighs in at 1,303 pounds

In his third appearance at the Indiana State Fair’s World’s Largest Male Hog Contest, Tickle Me Elmo III tipped the scales at 1,303 pounds, winning the competition by a margin of 343 pounds.

Owner Cory Patton, 22, of Sellersburg, Ind., won the competition with Tickle Me Elmo in 2010, finished in second place in 2011 and earned a another first-place award this year. Tickle Me Elmo is four-and-a-half years old.

“I’ve been showing pigs since I was five or six years old,” Patton said. “I have a lot of fun with it.”

Patton’s competition was Jay Rulon of Arcadia, Ind. His boar, Zeus XL, weighed in at 960 pounds.

Guests can visit Tickle Me Elmo at the north entrance of the Swine Barn during the fair.

(Photo: Cory Patton (right) guides Tickle Me Elmo to the scale.)

Filed Under: Greater Indianapolis, Indiana News, Indiana State Fair Tagged With: 2012 Indiana State Fair, Indiana State Fair, Second World’s Largest Hog, State Fair

About Brian Groce

Brian Groce is a native Indianapolis resident and is the President & CEO of Indianapolis based Naptown Buzz LLC, as well as the Editor In Chief of Naptown Buzz.

Brian also operates Watershed Studio LLC, an Indianapolis based consulting firm as well as Fazoom LLC, an Indianapolis based e-commerce website.

But first and foremost, Brian is the husband of his beautiful wife Amanda and the father of a house full of kids.




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