Comments on: 500 lb Giant Catfish in Tennessee from 1914

By: crazyaxe

crazyaxe — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:28:42 +0000

Taken from a article on Aim,A member of the photogragher’s family dismisses the matter as a prank! My Daddy had a little red wagon, that looked like a log wagon,said Joe Brownlowpitts of Savannah,Tenn. He put the fish - which weighed 85lbs. Then my uncle Frank, Who was good at photography. Cut out a cardboard man that was being used in a clothing Advertisement and stuck it on the wagon along with the fish.. Then he took the picture…..I got this info from a Wigit off of IGOOGLE

By: Seamus

Seamus — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:34:46 +0000

Catfanatic needs to learn about Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/catfish.asp

By: Catfanatic77

Catfanatic77 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:58:05 +0000

This photo is not a fake. It has been altered though. The cat is very big still, but I believe that the tail has been cut off and replaced by a big bent railroad broom or duster. The dorsal fin is too low on the body and the tail seems too dark for the body. A fake, but no fake. I still think the fish is well over 100 pounds, but not 500.