BBC Scotland is saying a fellow shot a 38 pound fox, and yes there actually is a picture (see above)!
Alan Hepworth, 69, from Rothiemay, Aberdeenshire said, "I could only hold it for a while because it was so heavy and was nearly as big as a roe deer." He added: "I'm 5ft 7in, and it was 4ft 9in. When I held it up, it was almost the same size as me."
Jonathan Reynolds, senior research scientist at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), said: "A 38lbs fox would have been unthinkable a few years ago. We don't know why they are getting bigger, but one possible explanation is that they are getting better fed in urban areas."
Note: Note that of the 6,283 fox weighed here, the largest male foxes in Scotland weighed, on average, 7,380 grams (16.27 pounds) and the largest in Denmark weighed, on average, weighed 7,600 grams (16.75 pounds).
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