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Mojo513 rated 29 months ago
I had heard this story before on Ripleys Believe it or Not, but never knew the full story. Its an amazing story about a headless chicken named "Mike", that lived for 18 months after being beheaded by a farmer, in 1945. It was determined that the ax blade had missed the jugular vein, and a...

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clevercryptic rated 6 months ago
Wyandotte roosters are tough.
draboo rated 23 months ago
cool
goniagnostus rated 32 months ago
Read about this years ago as a child in Ripley's Believe it or Not, and wondered ever since about the details. Now I am fulfilled.
MNGophers3 rated 11 months ago
That's right, headless, and true. Great Story.
Slateseraph rated 34 months ago
I read about this in Einstein's Refrigerator. If you like this kind of stuff, I would suggest that book.
xtxzt rated 14 months ago
From the page: " The Amazing, true story of this famous fowl dates back to September 10, 1945 when Mike, a young Wyandotte rooster, was about to become the dinner of Fruita, Colorado, farmer Lloyd Olsen."
yetikeeper rated 21 months ago
This is a must read!
twilightstoic rated 15 months ago
I know people who seem to live their entire lives without a brain, but this is a chicken who literally survived eighteen months without a head. Go you, Mike.
ianvincible rated 23 months ago
A chicken that lived for 18 months after being beheaded.
Mojo513 rated 29 months ago
I had heard this story before on Ripleys Believe it or Not, but never knew the full story. Its an amazing story about a headless chicken named "Mike", that lived for 18 months after being beheaded by a farmer, in 1945. It was determined that the ax blade had missed the jugular vein, and a clot had prevented Mike from bleeding to death. Very interesting and bizarre story!