Beheading has been a major event since ancient times, because it means the end of life. Not only humans, but also animals, if you can live without a head, it can only be called a miracle.
But such miracles have really happened, and to this day, the place where this happened is still known as the "chicken" that survived headlessly for 18 months.
Yes, this chicken that can still live 18 months without a head is called Mike, and in 1945 lived on a farm in Fruta, Colorado, USA, and its owner was named Rodeo Ochson.
Rodhiochen is a local farmer who runs a small farm with his wife, working every day at sunrise and resting at sunset, living the same life as all local farmers.
However, on September 10, Rodeochen's life changed because when he was killing a chicken to entertain his mother-in-law, something happened that he couldn't look at directly.
At that time, Rodiochen's wife caught a rooster in her chicken coop, which was more than 5 months old, and it was the perfect time to be healthy and fat.
But the mother-in-law likes to eat the part of the chicken's neck the most, so when Rodeochen was ready to kill the chicken, he deliberately moved the knife a little above the knife, hoping to leave the chicken neck as much as possible.
As a result, the hand rose and the chicken's head was cut off, but the chicken struggled on the ground. Although it looked very painful, it refused to fall to the ground, and even after a while, it actually walked freely around the farm.
Now Rodeochen was also circled: the head was obviously off, but it was still alive, and it was like a chicken, but it was obviously not very neat in walking.
Moreover, Mike, who has no head, is also very uncomfortable, and when he sleeps, he will hide his head (or neck) under his wings, which is a little pitiful.
Luo Diochen looked at such a chicken and was a little moved, since you don't want to die without a head, then live well from now on. Thus, "Miracle Mike" was born, which became the undead chicken in people's mouths.
Since then, Rodeochen has not only treated Mike well, but also fed him food every day. Because Mike's head was off, he had no mouth, and he basically couldn't eat, so he used small bottles of eye drops to fill the food, and then squeezed it into his throat little by little.
In order to make Mike more comfortable to eat, Rodeochen took care and mixed his food with grains and milk, so that it would not be blocked and choked. After each meal, Rodeochen and his family would use a syringe to clear Mike's trachea in case the food dried up and made it impossible for him to breathe.
Anyway, from the original weight of 2.5 pounds, Mike soon grew into a large waist and round, and walked with a somewhat majestic feeling. And Rodeochen did not expect that he would soon be rewarded for his efforts.
The Rodeochen family had a chicken without a head, not only did not die, but it was still alive and well. The news was like a brick thrown into the water, and soon set off ripples that were difficult to calm.
As a result, more and more people came to see Mike, some even driving from other cities far away. It's just that at that time, Rodeochen was not happy, because some people thought: chickens are like this, you still don't let it "euthanasia", it is too ruthless.
But it didn't bother Roddiochen for long, because there were so many people watching the chickens, he came up with the idea of selling tickets to satisfy people's curiosity: 25 cents each.
Rodeochen also marinated Mike's severed head to prevent it from rotting. The chicken head is then placed together with the mic for people to come and see.
However, the insider said that in fact, the chicken head put by Rodeochen was not Mike's, because it was eaten by a cat when it was cut down at that time, so he deliberately killed another chicken in order to attract tourists.
Under such circumstances, Rodeochen began to make money with the headless chicken Mike, and he did not expect that he could increase his income by $4,500 a month, which was definitely a lot of money at the time.
When the people around him were a little tired of Mike, Rodeochen changed his strategy and took Mike to perform and exhibit abroad, which made him really make a lot of money.
On March 17, 1947, Rodeochen took Mike to Phoenix, Arizona. After the exhibition that day, he checked into a motel.
However, no one expected that after the end of the exhibition that day, Rodeochen forgot the syringe in the exhibition hall. So after Mike had eaten the food, there was no way to clean his esophagus in time.
In this way, after Mike ate food, food clogged his throat and stuck his wound. At this time, Rodeochen did not go to buy a new syringe because he thought it was too late. So Mike, witnessed by his master, eventually suffocated.
It has been 18 months since Mike was beheaded, and during that time, he has made a fortune for its master with its own power.
It's just that many people wonder why Mike survived after being beheaded? In fact, later Rodeauxen also dissected Mike, and he also wanted to know the reason.
After dissection, all the mysteries were revealed: it was true that Mike's head was cut off, but his neck vein was not cut, although it was broken a little at the time, but the blood came out and solidified at the wound.
This means that although Mike was injured, he did not cause excessive blood loss. At the same time, a small part of its head was cut off, some of its brain stem, and even one ear remained, which was not completely cut off.
So, Mike was lucky enough to live another 18 months after being beheaded. It's just that it didn't expect that it was still very awkward without a mouth, because food would clog the throat, would make the wound glue, and it would die if it didn't pay attention.
But although Mike died, its story deeply affected Fruta, Colorado, when so many people came to hype a small town that was not very famous into a "net celebrity" city.
Therefore, the city government specifically regarded Mike as a representative of animals, and specially built a sculpture for it, which considers the third weekend of May every year as "Headless Chicken Mike Day".
To this day, there are still such activities in Fruta City, and Mike did not expect that his tenacious survival of 18 months not only made the owner rich, but also led the development of a city, which is indeed a miracle!