The chicken that lived for 18 months without head

[ ] The rooster lived without a head for nearly 2 years

[ ] He lived on a farm in fruita, (colorado)

[ ] On September 10, 1945, farmer Lloyd Olsen beheaded  50 of his chicken, but one refused to die

[ ] After a short run around he settled down has if nothing had happened

[ ] He never try to Peck for food, so Olsen named him Mike and decided to take care of the freaky miracle

[ ] Olsen deposited food directly into chicken's throat, using a small eyedropper

[ ] Scientists theorized the farmer's hatchet missed the jugular vein, so he only loss a piece of his brain that wasn't responsible for the vital functions of the body

[ ] Soon many newspaper wrote about the miraculous rooster

[ ] Olsen took his bird on a traveling sideshow across the United States, Mike fame grew as they traveled between cities

[ ] Mike earned his owner around $4,500 per month

[ ] The value of the chicken was estimated at $10,000.

[ ] Mike success growth consequently because of his fellow chicken

[ ] Other fame hungry farmers tried to create their own headless birds but they all have failed

[ ] For 18 months Mike traveled around the US, until his last trip to Phoenix with his fellow chicken

[ ] On March 17,1947 in a phoenix motel, Mike choked  on a kernel of corn and olsen didn't have all necessary equipment to save him so the rosster died.

[ ] Olsen did not want to admit Mike because Mike was dead so he told the press that he'd sold the chicken

[ ] Miracle Mike remain famous, people even dedicated songs  and poem to him

[ ] There's even an annual headless chicken festival organized every may