Headless Chicken Lived After Being Chopped by a Sharp Axe [Photos]

I know majority of us don’t believe on miracles or the things which are totally opposite to the laws of science. But it happens sometimes that we can’t decide what we should say except saying that ‘It’s a miracle’.  Meet with Mike the headless chicken who lived alive and active after his owner chopped his head off from his body. How? Here’s the interesting story for your pleasure.
Mike was a five and half months old rooster, who earned tremendous fame around the world due to his miraculous story. It was a pleasant day of 10th of September 1945, when destiny ruled over Mike with an amazing and unique way. More pictures after the cut......

Mike’s owner farmer Lloyd Olsen decided to slaughter Mike for the night’s supper with his sharp axe. However, he remained absolutely stunned and incredibly amazed  when he saw that the tool down did chop off the rooster, but did not prepare it for his supper, as the rooster was behaving just like a live and active chicken went around pecking for food surprisingly headless.
Scientifically, just like others, most of a chicken’s reflexes are controlled by the brain stem. Merely by this terrifying accident of the nature Mike’s half of the brain stem and one ear remained intact. More pictures after the cut.....

Interestingly enough, Olsen used to provide food and water with an eye dropper to keep this headless chicken alive further, as Mike was born the nightmare and celebrity of a headless rooster.
Besides, his head was chopped with an axe; Mike not only lived on for another eighteen months, but also got weight to 81 pounds from an initial 2lbs. The rooster also succeeded to win a place in the Guinness book of records, priced itself at $10,000, insured at another $10,000 and brought himself a manager as he tagged off to a tour to New York, LA and Atlantic City.

Once his fame had been established, Mike began a career of touring sideshows in the company of such other creatures as a two-headed calf. He was also photographed for dozens of magazines and papers, featuring in Time and Life magazines.
Mike was on display to the public for an admission cost of twenty five cents. At the height of his popularity, the chicken earned US $4,500 per month ($48,000 in 2010 dollars) and was valued at $10,000. Olsen’s success resulted in a wave of copycat chicken beheading, but no other chicken lived for more than a day or two.

Sadly it was at the end of one of these tours, when Mike passed away, leaving behind a bequest of memory and respect for Mike’s will for life and survival.