Thursday, November 14, 2024

Question: A chicken from Fruita became a national celebrity in the 1940s when he lived for 18 months without what usually essential body part?

Answer: His head. Mike the Headless Chicken was a male Wyandotte chicken that lived for months after a failed beheading. Mike achieved national fame until his death in March 1947 and remains a cultural institution in Fruita with the annual Mike the Headless Chicken Day, the third weekend of May.