[quote]Erik B. said: “A pack of damned lies!”[/quote]

As bogus as this may sound, it is well documented. There was a write-up about Mike in various magazines and papers, most notably Life and Time magazines. He is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

At the University of Utah they determined Mike was a consequence of various factors combining at the right time. As in the case of “Nearly Headless Nick” (Reference “Harry Potter”) the axe had not completely removed the head with the single chop. Doing such, it missed the jugular vein keeping the cock from spewing vital blood, as most decapitated chickens will. This allowed a clot to form in the vein so that when the minute bit of tissue finally tore loose, the vein was sealed. Next was the location of the cut, high upon the neck, thus leaving most of the bird’s brain stem and a solitary ear. Because of the primitive nature of a fowl’s nervous system most of the reflex actions are controlled by the brain stem, which was ample enough processing power to keep what remained of Mike alive.

From the University of Utah, Mike hit the road. He visited various cities across the US including Los Angeles, Atlantic City, and New York where the curious and skeptical paid 25 cents to see the Headless Wonder Chicken. Spectators could gaze upon the very mobile headless bird with the head watching lifelessly, displayed in a jar nearby.

Mike was such a media hit that they insured him for $10,000.00. Not a bad bit of change for a KFC wannabe, not quite dead fowl in Post World War II America.

Unfortunately Mike joined his head in lifeless rapture when the Olsens stopped for the night at a remote motel in Arizona and Mike started to choke. They searched frantically for the eyedropper used both to feed and clear out his open esophagus, but to no avail. One could assume they considered the Heimlich Maneuver but decided against it. After all it would be 29 years later when Dr. Henry Heimlich published the correct procedure in a paper. Until then, most people reported a foul taste when trying the procedure incorrectly. (Okay, bad joke, sorry) Mike passed away while they checked the front desk for a possible substitute.

While returning from one of these road trips the Olsens stopped at a motel in the Arizona desert. In the middle of the night Mike began to choke. Unable to find the eyedropper used to clear Mike’s open esophagus Miracle Mike passed on. Appeared in life magazine

Go here to view a segment about Mike from the TV show “Ripley’s Believe it or Not”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATz3AdbjyRI

The Don

Choking the chicken. I mean the chicken chocked.

[quote]MeasureMan said: “And from the attic comes another top story for the belfries big wig. A story so cerebral that the pumpkin shaped skull of my noggin could hardly noodle over the facts. This old cranium’s think tank must have been leaking gray matter from its dream box.”[/quote]

Well said.

[quote]fadain said: “You are reading a heck lot of articles here these days.”[/quote]

Hell yea!

You choke in your throat, not your mouth. Mike had a throat, so he could (and seemingly did) choke.