Posted on 05/14/2009 7:59:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
FRUITA, Colo. Recession. Unemployment. Swine flu. Now's the time for an inspiring story about one headless chicken's will to live.
Residents of Fruita, a western Colorado town of 11,000, are holding their 12th annual festival this weekend for a chicken named Miracle Mike who, according to legend, lived 18 months after a farmer lopped off his head with an ax but left his brain stem, a jugular vein and one ear intact.
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“...after a farmer lopped off his head with an ax but left his brain stem, a jugular vein and one ear intact.”
Boudreaux: “Wow, how did he taste?”
Thibodeaux: “Delicious!”
Is this the one where the rooster died when the farmer took it to show at some county fair but forgot the special tube to feed it.
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