Chuckle
You sure are going to a lot of effort and twisting yourself into pretzels just to avoid your iteration of the two words 'improbably felled'.
That's because they accurately describe the incident. You can't think of any other words to simply describe such an improbability, so you have to come up with hundreds of words to try and divert attention from your lack of ability.
> ‘improbably felled’
OK, since you seem to be too dense to get it.
“allegedly felled”
“felled according to the account”
“the author records that he was felled ...”
Please.
If you don’t have any imagination and skill, don’t accuse me of “twisting myself into pretzels”.
No go away and play with people your own mental age.