Hey guys, Annie Ubank here.

Just an FYI, this episode is about a headless chicken.

We touch on animal abuse and there are a couple of graphic descriptions.

It might not be for everyone.

It all started like a scene from one of those black and white old, timing movies that you

could catch on at 2am.

The screen opens up and you're on a dusty farm in the middle of nowhere.

A farmer opens his screen door and goes out into the farm yard and he gets his axe.

And he goes and he rounds up his flock and at this point we all know what's going to happen.

This farmer is going to kill some chickens.

He grabs one chicken but here's where the genre of movie changes.

It goes from like a Turner classic movie to a David Lynch movie.

Because this chicken not only doesn't stop moving, it doesn't die.

I'm Annie Ubank and this is Atlas Obscura, a guide to the world's strange, incredible

and wondrous places.

Today we're going to Fruta Colorado where you'll find a strange metal statue perched

overlooking the tables and chairs of a local coffee shop.

It's a statue of a headless chicken and this headless chicken may very well be the town's

most famous resident.

Out of this, the short sad story of Mike the headless chicken.

So how did Mike the normal chicken, one of a billion normal chickens, how did he become

Mike the headless chicken?

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