Mike the Headless Chicken
publication date: Friday, October 24, 2008 (part of Round XXXVI)
category: Theater
clue: Don't run around like a cliché if you can't solve this freak-show goo.
explanation: Mike was a chicken that survived having its head cut off in 1947, and became a touring sideshow attraction. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, and Samuel Franklin
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