1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff You should know, a production of five 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: Heart Radios How Stuff Works. Hey, and welcome to the podcast. 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Clark, There's Charles w. Chub Bryan over there, 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: there's Jerry and uh. The stuff's right. Amazing animal that's right. 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: That well partially delight you, and if you're an animal 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: over should partially horrify you at times. If you don't 7 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: like animals, and you're probably gonna listen, I don't know, 8 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: you could be like, yeah, you probably wouldn't listen Amazing 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: Animal stories skip, but who would do that? One star? Yeah, 10 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: So we're talking animals today, and like we said, not 11 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: just animals, amazing animals because animals are great to talk about. 12 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: We've talked about um octopie and duck billed platypie and elephant. 13 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: I that we did the platypus I believe we have okay, 14 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: almost positive, If not, it's do this is so the 15 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: animals are funny to talk about. It's even more fun 16 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: to talk about animals that are accomplished. That's right. Okay. 17 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: You know I was at the playground the other day 18 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: and my daughter was playing with another little girl, which 19 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: is kind of one of the fun things about kids. 20 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: They just immediately bond with another kid and the girl 21 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: turned out to be a bar cup. I wish no. 22 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: This girl smashed a ladybug and said yeah, and the 23 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: parents went around. I was there and I was horrified, 24 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: and my daughter said, that wasn't nice. You shouldn't kill animals. 25 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: Good for you. And then this girl stomped an anthill 26 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: girl's kind of issues. Yeah, and I and you know what, 27 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: she found another ladybug and I said, don't touch that ladybug. 28 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: She said why not? I said, because you the last one? Yeah, 29 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: And I like felt fine, like admonishing this child that 30 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: was not mine. Did you wait until she turned around 31 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: and clapped by her ear to really startled her or 32 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: drive it home? No, but she did trip later on, 33 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: and under my breath I went, Karma, really, Yeah, she 34 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: was fine, And then above your breath you went, that's 35 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: right above my breath. Yeah. By the way, With Mike 36 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: the headless Chicken, which we're gonna start out with, I 37 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: couldn't remember how this existed in the annals of stuff. 38 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: You should know, because I knew it did, and I 39 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: thought it might have been one of our dumb videos. 40 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: But it turns out it was one of our great videos. 41 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: Which one it was? You did it? Dumb? Don't be 42 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: dumb on this. But surely we've talked about Mike before. 43 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: I thought we might have, but don't be dumb. Was 44 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: only it came up and it was great, weird. Oh, 45 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: thank you very much. We've done some cool videos together. Though. 46 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: Remember this day in history where like we yeered off 47 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: into like conjuring Satan for a little while, and like 48 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: we ended up in a different dimension. And I thought 49 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: those were great. So silly anyway, Um, okay, So, like 50 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: you said, we're talking about Mike the Headless Chicken. First, 51 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: that's right, which September n If you were in Colorado 52 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: and you happen to live near the Olsens, Lloyd and 53 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: Clara and Freud to Colorado, Yeah, Fruda, do you know 54 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: where that is? It's by Grand Junction, which I think 55 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: is you know where that is? I feel like I've 56 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: been West Colorado, like on the way to like all 57 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: those amazing national parks. Colorado is very varied. You think 58 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: of Colorado is just being this amazing mountain estate, which 59 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: it is in parts, but they're also like planes and 60 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: all sorts of stuff. That's where there's an ocean right 61 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: in the middle of it. Right, that's where Canyon National 62 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: Park or Canyon Land and Candy Land. That's where the 63 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: guy cut off his own arm in a d twenty 64 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: seven hours. James Franco. Sure. Yeah, So the Olsens were 65 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: farmers and they were killing birds. Lloyd would cut the 66 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: heads off of these chickens and his wife would clean 67 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: them up, because, after all, it was that's kind of 68 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: how the division of labor went back then. And he 69 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: would go in and sell these chickens at the market, 70 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: and they he went to gather up all the chickens, 71 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: and he got to one with no head that was 72 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: still alive, and he went, what into our nation. That's right, 73 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: that's a direct you should be dead. I saw that 74 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: for this one in particular, he he aimed to preserve 75 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: the neck as much as possible, so he just took 76 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: off the head. Right. He did a good job, I guess, 77 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: because I think his mother in law was coming over 78 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: for dinner and she liked fried chicken necks, so he 79 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 1: was trying to give her a fried chicken neck, just 80 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: taking the head off. The thing is this one was 81 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: still alive, and that's still live in the way that 82 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: a chicken will run around with its head cut off, 83 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: like everybody knows. Yeah, he was just being a chicken. Yeah, 84 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: so he did that. He ran around like a chicken 85 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: with his head cut off. But then he's stopped and 86 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: he started like pecking at the ground with his stump. 87 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: He started preening himself, basically acting like he still had 88 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: a head and like he wasn't planning on dying anytime soon. 89 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: That's right. So Lloyd said, let me put you in 90 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 1: this about this apple box overnight and just I assume 91 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: we'll get up in the morning and you'll be dead. 92 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: Then God will take his vengeance over the night I 93 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: want any more like you consider it a coffin, basically, right, 94 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: And he woke up in the morning and this chicken 95 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: was still alive, a rooster technically, So he said, what's 96 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: for breakfast? So he took this thing to that meat 97 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: market just to show everyone, like, you gotta see, this 98 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: is what anyone would have done, I think. And then 99 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: the word starts to spread. Everyone was amazed at this 100 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: headless chicken. Word starts to spread around fruit to Why 101 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: do I have a bad feeling we're pronouncing that wrong? 102 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: Is there any other way. You could pronounce that fru wide. Yeah, 103 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: that could be. I mean in Georgia they called Cairo 104 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: ki row, that's true, and Voyanna for Vienna. That's right. So, uh, 105 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: did you just wolf? So he takes this rooster. Everyone 106 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: is quite impressed, of course, uh, this headless chicken, and 107 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: words spread around about what was going on there, and 108 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: that eventually attracts the attention, of course to a side 109 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: show promoter who said, this chicken is dynamite. I don't 110 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: think you know what you have on your hands here. 111 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: Yeah you you rube, you hay seed. Yeah, I mean, 112 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: let's go into business together, is what he said. Totally 113 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: So um. This guy, his name was Hope Wade. I 114 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: kept waiting for him to turn into like a an underhanded, 115 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: devious kind of guy because he was the nineteen forties 116 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: side show promoter. He seemed to have been fine past 117 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: all the great tests, exploiting all the right to humans 118 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: and animals. He he was just in it for the 119 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 1: love of the game from what I could talk. So 120 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: he gets together, Hope Wade, the circus uh sideshow promoter 121 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: gets together with Lloyd and Clara and they start touring 122 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: the country with Mike the chicken. But first, I don't 123 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: understand why they did this, Maybe just to make the 124 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: whole thing even more bona fide. I'm not sure. They 125 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: went to Salt Lake City, and we should note that 126 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: Hope Wade traveled from Salt Salt Lake City to through Wada. 127 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: I think that's where we're gonna go with okay Um, 128 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: which was like three miles in the forties, the nine 129 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: that's not an easy distance to travel back then. And 130 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: because he heard about a headless chicken. But think about 131 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: like what he was putting on the line with that. 132 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: Let's say it took him four days to get there. 133 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: He could have been doing any number of things those 134 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: four days. The chicken could have died while he was 135 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: on the way there, and it didn't. And he made 136 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: it there, and he became a business partner with the Olsen's. 137 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: He had a hunch and he went with his gut 138 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: and it paid off. So the first thing he did, sorry, 139 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: was to take them back to sol City and introduced 140 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: him to some scientists there. That's right. So the scientists 141 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: did a lot of tests. Um they apparently we don't 142 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: know this for sure. I tried to do this surgically 143 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: to some other chickens just to see if it worked, 144 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: I guess, and Mike was like, stop, stop, what are 145 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: you doing. Life Magazine showed up and ran a story 146 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: in nine called Beheaded Chicken Lives normally after freak decapitation 147 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: by acts. That wasn't freak decapitation. It was very purposeful. Yeah, 148 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: but I think they were saying, like it was freaking 149 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: that he survived having his head chopped off. Maybe it's 150 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: just said freaky decapitation. But that's when Mike got he huge, 151 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: that's right, of course, Life Magazine is huge. Yeah, it 152 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: was huge. I think Time eventually did one on him, 153 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: and like it's really hard to overstate how big of 154 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: a deal. Mike the Headless Wonder Chicken, I think is 155 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: what they ultimately finally dubbed him. Became in the United 156 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: States like he was. People would come from far and 157 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: wide you go see him whenever he came to own. 158 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: I mean, once it hit the internet, it was like wildfire. 159 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 1: Well that's what Life Magazine was basically back then. Yeah, 160 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: that's true. So they all went to California in Arizona 161 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: then Hope, you know, they had to go back to 162 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: the farm at some point. Lloyd and Clara did so 163 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: hope towards the Southeast, which I bet it was just 164 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: like Gangbusters in the Southeast. You know, I looked up 165 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,559 Speaker 1: Um when he came to Atlantic because surely he came 166 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: to Atlanta, and I couldn't find anything about it. Oh 167 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: that's because he went to Terminus, right, it was pre Atlanta. Uh. 168 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: They started getting letters, they started getting fan mail and 169 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: hate mail. Yeah that some people compared them to Nazis, 170 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: which I don't get that at all. I think experimentation maybe, okay, 171 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: kind of mangola esque, Mangela esque, I can bind ish 172 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: and asked together. That's a nice trend. Completely messed it up. 173 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 1: There's another way to put it. I think we should 174 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: start using that from now on. Yeah, why not? Okay, 175 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: I like it alright. Uh. They got a letter from 176 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: Alaska saying, um, can you swap out Mike's drumstick and 177 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: put in a wooden leg and just keep this party 178 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: going only in Alaska. Very funny people there, Um, and 179 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: they were so they became so well known, especially around Fruita. 180 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: I hope that's it, um, because if so were the 181 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: only outsiders that ever pronouncing correct, You're welcome, UM, thank 182 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: you no, not um so fruita. They became so well 183 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: known there that people would write letters to the owners 184 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 1: of the headless Chicken, and that was it on the 185 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: outside of the envelope and it would show up at 186 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: the Olsen's door in their mailbox. Yeah, the good old days. 187 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: So everything's going quite swimmingly for him. They made a 188 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 1: lot of money off of Mike. He actually lived for 189 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: eighteen months without a head. Yeah, and like there's pictures 190 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: of him standing there, standing up without a head and 191 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: his little heads down by his feet. Yeah, you can 192 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: see the stuff. Yeah, it's on the internet. Go check 193 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: it out. It's on the Current Life magazine, the internet, 194 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,599 Speaker 1: the Worldwide Life. Yeah. I did some uh you know, 195 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: of course, the calculation, the inflation calculation. They were pulling 196 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: in in modern day money about sixty four thousand dollars 197 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 1: a month back then it was. And they said you 198 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: that Mike was valued and modern money at a hundred 199 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: and forty two dollars or tin tin grand back then. 200 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: So they upgraded their farm equipment. Yeah, they bought a 201 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 1: new pickup truck. That thing is sweet. Did you look 202 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 1: up forty six Chevy pick up? No, I'm pretty sure 203 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: I know what it looks like, man, they're nice. Um, 204 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: And yeah, they made a lot. They went from like 205 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: being poor Colorado farmers too, pretty well off Colorado farmers. 206 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: They've been using like a mule in a wagon before 207 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: to go to town. Now they were driving in their 208 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: brand new Chevy pickup truck. So that like it was 209 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: really good for them that Mike managed to live after 210 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: they cut his head off. Um, but while he was alive, 211 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: they managed to study him and figure out exactly what happened. Yeah, 212 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: so it's to be fair, it's a little more accurate 213 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 1: to say Mike the faceless chicken, although when you look 214 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: at a picture, it looks like the head is completely gone. 215 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: But what happened was he cut off the he he accident. 216 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: You know this is all by accident. Of course. Remember 217 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: he's trying to preserve as much of the neck as possible. Yeah, 218 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: which he did because he left the back of the 219 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: head on there. And apparently these chickens, most of the 220 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: brain function in the brain itself is a little further back, 221 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: tucked back into the neck. Yeah, so he the brain lived. 222 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: That's why this chicken was able to walk around and 223 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: be a chicken. And he definitely took a slice off 224 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: of the brain. But I think this one guy in 225 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: this one BBC article by Crystal old Walker, um the 226 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: chicken that lived for eighteen months without a head, there's 227 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: really no wrong headline you can have when you're writing 228 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: about Mike the headless chicken. Um, he's he's. He basically says, 229 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: probably about eight of the brain was left over. You know, 230 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 1: everything they controlled, breathing, heartbeat, um, digestion, all that stuff. Um, 231 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: and so all they were left with was figuring out 232 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: how to keep Mike alive. He still needed food, even 233 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: though he didn't have a head or a face or anymore. 234 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: He still needed food. So the Olstan's would actually feed 235 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: him with an eye dropper of milk and water combination. 236 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: They would give him little grounds of corn right into 237 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: the esophagus, right yep, right into the esophagus um. When 238 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: he got flammy, or if a little bit of corn 239 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: got backed up or stuck in there, they would use 240 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: a syringe to pull it out. And Mike lived this 241 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: way for eight teen months. He actually went from two 242 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: and a half pounds to eight pounds without a head. 243 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: Mike thrived. The big question was, like, which I had 244 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: the whole time was why didn't this thing just bleed out, 245 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: because you know, it had his head cut off, and 246 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 1: the science thinks, you know, it just a quick blood 247 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: clot just kind of took care of it. Yeah, science 248 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: went God, Yeah, sure, So there's a kind of a 249 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: sad ending. Of course, Mike is eventually gonna die. You 250 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: would hope that Mike just died of old age. But 251 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: when they were in Arizona, they woke up to the 252 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: sound of chicken choking and Clara said, even Jerry is 253 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: that you and her husband was like, it's not me 254 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: this time, it's it's Mike. And sadly Mike was had 255 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: expired because they left the syringe behind that would clear 256 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: that esophagus. Yeah, the last side fatal, fatal mistake it was, 257 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: which is really sad for Mike. He choked to death 258 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: on a piece of corn. God, but they also watched 259 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: the their main source of incredible income, just choked to 260 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: death on a piece of corn because they left the 261 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: syringe back at the fairground. A crazy story. So so 262 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: in this BBC article, Troy Waters, who was the great 263 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: grandson of Lloyd and Clara Olsen Uh he said that 264 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: his great grandfather told him this whole story, and for years, 265 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: basically for decades, would never fess up to Mike dying 266 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: on him. He said, he sold him off to a 267 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: sideshow promoter, and he finally fessed up before his death 268 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: that Mike had choked on a piece of corn and 269 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,359 Speaker 1: that that was that. What an amazing story, an amazing 270 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: animal story. All right, Well, we're gonna take a break 271 00:15:42,360 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: and come back with another right after this. Okay, we're back, everybody, 272 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: Amazing Animal Story number two. And this, uh, this one 273 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: is the one that is pretty horrifying in some ways 274 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: but also cute but also horrifying. I honestly don't know. 275 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: It's horrifying. All right, well, i'll point it out when 276 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: we get to it. Oh, I know it's This is 277 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: the story of Voytech the Bear. And I believe you've 278 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: got a lot of this stuff from Time magazine and 279 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: Atlas Obscura and what else another Atlas Obscura. Okay, Wow, 280 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: they doubled up on this one. They did for good reason, 281 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: because it's a pretty amazing story. And there's two different 282 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: memorials you can visit. That's true. So Voytech the Bear. 283 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: Voytech is a Polish name which is odd for a 284 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: serial brown bear found motherlessen Iran, Persia at the time, 285 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: I don't think it was Iran then, yeah yeah, um yeah, 286 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: World Wars you changed a lot of geography and boundaries 287 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: and country names while you're telling me. So, um a 288 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: Polish name for Syrian brown bear is a little odd 289 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: until you know the background. But behind this whole thing. 290 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: So before we get to the bear, we have to 291 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about why there were Polish soldiers 292 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: in Persia in the nineteen forties. Well, because of the war, Okay, 293 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: So now we talk about the brown Bear. Yes, specifically 294 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: the twenty second Transport Company Artillery Division in the Polish 295 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: Second Core. UH. They were fighting UH in World War 296 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: two and an a on April eighth, they find this 297 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: little cub in the mountains of Iran. Well, there's a 298 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: boy who had found it, and they traded him for it. 299 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: What they trade They traded some coins, some chocolate, a 300 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: Swiss army knife, and a can of beef. They not bad, yeah, 301 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, I mean it depends on how the beef 302 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: is prepared. You know. I bet it was some kind 303 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: of a jerky Okay, you know that travels well. So, 304 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: by the way, I finally gotten over my beef jerky 305 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: uh reticence, because I don't know. Years ago, when I 306 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: lived in Los Angeles, I ate moldy beef jerky one 307 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: night when I was up late. Well I didn't mean to, 308 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: it was I came home from the bar afterwards and 309 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: I was just eating in the dark in front of 310 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: the TV, and I was like, this tastes funny. And 311 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: I turned on the light and it was just covered 312 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: in blue mold and I vomited. And I literally hadn't 313 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: haven't had beef jerky in like fifteen years. But I'm 314 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: back on it. Okay. It's good stuff and a good snack. 315 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: As it turns out, it is. I have some right 316 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: here if you want it. No, I'm good. I know 317 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: you're a jerky enthusiast. So April eight, they find this 318 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: bear traded with the boy and they were Polish prisoners 319 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: of war who were being moved from Siberia from a 320 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: prison there or a gulag to Egypt, and they got 321 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: this bear and basically we're like, this is our little 322 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: baby now. Yeah, And just one more thing. So this um, 323 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: this army, this Polish division of soldiers had been captured 324 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: by the Soviets and held as prisoners of war. But 325 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: after Germany turned on the Soviet Union the Um the 326 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,959 Speaker 1: Soviets sided with the Allies, and part of that siding 327 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 1: was to release these Polish soldiers to form a military 328 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 1: unit known as Andrew's Army. Look at you, okay, all right? 329 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: And then now they have a brown bear in their position, 330 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: a little bear cub, that's right. And as you could imagine, 331 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: these soldiers, who had been away from their families and 332 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 1: their own children, adopted this little baby bear as their own. 333 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: And here's the part that's terrible. As he did certain 334 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: tricks like, uh, if they offered him a cigarette, he 335 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: would take a puff on it and then eat it. Right, 336 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: that's awful, Yeah, eat a lit cigarette. You should not 337 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: do that to an animal. Or let it drink beer 338 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: from a bottle. Well, that's pretty hilarious actually, so a 339 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: bear drinking a beer from a bottle. And this is 340 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,719 Speaker 1: what one of the people who were there said, Um 341 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: that votech would drink the beer from the bottle and 342 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: it was empty. He would hold the bottle up and 343 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: look into the opening to see where the beer went. 344 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: Because he wanted more hysterical. I think it's hilarious. Other 345 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: things that would happen there is votech would drink a 346 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: lot of water because you were in in Egypt, of 347 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: course it was very hot. Um. He would chase after 348 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: these oranges that they used for grenade practice. He would 349 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: break into the shower so he could drink that water, 350 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: which was a problem because they were rationing water. Yeah, 351 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: because they were in Egypt. It's a little scarce outside 352 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: of the Nile, that's right. So um, he just basically became, uh, 353 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 1: the mascot for this artillery unit, like just through and through. 354 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: They love this bear so much, and he loved them 355 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: right back. There was a uh, well just a real 356 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: mascot thing going on. Yeah. And even when it came 357 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: to battle there there are rules, um that say you 358 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: can't have a bear in war. It's pretty much you 359 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: can't have any pets unstated. And so they said, oh, yeah, 360 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: well we're gonna enlist this bear and give him an 361 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: official number and rank private voytech. I guess and voytech, 362 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: by the way, means joyful warrior. I don't think we 363 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: said that. And so this was now an official uh 364 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: soldier of sorts that allowed them to skirt the rules 365 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: of war. Yeah, he was a private in the Second Core. 366 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: I mean like that's and then okay, well then you 367 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: can come along. Yes see, I thought this was pretty 368 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: terrible too, bringing a bear along to the front lines. 369 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: Well so, most of the time when he was in 370 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: the front lines, um or anywhere with them, he his 371 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: main role, aside from mascotting, was they trained him just 372 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: kind of it in the cab of a truck, um 373 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: so to guard it, to protect it, keep anyone from stealing. 374 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: Works pretty well, I would get um. Well. During this 375 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: Battle of Monte Casino um in Italy, uh, he was 376 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: there on the front lines guarding trucks and supposedly started 377 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:24,679 Speaker 1: carrying crates in artillery during this battle. There's no photo documentation, 378 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: if there's plenty of pictures of Voytech and the Polish 379 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: Second Core hanging out doing their thing, wrestling, having fun. 380 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: Um there's no pictures from this battle, but there are 381 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: witnesses who say, yeah, this this six hundred pound six 382 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: ft tall brown bear was walking around carrying a creative 383 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: artillery shells. Where they spent, where they knew, where they 384 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: unused who knows, but he was definitely doing that. That's 385 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: the story about Voytech. Yeah, I say, get that bear 386 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: away from the field of battle. Sure, that's just my opinion, 387 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: but I'm sure everyone loved it. Yeah. Eventually, though, sadly, 388 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: the war would end and everyone was like, well, what 389 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,239 Speaker 1: are we gonna do with this bear. It's like when 390 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: you get a bear with a significant other and you 391 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: break up, or you know, like who's going to take 392 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: the bear? You fight over the bear. Everyone wanted the bear. 393 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: Of course, Voytech was beloved, and they said, well, here's 394 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: what we don't want to do is send him back 395 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: to Poland because you know, the Soviets love their bear 396 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 1: Insignia's and they'll just scoop him up as a symbol 397 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: for communism. Yeah, and after the Alta Conference, Poland went 398 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: behind the Iron Curtain. That was that. And so these 399 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: Polish fighters who have been fighting for Polish freedom got 400 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: the exact opposite at the end of World War Two 401 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: and they're like, you're not taking our bear. You're certainly 402 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: not gonna make him a symbol of communism like you 403 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: were saying. Yeah, And they were fighting with the Allies 404 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: and the Brits by this point, so they ended up. 405 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: I think Voytech ended up in Scotland because of that. Yeah, 406 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: with this um the twenty second Artillery Regiment. They ended 407 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: up in Scotland around Edinburgh. Um and so he was 408 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: with them when the war ended and their status was 409 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: kind of up in the air too. They all decided 410 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: to live in exile, and um Voytech lived with them, 411 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: and he eventually went to the Edinburgh Zoo and became 412 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: one of the most popular attractions at the zoo for years. Yeah, 413 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: and was just sort of like in the army, was 414 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: a part of the community. Apparently. They would take him 415 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 1: around to kids parties, he would go to concerts and 416 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: dances and you know, just a beloved bear. He knew 417 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: how to yell free bird at inappropriate times. Uh an 418 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,719 Speaker 1: amazing there at the age of twenty two. Sadly, Voidtech 419 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: would die in nineteen sixty three. I don't know about 420 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: how old bears are, but that seems like a decent 421 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: life for a bear. How old twenty two? Sure, but 422 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: they think, uh, partially why this bear died was because 423 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: of damage to his esophagus from that cute little cigarette 424 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: tra that they would play. Isn't that awful? Yes? It is. 425 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: So There's a woman named um Or. Her last name 426 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: is or Eileen or she wrote Voytech, the bear Polish 427 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: war hero. There's a colon in there. You can figure 428 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: out where it goes um And she said that she 429 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: lives in this farm that Voytech lived in in Scotland 430 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: right before he was moved to the zoo, and his 431 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: claw marks are still on some of those trees, which 432 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: that would be quite a sight to see. Amazing yep, 433 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: I thought, so too, Is that how you got on Voytech? 434 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: That sure is Chuck. All right, we're gonna take our 435 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: final break and come back with the tail of another 436 00:25:39,440 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: animal adopted by the military right after this. Okay, so 437 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: final amazing animal story. Yet another animal adopted by a 438 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: military unit. This was not a bear in Poland, though, 439 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: this was a very cute dog. St. Bernard uh Bumps 440 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: a B A M. S. E. That was adopted by 441 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: the Royal Norwegian Navy during World War Two. That's right, 442 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: and he kind of got drafted along with his owner, 443 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 1: who's a guy named Lieutenant Erling half though great name 444 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: and Erling hafto Um was a harbor master in a 445 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: town called Honingsbag on the Margaroya Island. You're really going 446 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: for it, huh. I don't think I got that last 447 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: one right uh in Norway, right on the north coast 448 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: of Norway. Um. And so, uh, bumps Of would just 449 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: kind of like hang out with with Lieutenant Haft. He 450 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: was like the family dog. And very early on UM 451 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: he became beloved at least with the Haft family. When 452 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: little Victus half to the three year old daughter fell 453 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: ill and apparently bumps Of would not leave her side 454 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: for like this whole twelve days when she was at 455 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: death Store until she recovered. Yeah. So they thought this 456 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,719 Speaker 1: dog is good luck. Uh it. I don't know if 457 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: they thought it healed her daughter, probably not her their daughter, 458 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: but but they thought it was certainly a good omen 459 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: and at the very least an exceedingly loyal dog. Yeah. 460 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: And this was in thirty eight and thirty nine World 461 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 1: War two, UM breaks out and so Hafto was called 462 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: active duty. Uh. And this is you know something if 463 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: you've seen the movie Done Kirk Um. They would take 464 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: you know, civilian ships and basically make them into warships, 465 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: not necessarily like battleships, but bring them into active duty 466 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: as well. So they gave him a whaling ship called 467 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 1: the Rod with two d's and said you are now 468 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 1: a coastal patrol boat and you are a patrol boat captain, right. So, Um, 469 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: he was part of the Norwegian Army and as a 470 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: ship's dog, which Bumps so was. He was the ship's 471 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: dog already. Um. When he was entered into the log 472 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: he became part of the Norwegian Royal Navy himself. So 473 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,959 Speaker 1: he was Bumps a sea dog of the Royal nor 474 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: Norwegian Navy. Right, that's right. Where did you find this stuff? 475 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: By the way? Oh this uh, this came from Famous 476 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: Dogs in History. I loved it. Uh, that's probably one 477 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: of your favorite websites. And then Kit and Morgan Benson 478 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: had something on Fine the Grave, and then there's some 479 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: other ones I've seen. Um. So BUMPSA and Lieutenant have 480 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: To are just kind of hanging out doing their thing 481 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: coastal patrolling on the Thorod. And it's not just the 482 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: two of them, but Lieutenant have To was in charge 483 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: of the Thorod and there's this whole crew and they're 484 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: starting to love Bumps of like more and more and more. 485 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: Of course. Um. Eventually the Nazis invade Norway que the booing, 486 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: and the Norwegian King says, everybody, let's get out of here, 487 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna go form a government in exile in the 488 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: UK Scotland, specifically Scotland. Um, everybody regrouped there and so 489 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: the Thorod and Captain Lieutenant Half too, we're put in 490 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: charge of mind sweeping around Dundee, Scotland. That was their 491 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: thing now keeping the UK safe. Yeah, And just like 492 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: it's very similar to the to the votech story in 493 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: a lot of ways. They both ended up in Scotland. 494 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: They were like an hour and a half car drive 495 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: apart from one another at the same time. That's crazy, 496 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: isn't it. So just like with the votech story, Bombsa 497 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: becomes beloved by the town, Uh, goes on the pub. 498 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: Crawls would sit at the bar. Apparently there was one 499 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: story where there was a cat sitting up on the 500 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: seat that was usually occupied by the dog, and of 501 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: course Bumpsa comes in. It's like, get out of here, cat, 502 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: it's my seat. And not only did he go to 503 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: the bar just to hang out, he went to the 504 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: bar to drink year with his um fellow sailors. Again, 505 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: drink beer out of a bowl. It's not good for 506 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: a dog, but kind of hilarious still. But he was 507 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: also kind of the d D because he was well 508 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: known for going to the bars and the pubs to 509 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: get his sailors back to the ship before curfew so 510 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: they wouldn't get in trouble. That's right. He learned how 511 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: to open doors. Uh. He wore a little hat just 512 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: very cute. You can see picture of this little sailor's cap. 513 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: So once he learned to open doors, he could visit 514 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: like all the businesses all around the harbor. People just 515 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: like come on in. After he learned to open doors, 516 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: he learned to ride the bus. Yeah, they gave him 517 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: a bus pass that he wore around his neck. Yes, 518 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: that is super cute. But not only that, Chuck Wick 519 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: makes it even cuter is bumps Of would go to 520 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: the bus stop and sit there and wait, and the 521 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: bus riders would stop and let him on, and he 522 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: would climb up to the top deck and sit there 523 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: and like look out and be like, hey, I'm bumps Of, 524 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: so great good to meet you. So I think you 525 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 1: said that he was. He ended up being good luck 526 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: still to the sold ors he was. There were more 527 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: than one instance where Bumps I would either break up 528 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 1: a fight or foil some sort of crime. There was 529 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: one soldier who was getting mugged, and Bumps came up 530 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: and attacked the mugger. One guy went overboard I think 531 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: he was kind of drunk at the end of the 532 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: night and fell in the water, and BUMPSA jumped in 533 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: and you know, barked and barked and then kept this 534 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: guy afloat until they could rescue him. Yeah. Like saved 535 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: at least two men's life. Pretty pretty great. Um. He 536 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: also was extraordinarily brave UM when when the Thorod would 537 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,479 Speaker 1: Um would be out patrolling and take take fire from 538 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: German planes. He would sit next to the tail gunner 539 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: I guess, in the tail of the boat that's what 540 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: they call it, Um, and with a little helmet, a 541 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: little steel helmet on his head and just sit there 542 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: and probably point with his paw like there's one over there. 543 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: I can't imagine the sound. I guess it just didn't 544 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: didn't bother him, and he would not leave the gunners 545 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: side until the attack had been all the Nazis were dead, 546 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: so Um he'd swim out to the down planes and 547 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: chew the throats out of the rounded. He was a 548 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: full service sea dog. So at one point, Uh, this 549 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 1: dog was transferred. I'm sorry, the uh, the owner was 550 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: transferred to another ship and everybody was like no, no, no, 551 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: you're not taking Bumps with you. Yeah, he was going 552 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: to and they're like no, like this dog stay in 553 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: the here. He's like, I'm the captain, and the dad 554 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: of the dog said nope, he belongs to this ship. 555 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: Yeah and that town, and that's what happened. They left 556 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: him there, which was the right and it was temporary, 557 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: of course, it's not like he was It was just 558 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: for a few months. So they were eventually reunited. So 559 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: Bumps was like this beloved sea dog, not just in 560 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 1: this town of Dundee um, I think it was actually Montrose, Scotland, um, 561 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: but all over the UK, and it basically became like 562 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: the mascot of the entire Norwegian Royal Navy. He was 563 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: beloved is a really good way to put it. He 564 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: was known as a peacemaker, a lifesaver, very brave, very 565 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: sweet um. And so when he died it was a big, 566 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: big deal. He was only something like, I think, um, 567 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: seven seven years old. Yeah, you know these St Bernard's 568 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,479 Speaker 1: as bigger dogs have a little shorter lifespan, I think, um, 569 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: but a pretty good seven years and the whole town 570 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 1: came out in a big way. Yeah. They canceled school 571 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: so the school children could attend his funeral. They gave 572 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: him um a funeral with full military honors. His casket 573 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: was draped in the Norwegian flag, like it was a 574 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: big deal. Soldiers came from all over the place. The 575 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: town just basically stopped that day to attend bumps his funeral. 576 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: That's right. Over a thousand sailors and villagers attended this funeral. 577 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: Pretty great, and I think there there's there. Does this 578 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: one have two statues or was that votech Voytech had 579 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: two statues, one in crack Out and one in Edinburgh, 580 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: and then Bumpsa has one in I believe in Dundee, Scotland, 581 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,240 Speaker 1: and then the other one is going to be in Norway. 582 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if they've raised it yet. And then 583 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: in two thousand six to the story gets even better 584 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: because Bumpsa was awarded posthumously, of course, the People's Dispensary 585 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: for Sick Animals Gold Medal, uh as the animals version 586 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 1: of the George's Cross or the George Cross right, and 587 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,359 Speaker 1: who accepted it on his behalf uh vigdis the little 588 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 1: girl who was on death's door until she got those 589 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: sweet sweet st Bernard legs. Pretty amazing, amazing. Well that's 590 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: it for amazing animals, everybody. If you want to know 591 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 1: more about amazing animals, just go start reading about them. 592 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: It will turn your day around. Or just walk outside 593 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,360 Speaker 1: and look around. Yeah, go kiss your closest animal. How 594 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: about that? Uh? And since I said that, it's time 595 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: for a listener mail, kudos guys on the MG three 596 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: seventy podcast we got that must have been a good one. 597 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:06,640 Speaker 1: We got a lot of good response from that one, 598 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: as well as other people that were like, aviation is 599 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,479 Speaker 1: tough and you guys did an okay job. I didn't 600 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 1: see any of those. Yeah, there were a couple of 601 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: those technical details, but I think we told a good 602 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 1: story in the end. I live in Kuala Lampur and 603 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: have even flown on MH three seventy for this incident. 604 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: You covered this one really well and handled the cultural 605 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,800 Speaker 1: issues well. To really appreciate that you reached conclusion and 606 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 1: a logical, well reasoned and unbiased manner. This includes your 607 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,839 Speaker 1: reference to other UH suicide flights like the Silk Care 608 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 1: flight you are spot on Malaysia is not interested in 609 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: the truth in this case and are happy to see 610 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: this as an act of God. Hence the prayer they 611 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: show on every single flight since yes, they put a 612 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: prayer on the screen before every takeoff, asking God to 613 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: bless the flight. As Westerners, we will never understand this 614 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 1: fatalistic approach, as we can see a real cause for 615 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,640 Speaker 1: this terrible event that they prefer to pass off as 616 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: God's will. This riff between how we think about it 617 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 1: and how they think about it is real. I don't 618 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,879 Speaker 1: mean to be bigoted or anything, but I have lived 619 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: in this culture for forty years now and understand that 620 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: people do think differently. 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