Mike the Headless Chicken was supposed to be supper in Fruita, Colorado; instead he became a sideshow star and guest of honor ...

FRUITA, Colo. (KKCO) — Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the Mike the Headless Chicken festival! (Or maybe not, Mike did get beheaded.) The town of Fruita is continuing its annual ...

How long can a chicken live without its head? It's a question that pops up from time to time in certain circles (whatever, you probably have cool friends) and the answer makes a lot of people ...

FRUITA, Colo. (KKCO) — Thousands gathered this weekend for the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival with locals and visitors gathering to celebrate one of Colorado’s strangest stories. The festival ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Colorado’s Western Slope, a headless chicken from the 1940s is still a beloved figure celebrated each spring. In 1945, Mike the Headless Chicken captured ...

A sculpture of Mike - the Fruita chicken that lived for 18 months in the 1940s minus his head - is being permanently ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Mike the Headless Chicken Festival is back in town May 30 and May 31. The annual festival takes place in Fruita and has an interesting back story. The origin story ...