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[Krispy]

Unless you live in Somalia you should be alright.

 

[NotebookJ2]

Does this bother anyone else as much as it bothers me?

http://i.imgur.com/LdMfg.jpg

That looks kinda cool. Disgusting, but cool.

And yeah, I have the same fear as the TC. Though it may have something to do with watching things I had no business watching.

 

[JdFoX187]

Came in here expecting a Game of Thrones reference and as not disappointed.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

My brother knew a guy that chopped his head off for suicide.

He wrapped a long chain around his neck, smashed out the back window, tied the other end to a tree and floored it. Pretty fuckin clever.

 

[Duracelllll]

The other guy is right, the head can live for at least a few seconds.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495

One of the earliest and best-known proofs of this came from a Dr. Beaurieux, who conducted an experiment on a French murderer named Languille. After he was guillotined, Languille's eyes and mouth continued to move for five to six seconds, at which point he appeared to pass on. But then when Beaurieux shouted the subject's name, Languille's eyes popped open.
In Beaurieux's own words: "Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine, the pupils focusing themselves," and the good doctor continued to get similar results for up to 30 seconds.

First hand account: http://www.straightdope.com/columns...d-remain-briefly-conscious-after-decapitation

Then I received a note from a U.S. Army veteran who had been stationed in Korea. In June 1989 the taxi he and a friend were riding in collided with a truck. My correspondent was pinned in the wreckage. The friend was decapitated. Here's what happened:

My friend's head came to rest face up, and (from my angle) upside-down. As I watched, his mouth opened and closed no less than two times. The facial expressions he displayed were first of shock or confusion, followed by terror or grief. I cannot exaggerate and say that he was looking all around, but he did display ocular movement in that his eyes moved from me, to his body, and back to me. He had direct eye contact with me when his eyes took on a hazy, absent expression … and he was dead.

 

[Throavium]

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

The other guy is right, the head can live for at least a few seconds.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495

One of the earliest and best-known proofs of this came from a Dr. Beaurieux, who conducted an experiment on a French murderer named Languille. After he was guillotined, Languille's eyes and mouth continued to move for five to six seconds, at which point he appeared to pass on. But then when Beaurieux shouted the subject's name, Languille's eyes popped open.
In Beaurieux's own words: "Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine, the pupils focusing themselves," and the good doctor continued to get similar results for up to 30 seconds.

First hand account: http://www.straightdope.com/columns...d-remain-briefly-conscious-after-decapitation

Then I received a note from a U.S. Army veteran who had been stationed in Korea. In June 1989 the taxi he and a friend were riding in collided with a truck. My correspondent was pinned in the wreckage. The friend was decapitated. Here's what happened:

My friend's head came to rest face up, and (from my angle) upside-down. As I watched, his mouth opened and closed no less than two times. The facial expressions he displayed were first of shock or confusion, followed by terror or grief. I cannot exaggerate and say that he was looking all around, but he did display ocular movement in that his eyes moved from me, to his body, and back to me. He had direct eye contact with me when his eyes took on a hazy, absent expression … and he was dead.

omg. why did you do this???

 

[Plywood]

Here you go

nooOOOooo

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0016514

Rats get about 4 seconds after decapitation til their brain activity drops to about half.

Aw shit.

The other guy is right, the head can live for at least a few seconds.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495

One of the earliest and best-known proofs of this came from a Dr. Beaurieux, who conducted an experiment on a French murderer named Languille. After he was guillotined, Languille's eyes and mouth continued to move for five to six seconds, at which point he appeared to pass on. But then when Beaurieux shouted the subject's name, Languille's eyes popped open.
In Beaurieux's own words: "Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine, the pupils focusing themselves," and the good doctor continued to get similar results for up to 30 seconds.

First hand account: http://www.straightdope.com/columns...d-remain-briefly-conscious-after-decapitation

Then I received a note from a U.S. Army veteran who had been stationed in Korea. In June 1989 the taxi he and a friend were riding in collided with a truck. My correspondent was pinned in the wreckage. The friend was decapitated. Here's what happened:

My friend's head came to rest face up, and (from my angle) upside-down. As I watched, his mouth opened and closed no less than two times. The facial expressions he displayed were first of shock or confusion, followed by terror or grief. I cannot exaggerate and say that he was looking all around, but he did display ocular movement in that his eyes moved from me, to his body, and back to me. He had direct eye contact with me when his eyes took on a hazy, absent expression … and he was dead.

Son of a bitch.

 

[OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather]

Sometimes, when I'm driving down the road I think the signs are going to hit me in the face and I kind of wince and move to avoid them. It's definitely not normal.

 

[Sickboy007]

I've already read that story but the description of the guy looking at his own body in horror still gives me the chills. That's a real out-of-body experience.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

The other guy is right, the head can live for at least a few seconds.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=495

One of the earliest and best-known proofs of this came from a Dr. Beaurieux, who conducted an experiment on a French murderer named Languille. After he was guillotined, Languille's eyes and mouth continued to move for five to six seconds, at which point he appeared to pass on. But then when Beaurieux shouted the subject's name, Languille's eyes popped open.
In Beaurieux's own words: "Languille's eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine, the pupils focusing themselves," and the good doctor continued to get similar results for up to 30 seconds.

First hand account: http://www.straightdope.com/columns...d-remain-briefly-conscious-after-decapitation

Then I received a note from a U.S. Army veteran who had been stationed in Korea. In June 1989 the taxi he and a friend were riding in collided with a truck. My correspondent was pinned in the wreckage. The friend was decapitated. Here's what happened:

My friend's head came to rest face up, and (from my angle) upside-down. As I watched, his mouth opened and closed no less than two times. The facial expressions he displayed were first of shock or confusion, followed by terror or grief. I cannot exaggerate and say that he was looking all around, but he did display ocular movement in that his eyes moved from me, to his body, and back to me. He had direct eye contact with me when his eyes took on a hazy, absent expression … and he was dead.

This post just made me realize why I hate beheadings so much. I always felt that the beheaded person can perceive what's going on for a while. I can't stand to even think about it.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Probably will happen to everyone at some point

 

[SneakyStephan]

Yeah, I would expect that is... inherently speculative. That said, since there isn't any actual injury to the brain, it seems feasible to me that you could still be conscious briefly afterwards before the blood left your brain.

Wouldn't your blood pressure drop tremendously , instantly.
I figure you'd pass out just from that.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I don't see how that's something to be fearing. It's one of the quickest deaths I could think of. I would be more afraid of slow agonizing death.

 

[SneakyStephan]

I don't see how that's something to be fearing. It's one of the quickest deaths I could think of. I would be more afraid of slow agonizing death.

Surely you can imagine the horror of realising you are already fucked (if you are still concious).

The reflection is the scary part, with no time to come to peace.

 

[universalmind]

Fuck this thread, now I'm scared after reading those accounts.

 

[Slavik81]

Probably will happen to everyone at some point

Decapitation?