"I was scalped at 13 weeks pregnant"

Michelle Dowsett, 42, worked as a school teacher but lived on a farm with her husband, Bob, and two young kids, Josh, 2, and Liv, 18 months, so it wasn’t unusual for her to lend a helping hand when it came to yard work.


Bob and her uncle, Craig, were having some trouble with one of the farm machines, so Michelle lent a hand. Eventually they fixed the problem and were just about done, which is when disaster struck.


‘I felt a tug on my hair,’ Michelle told that’s life!


‘My ponytail had snagged on a spinning bolt connected to the motor, and the top of my head had been clean pulled off.’


Michelle shares her incredible story of survival on this episode...


Credits


Interviewer and host: Beth Young


Producer: Denis Duggan

 


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