# How did this man survive having his skull disconnected from his spine?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-man-survive-having-his-skull-disconnected-from-his-spine/290795 "2005-02-18T21:45:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-man-survive-having-his-skull-disconnected-from-his-spine/290795/21 "2005-02-20T14:37:49Z")

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As Jack Palance used to say… “Believe it… **or not!** ”.

At least sometimes, you gotta go with “not”…

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