(1985) Back on a friend's farm in South Africa, this farm worker...

"Waitaminute. A friend of a friend... on a farm? in Africa! How can this be anything but an Urban Legend."

This farmer, a friend of mine, lived in Standerton, South Africa, and was ploughing his fields when one of the farm workers suddenly slipped and fell, and a tractor wheel rolled right over his head! But the newly-turned earth was so soft that the wheel just pushed his head down into the dirt. He stood up and shook the sand from his hair...

"OK I can see this happening. And Standerton is a town that exists in South Africa."

...a doctor pronounced him completely unharmed. Later that evening he was swapping stories with a few drinking buddies, and he started to brag about how hard his head is. A large 4WD tractor didn't even leave a mark! Of course, his buddies didn't believe his story about his head plant. Nettled, he set out to prove it by laying in front of the tractor again, this time on solid cement, and insisting that they drive over his head. Yes. It's that hard, he said.

Needless to say he didn't survive...

"See, right there it's fishy, come on, these guys in the bar trundle out into the night in search of this same tractor? And where did the farm worker get the keys? Nah, I don't buy it. Urban Legend." --Darwin

This happened a really long time ago, in 1985 on a friend's farm.

A farmer in Standerton South Africa was ploughing his fields and one of the farm workers was walking alongside the tractor. Suddenly he slipped and fell and one wheel of the tractor went right over his head. Because the newly ploughed earth was so loose the tractor just pushed his head into the earth. He stood up and shook the sand from his hair. He was taken to a doctor who pronounced him completely unharmed.

Later that evening he and a few drinking buddies were joking around, swapping stories. He then started to brag about how hard his head is, how a large 4 wheel drive tractor didn't even leave a mark. Of course his buddies didn't believe him, so he insisted on showing them. He actually then went and lied beneath the tractor again, this time on solid cement, and let them drive over his head again. Needless to say he didn't survive...

Submitted on 01/12/2011

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Reference: Eyewitness account, 1985

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Bruce said:
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For some reason this story sounds very familiar to me, but I'm unable to find any duplicates in the archives. Given that I'll accept it as a PA. Thanks.

Candi said:
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