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...

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Interviewer and host: Beth Young

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"I was scalped at 13 weeks pregnant" 13:36 Share

How I Survived

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"I was scalped at 13 weeks pregnant"