When Queen Anne Boleyn’s head was removed and held up to the crowd at her exEcution in 1536, her mouth kept moving!
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When Queen Anne Boleyn’s head was removed and held up to the crowd at her exEcution in 1536, her mouth kept moving!
In Anne’s last moments, she knelt down in preparation for the exEcutioner’s blow, and began to pray loudly.
In an instant, the exEcutioner b~headed Anne with a single strike of his sword.
Some eyewitnesses reported that Anne’s lips continued to move for several seconds after her b~heading.
Did she remain conscious?
Is that even possible?
The debate comes down to voluntary muscle reactions vs. pure consciousness.
Some believe movements, like Anne’s, are simply the result of the voluntary muscles that control the lips and eyes spasming after a shock.
This is probably true for the rest of the body, but the head is home to our motherboard, the brain.
With a clean cut like Anne’s, the brain would not have received any trauma, and could very possibly continue to function until inevitable blood loss.
How long it could function is really unknown
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