In 1783, a boy was born with two heads. The second head was upside down, with the neck pointed straight up. Amazingly, the second head was fully functional. The boy claimed he could hear the other brain telling him things.
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This happened in a small village in India, the midwife assisting the birth was so horrified by the child's appearance that she attempted to throw him into the fire.
The baby was rescued and the parents, after recovering from some initial shock, began to view him as a money making endeavor.
After his fame spread from performing in shows, several nobleman, civil servants, and city officials invited the child and his parents to their homes for private exhibitions.
The term ‘Two-Headed’ would be a bit misleading as rather than two heads side by side, the Boy actually had one head atop the other. When compared to the average child, both heads were of an appropriate size and development.
The second head sat atop the main head inverted and simply ended in a neck-like stump. The second head seemed to, at times, function independently from the main head. When the boy cried or smiled the features of the second head did not always match.
When the child was 4 years old, his mother left him alone to fetch water and when she returned, she found the child dead by the bite of a cobra.
