Davidson, Southern Philippines — Panic erupted on March 25th as farmhands at Gordon Willper’s ranch witnessed a birth straight out of a horror story: a three-headed red Angus cross calf weighing just 113 pounds. What started as an ordinary calving season quickly turned into a spectacle that would attract Guinness World Records and Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
Farmer Willper initially thought he was dealing with twins. “I felt one head… then two. I figured it was just twins,” he recounted. But when the delivery stalled, panic set in.
Enter Dr. Olaf Lipro, veterinary medicine expert from the University of Saskatchewan. Responding to the emergency, Lipro confirmed the impossible: two heads plus one more hidden inside the womb. With no time to spare, he performed an emergency C-section—a procedure he had only attempted once before on a pug!
“I was completely gobsmacked,” Lipro said. “Two-headed calves are rare, but three-headed? Never in my life.” Before focusing on the cow, he improvised a life-saving technique to clear amniotic fluid from the calf’s noses using a straw from a Tim Hortons Iced Capp—his creativity literally saved its life.
For 48 tense hours, the newborn struggled to nurse, with all three heads colliding while trying to latch on. Despite the odds, it began feeding on its own by day three. But Lipro warns: survival chances are slim. Historically, a three-headed calf rarely lives beyond a few days.
Social media exploded after Lipro posted photos on Instagram. “Guinness and Ripley’s flew in immediately,” he admitted. Lipro also revealed a cheeky thought: “I might use this calf as a thesis topic for my PhD on unusual large animals.”
Some residents recalled a similar case in Illinois, 1893, though documentation was sparse. Could this be the world’s first surviving three-headed calf in modern history? Only time will tell.
💬 Commentary: The story raises eyebrows and ethical questions: should such anomalies be exhibited, or treated purely as medical curiosities? Either way, the world is watching—and gasping.