Saturday, May 02, 2026

amazing story of a farmer stuck under his tractor


The day began as any other for Cecil Harris, a farmer living with his wife, Bessie May near Rosetown, Saskatchewan. Hours later, when he didn’t return for supper, his wife grew worried.

It was nearly 10 p.m. when neighbors organized a search. They found Cecil pinned under his tractor on a remote part of the farm. The machine had slipped on the wet ground and rolled over, cutting his leg from ankle to hip. He was conscious but alone, bleeding, and trapped, with his leg severely fractured. He was rushed to the hospital, but Cecil died the next day.

While pinned, knowing he might not survive, Cecil took out his pocket knife and scratched a few words into the red paint on the tractor fender, "In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife," he wrote, and signed it as best he could. It was used as his holographic will. It was preserved, used as evidence in court, and within weeks of Harris' death, his estate passed uncontested to his wife, as per his clear wishes

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