She doesn’t quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him.
Does Hysterical Strength Really Exist?
You hear about cases every so often: a mother lifting a car to rescue a pinned child, performing a feat of strength not usually available to humans. Evidence is almost always anecdotal — like when a man in Arizona lifted a car to free a cyclist who’d been hit and dragged in 2006, witnessed only by those involved in the accident — but these things happen so rarely (if they do indeed happen at all) that it’s difficult to observe them under repeatable, scientific circumstances. But while proof of the events themselves remains hearsay, there is a theory, at least, among researchers that such things are at least possible.
It’s all about adrenaline. (…)
“When adrenaline is released by the adrenal medulla — an interior region of the adrenal glands, which are located just above your kidneys — it allows blood to flow more easily to your muscles. This means that more oxygen is carried to your muscles by the extra blood, which allows your muscles to function at elevated levels.”
