Surprising Facts About Woodstock Festival

There Were Only Three Deaths

Even though there were thousands of medical cases, 5,162 documented mostly involving drug abuse and overdose, there were only three deaths with hundreds of thousands present.

Two were from an overdose and one super tragic case of a 17 year old in a mud covered sleeping bag who was run over by a tractor that was collecting debris.

There Were Only Three Deaths

Even though John Sebastian famously announced during his performance that “old lady just had a baby,” there has been no credible evidence of any births that happened during the 3 days.

Unfortunately there were at least four to eight miscarriages reported from the medical tents.