With hair estimated at 6.8 meters (over 22 feet) in length, Tran Van Hay, a 79-year old Vietnamese man, is believed to have the world’s longest hair in history. This record beats the measured 5.6-meter hair of Xie Qiuping from China as documented in the Guinness World Records during 2004.
Quite strange, but Hay often ends up feeling ill every after getting a haircut, leading him to decide to grow his hair instead. Nguyen Thi Hoa, his wife, claimed that for the next 50 years since then, the Vietnamese herbal healer never had a haircut and kept his hair unwashed. Over time, the length and lack of wash made his hair clump and look like a huge snake resembling a boa constrictor.
Apart from the mixed attention he is getting from curious crowds, Tran Van Hay pretty much went through a great deal of odds just to keep his hair that way. As he keeps them wrapped up in a scarf and worn on his head like a giant turban, balancing the load on his head is a hard task in itself, in which, he has to deal with every single day. Getting from one place to another is twice as difficult. Since no helmet would fit his head, owed to such extraordinary hairdo, motorcycle taxis would have to refuse giving him a ride fearing they’d get into trouble for carrying a passenger without a helmet on. But no difficulty ever convinced him to cut his hair off. In fact, Hay became more determined to grow his hair even more.
With claims of having the world’s longest hair not clearly validated and confirmed, Hay died in his home in the southern province of Kien Giang early this week. Contrary to what many might be expecting to hear, he didn’t die of anything connected to his hair. His death is said to be of natural cause.
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