A Vietnamese man who died last week and whose hair was so long it resembled a boa constrictor, may have had the world’s longest mane, reports said.
The exact length of Tran Van Hay’s unwashed hair was unclear but the Vietnam News said it was 6.8m long. The Thanh Nien daily said Hay’s matted locks were measured at 6.2m in 2006.
China’s Xie Qiuping is on record as having the world’s longest hair, measured at 5.6m in 2004, according to the Web site of Guinness World Records.
Hay began to let his hair grow more than 50 years ago because he often got sick after a haircut, the Vietnam News quoted his wife, Nguyen Thi Hoa, as saying.
Media reports said he lived a simple life as a herbalist, but his hair could occasionally be a pain in the neck. Reports said no motorcycle taxi would carry him because he could not wear a helmet. In the daytime he balanced his hair on his head like a basket, protected by a scarf.
Hay, whose hair weighed several kilograms, died at home last week in the southern province of Kien Giang at the age of 79, Vietnam News said.(AFP)
報導指出,一名上週去世、髮長有如巨蚺的越南男子堪稱是全球頭髮最長的人。
這名男子名叫陳文海,不洗髮的他,頭髮究竟有多長還不清楚,但《越南新聞報》報導指出他髮長六點八公尺。《越南青年日報》報導,二00六年時,陳文海糾結的長髮就有六點二公尺長。
根據金氏世界紀錄網站的資料,目前全球最長頭髮紀錄保持人是中國的謝秋平,二00四年測得的髮長為五點六公尺。
《越南新聞報》引述陳文海妻子阮氏和的話說,因為他剪髮後常生病,所以五十多年前便開始不剪髮。
媒體報導,陳文海是個生活簡單的草藥商,但長髮有時也會給他帶來困擾。報導指出,因為無法戴安全帽,所以沒有摩托計程車願意載他。白天時,他會像頂籃子一樣把頭髮盤在頭上,再用頭巾包覆。
《越南新聞報》報導,頭髮重達數公斤的陳文海上週在南部建江省家中過世,享壽七十九歲。
(法新社�翻譯:林倩如)
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