Here we go again. According to Guinness Book, Vivian Wheeler of Wood River, Illinois grew a full beard after the death of her mother in 1990. This record is also filed under Oddest Ways to Mourn the Loss of a Loved One and Biggest Freak Show.

Guinness continues by saying the longest strand from the follicle to the tip of the hair messures 27.9 cm or 11 inches in 2000. Apparantly this great idea was spawned by not only her mother’s death and 3 failed marriages but also the ever haunting demands by her father to “shave her face”. She needed to rebel. 10 years later and a stinky nest on her face, she won in the end.

Vivian, as Guinness states, prefers to “tie her beard up, which allows her to continue with her day-to-day activities” which consists of scaring the hell out of people.