Man's Eyebrow Hair Breaks Record

SARANAC, N.Y. (Aug. 24) - A bushy brow landed Frank Ames in the Guinness Book of World Records, but not before a new entry was created for him. The 43-year-old upstate New York man now holds the world record for having the longest eyebrow hair, measured just over 3 inches.

"It's crazy how much people want to know about this... I could build children's hospitals all across the world, and this is what I would still be known for," Frank Ames said of his record-breaking eyebrow hair.

"I don't know why it grows like that; it just always has,'' Ames told the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh.

Ames' journey toward notoriety began almost two years ago when a co-worker at Bombardier Corp. noticed the lengthy brow and suggested Ames try for a record.

When Ames decided to go for it, he discovered that no such category existed. So, he called Guinness and got the rules for official recognition.

Ken Joy, a machinist at Bombardier, measured the hair in February 2004 with Plattsburgh Mayor Daniel Stewart and other city officials standing by as witnesses.

Ames' record appears in the 2006 edition of the record book, in the "Body Parts'' section.

"It's crazy how much people want to know about this,'' Ames said Tuesday. "I've been on radio shows all day. I could build children's hospitals all across the world, and this is what I would still be known for.''