# Could somebody be this hairy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010 "2001-06-16T05:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IBBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@IBBen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IBBen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/1 "2001-06-16T05:04:54Z")
This from [uglypeople.com](http://uglypeople.com), I can’t honestly believe a person could be this hairy. This dude could go shirtless in December! [Bic here.](http://www.uglypeople.com/uglymen/html/up-men-00418.htm) True or false? ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/2 "2001-06-16T05:14:58Z")
True. There was a whole family of people like that on some TV show. Thier entire faces were covered with hair as well. ---
**Author:** ![IBBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@IBBen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IBBen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/3 "2001-06-16T05:25:01Z")
Barney Rubble, what an actor! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/4 "2001-06-16T15:05:23Z")
Apparently, you’ve never visited the West Side of Buffalo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/5 "2001-06-16T16:26:59Z")
There is actually 3 generations in a family in Mexico that as mblackwell said are entirely covered in hair even their faces. I believe it is called hypertrichosis. The guy in the picture from the OP doesn’t hve this, but yes people can be hairier. ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/6 "2001-06-16T17:01:27Z")
I saw them on Guiness primetime on Fox. One of the women complained of being unable to find a job, and I wondered why she couldn’t just shave. Perhaps she was proud to be different. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/7 "2001-06-16T17:34:04Z")
Heck, with that guy, you could still see skin showing through in a few places. I’ve personally known people hairier than that. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/8 "2001-06-16T18:09:17Z")
As have I. I knew a guy whose back was harier than some faculty members’ faces. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/9 "2001-06-16T18:56:43Z")
How come those hairy people don’t do much about it? There are hair removal treatments out there… Also:- How do they get those pics on [uglypeople.com](http://uglypeople.com)? Do people actually volunteer images of themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/10 "2001-06-16T23:58:35Z")
No, Zoggie, people just send in anybody they think deserves it. Bruce Villanch and Harry Knowles have both made it, as has Linda Tripp, out of ‘famous’ people. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/11 "2001-06-17T03:48:52Z")
Quick FYI: Although the vast majority of our hair folicles are inactive (thank God!), humans are actually more hairy than chimps. In Nuc Power School, I had an instructor so hairy that he had to trim his wrist to wear a watch. Very strange looking, as he had that golden-blonde hair you see on california surf ads. We called him the FurMonster. ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/12 "2001-06-17T04:13:06Z")
I took a quick peek at the website: [http://www.uglypeople.com](http://www.uglypeople.com) That was the most disturbing thing I’ve seen all month, bar none. ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/13 "2001-06-17T05:39:33Z")
I hope he doesn’t go bald, that would be one scary comb-over! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/14 "2001-06-17T09:45:09Z")
I looked at a few other pictures on that site. But only a few, because some of them were just plain scary. [Is this inbreeding or what.](http://www.uglypeople.com/uglymen/html/up-men-00499.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/15 "2001-06-17T10:08:30Z")
I like [this one](http://www.uglypeople.com/uglywomen/html/up-women-00422.htm)…or not…how am I going to sleep now? **Mongrel\_8** ’s family (you know what I mean) can be found at [Lili’s Fanpage](http://www.geocities.com/okeedokay/circus/lilimain.html). You can also see a picture of [Jojo the Wolf Man](http://webusers.anet-stl.com/~civil/Freak%20Show/freak-page5.html). ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/16 "2001-06-17T10:13:38Z")
Whoo!! Here’s a whole bunch of [hairy peoples](http://www.bullseyedesigns.com/sideshow/people/hairy/hairy_people_intro.htm)!! Check out Lionel. Now _that’s_ some hair. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/17 "2001-06-18T23:48:59Z")
What I want to know is, when this guy trims his beard and shaves his neck, _how does he know when to stop shaving??_ ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/18 "2001-06-19T18:27:24Z")
Truly there is a web site for everything. Of course, my favorite for stuff like this is still [this one](http://www.somethingawful.com/cliff/ihateyou/). ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/19 "2001-06-19T20:02:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > **How come those hairy people don’t do much about it? There are hair removal treatments out there…** Yeah, and how come those black skinned people don’t do much about their color? I mean, there are skin-lightening products and make-up and all. I thought this url had been thoroughly rejected here. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010/20 "2001-06-19T20:11:13Z")
“Jojo the Wolf Man?” When I used to see him at Barnum’s Museum on lower Broadway, he was billed as “Jo Jo the Dog-Faced Boy.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-somebody-be-this-hairy/69010.md?page=2)