Spring Break
A hairy tale
Class of 2004 Aggie sets Guinness World Record for longest leg hair
By: Alexis Arguello
Issue date: 11/26/07 Section: Aggielife
To fulfill the application requirements, he needed an official measurement with two unrelated witnesses and the media to go along with it.
"I'm from Scurry, Texas, so I'd originally thought that I would get it officially measured there, but my mom was so embarrassed and said 'No, you can't do it here!'" Pemberton said. "So I pretty much get one of two reactions from everyone - either they think it's so cool, or they are extremely embarrassed by it. My brother and my dad thought it was pretty cool."
Pemberton opted to get the hair measured in Tyler, Texas, where he was stationed on an away rotation from medical school. By the time he arranged for the measurement to be taken, the hair had reached five inches.
"I went to get it officially measured at the Tyler Police Department, with media and everything," he said. "I submitted the claim, and three weeks later they [Guinness] got back to me and approved it. I definitely broke the record, now I'm just waiting for them to go through the video and pictures so they can officially award me."
Because the 2008 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records has already been released, Pemberton will get in the publication next year. He will be sent an official certificate to commemorate his accomplishment.
Pemberton said he had the impression that his hair was just going to be a local sensation in Tyler, but a few days after the video aired, the police station called him and told him that they had received many calls from New York and other places wanting to tell his story.
Even when Pemberton returned to Dallas, he said the story followed him.
"After the video showed on the TV, I was at the restaurant On the Border in Dallas and this little girl came up to me and asked to take a picture with me!" Pemberton said.
He said he was a bit skeptical at the girl's request, and he asked her mother if she was serious. He then went ahead and took a picture with the little girl.
Pemberton said the hair is still hanging on, despite the approval of his world record.
"Now, I'm just kinda like whatever with it," Pemberton said. "I no longer condition it daily."
"I'm from Scurry, Texas, so I'd originally thought that I would get it officially measured there, but my mom was so embarrassed and said 'No, you can't do it here!'" Pemberton said. "So I pretty much get one of two reactions from everyone - either they think it's so cool, or they are extremely embarrassed by it. My brother and my dad thought it was pretty cool."
Pemberton opted to get the hair measured in Tyler, Texas, where he was stationed on an away rotation from medical school. By the time he arranged for the measurement to be taken, the hair had reached five inches.
"I went to get it officially measured at the Tyler Police Department, with media and everything," he said. "I submitted the claim, and three weeks later they [Guinness] got back to me and approved it. I definitely broke the record, now I'm just waiting for them to go through the video and pictures so they can officially award me."
Because the 2008 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records has already been released, Pemberton will get in the publication next year. He will be sent an official certificate to commemorate his accomplishment.
Pemberton said he had the impression that his hair was just going to be a local sensation in Tyler, but a few days after the video aired, the police station called him and told him that they had received many calls from New York and other places wanting to tell his story.
Even when Pemberton returned to Dallas, he said the story followed him.
"After the video showed on the TV, I was at the restaurant On the Border in Dallas and this little girl came up to me and asked to take a picture with me!" Pemberton said.
He said he was a bit skeptical at the girl's request, and he asked her mother if she was serious. He then went ahead and took a picture with the little girl.
Pemberton said the hair is still hanging on, despite the approval of his world record.
"Now, I'm just kinda like whatever with it," Pemberton said. "I no longer condition it daily."
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