150 feet of facial hair: Beard chain in Wyoming bar breaks previous Guinness World Record

Natalie Neysa Alund
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There appears to be a new world record for the longest beard chain. Yes, that's a thing.

Participants gathered at a bar in Casper, Wyoming where they stood side by side and clipped their beards together to create a hairy chain measured at 150 feet long, the Casper Star-Tribune reported.

For perspective, the height of the Statue of Liberty is 151 feet from the base to the torch.

The measurement, taken Friday, beat out the Guinness World Record of 62 feet, 6 inches, set in Germany in 2007.

Dozens of participants, who stood together for 31 seconds, were required to sport a beard at least 8 inches long, the outlet reported.

Men wait for the chain of their beards to be measured as part of their attempt at breaking the world's longest beard chain in the Guinness Book of World Records, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, at The Gaslight Social in Casper, Wyo.
Men wait for the chain of their beards to be measured as part of their attempt at breaking the world's longest beard chain in the Guinness Book of World Records, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, at The Gaslight Social in Casper, Wyo.
Jimmy Preston, one of the lead organizers of the National Beard and Moustache Championships, gets his beard clipped to another man's beard, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, at The Gaslight Social in Casper, Wyo.
Jimmy Preston, one of the lead organizers of the National Beard and Moustache Championships, gets his beard clipped to another man's beard, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, at The Gaslight Social in Casper, Wyo.

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World record for longest beard chain set in Casper

The event took place just one day before the National Beard and Moustache Championships on Saturday at the city’s Ford Wyoming Center.

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As of Monday, the new world record claim had not yet been posted to the Guinness World Records' page.

A Guinness World Records spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment by USA TODAY.

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