In Brazil human hair is, apparently, a valuable commodity, and the longer the hair the higher the value, so the Brazilian woman who had been growing her hair for twenty years shouldn't have been surprised that there was literally a price on her head. Cutting it off with a machete was, perhaps, a tad over the top, though.

The woman was walking to church when she was assaulted late on Tuesday; the robbers cut her hair above the shoulder with the idea of selling it to be fashioned into a wig. A police spokesman said, "a hairpiece that size could cost you as much as $555." The now short-haired woman told police she had received anonymous threats. She was not injured, but her assailants could be charged with battery if caught.

She should count herself lucky that her assailants were so accurate with that machete.

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