The Invisible Barber are very curious stories. Charles Fort was an author who wrote on subjects of unusual and unexplained phenomena in the early 1900s. He is considered the father of Fortean Studies. The inspiration for the magazine, “Fortean Times”, which is published monthly in the United kingdom. Fort spent most of his life in New York and London libraries. He poured over newspapers from around the world in search of the bizarre. In one of Fort’s books, “Wild Talents” there are stories of someone or something attacking women. They had their hair cut off.
Gaia
His older style use of the language can be confusing, almost unintelligible by today’s standards of the written word. But, what is Fort is alluding to? It seems similar to the present day theory called “Gaia”. The theory says the earth is a living organism and all living things are a part of that organism. He is credited with inventing the word “teleportation”. His writings were upon the supernatural, occult and paranormal.
Attacks of the Hair-Clipper
He happened on a story that occurred in Quebec from around 1889. A young girl felt her hair, which was in a long braid being tugged and lopped off. It had vanished without leaving a trace of evidence where it had gone. Later the same day, her brother’s hair was chopped off close to his scalp.
In 1922, not far outside London a woman’s braid was cut off. It happened so stealthily she did not even know it had happened. Chiefly, the only thing she remembered was that her hat had been pushed forward covering her eyes. Another incident involved a 17 year old girl who was attacked by a man who cut off her hair. Her father and brother ran to her assistance. The attacker had vanished with her locks. In 1907 a girl’s hair was snipped several times.
Explicitly, Fort is quick to point out that the hair that was stolen from people did not end up being sold.
Chinese Pigtails
Additionally, Fort’s further research uncovered stories of the Invisible Barber. Likewise, Chinese men’s pigtails were being cut off by some uncatchable entity. This occurred in Nanking and spread to Shanghai in 1876. Certainly, a Chinese man’s pigtail was akin to sacred. It became very bad. Consequently, Chinese men began to pull their pigtails forward. Later, they wore them across their chests rather allowing to them to freely flow down their backs. Certainly, these assaults resulted in a mass panic.
Fort, when considering these stories wondered if there wasn’t some all powerful ancient being that died. Had it become a ghost earth spirit that devilishly enjoys tormenting humans. Once again similar to “Gaia”.
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