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Cambridge: What’s 4 feet tall, 125 pounds and covered in hair? It’s Hoss, the giant ball of human hair. Hoss, named after Dan Blocker’s character from “Bonanza,” is an ever-changing oblong creation from the donations of hundreds of people, created by Steve Warden, a hairstylist who began crafting it after years of conversations with his kids about trying to get into the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” book. Once the ball reached 97 pounds, he reached out to Ripley’s to donate his masterpiece last year. Kurtis Moellmann, exhibit and interactive coordinator for Ripley’s, says it has quickly become one of the company’s most popular items.

Steve Warden hands off a lock of hair for “Hoss.” THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH VIA AP