[Faline]

A popular dime museum attraction from 1891 to 1895 was Bella (or Belle) Carter from Blue Bank, Kentucky, called "The Mare Woman". Born normal, Bella was five years old when a mole in the center of her back began to sprout hair. Carefully cultivated, this hair grew to more than a foot in length and was as silky and shiny as the hair on Bella's head.

Bella's impressive – if brief – dime museum career included the Palace Museum (New York City), the Trenton Museum (Trenton, NJ), Huber's Museum (NYC), the Gaiety Musée (Fitchburg, Mass.), the Lincoln Dime Musée (Lincoln, Neb.), Wonderland (Salt Lake City), and the World's Museum (Fort Wayne, Ind.). There were at least four "Maned Women" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but none boasted as handsome a mane as Bella's.

Photo: Naevus pilosus (hairy mole), from Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Gould and Pyle.

[Sharon]

Mare Woman would be the perfect partner for Pony Boy

[Rachee]

Very cool!

[Spiffyfable]

Sweet

I'd take good care and ride that pony

[K9Grip]

Her back had to have been itchy all the time.

[r0tten]

I wonder if she ever had it in an updo?

[King Herald]

I'm calling fake. Just look at the pic. Does that seriously, honestly look like hair growing out of her back??

[r0tten]

Originally Posted by King Herald ↗

I'm calling fake. Just look at the pic. Does that seriously, honestly look like hair growing out of her back??

It's legit. I've seen multiple photos of her and the hair is always there, looking like hair

[Nite]

I'm thinking cornrows

[Space Particle]

She's cute.