Beijing: Alike O'Henry's tale The Last Leaf, in which during stormy winter season an ailing girl gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window, she will die, a Chinese man too thinks that he'll fall sick if he takes off his hat.
Chen Yingtao, an octogenarian from west China's Chongqing municipality, is convinced that the moment he takes his hat off his head, he is going to fall ill.
"Once I take off my hat, I get headaches, dizziness and toothaches," China Daily quoted him, as saying.
"I have worn out hundreds of hats since I developed a fear of taking off my hat when I was 15. I keep my hat on except when I am taking a bath," said Chen," the 81-year-old Chen added.
Yingtao also added that he has received physical examinations at various hospitals with no results.
However, the strange addiction hasn't passed on to Chen's offsprings, according to the paper.
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