Weird childhood experiences as a red head

Heyyy yall! I’m new here but I’m curious how many other people had really weird childhood experiences because of their red hair. For example, I will never forget the day a mid 50s man walked up to me (7 years old at the time) and asked me if he could BUY MY HAIR. For context, I’m autistic so I thought he was being literal so I told him no and stood on business. Then this man decides to tell me he is going to STEAL MY HAIR. And I told him he couldn’t and he told me I should let him have it because I can grow more! I ran off and had nightmares for WEEKS that this man was going to shave my head and steal my hair. Also people used to touch my hair all the time. And when I say people, I don’t mean people I know. I mean literal strangers in the grocery store would walk up to me and touch my hair while complimenting me. (Dw I have a good mom who used to tell people to stop and even slapped a woman’s hand away one time) So, has something like this happened to anyone else?