A wild hobby brings out the beast in them

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | July 14th, 2002 | Dianna Marder

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Wow, you did drag this one up from the basement - '02 - gosh looking back on this thread made me a little sad - one of the freepers died in a car accident and another just disappeared - and I miss them both.

Thanks for the info on your hobby/interest - hope I didn't offend you - the article made it sound very weird with sexual overtones - we were joking along those lines.

Take care.......

[raccoonradio]

No problem--actually on the messageboard for our convention, someone asked to see some "press" on the Con, and when I typed in "Anthrocon Philadelphia Inquirer" into the search, your FR post came up. I was at the 2002 Con and was told the article would be coming out. I remember buying the paper and reading the article (I still have it) just down the street at the IHOP on Rt. 1 in Bala Cynywd.

We furries have gotten a bad rep. due to things like an episode of CSI, and MTV profile of us, and an article in Vanity Fair. yes, there are some who get into this for erotic reasons but most furries are a bit more wholesome than that! One example is Guy Gilchrist, creator of "Mudpie" and current artist of "Nancy". He's very moral and religious and he was our guest of honor a couple years ago. Good wholesome fun!

I am, as I said, a furry--and a longtime FReeper. Sad to hear of the death of the freeper in the thread, etc. Nope, I wasn't offended, but wanted to tell FReepers a bit more about furry! thanks

[raccoonradio]

A "Kevin and Kell" comic strip poking fun at the Anthrocon convention by imagining a furry world where they dress up as humans for fun! The cockroach is the convention Chairman (...long story... :) )

[raccoonradio]

>>Conway's furry self is a rat persona dubbed Uncle Kage

ha! actually he's either a 90 ft tall wolf, or a cockroach...
http://www.unclekage.com

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Conway's furry self is a rat persona dubbed Uncle Kage. A chemist in real life (with a Ph.D. from Dartmouth), Conway as Uncle Kage wears a white lab coat with a Mad Scientist's Union emblem across the back. He is 37 years old and unmarried.

Now there's a shocker . . .

[NathanR]

It reminds me of the episode called "Fur and Loathing" of CSI. That is the one where the furry "Rocky Raccoon" gets into a fight with his girl friend (after being exposed to Epicac) thrown out of her car and then shot by a farmer who thought he was a coyote.

He was at a 'con' called Furcon in LV.