Aug 8, 2009 7:23 pm US/Mountain
'Furries' Try To Ditch Bad Rap At Convention
DENVER (CBS4) ―
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CBS4's Karlyn Tilley poses with some furries in downtown Denver.
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In downtown Denver, there's a convention like no other this weekend. It's the Rocky Mountain Fur Con -- men and women who like to dress up in animal costumes.
The costumes are typically inspired by cartoons, animals, animae and art.
"It's fun to pretend to be a cat, to be completely honest. Mine's a jaguar," Furry Jennifer Westfall said.
"You can be more yourself in your suit without caring what you look like or what other people are going to think about you," a "furry" called Huskey Pup said.
Recent TV shows and news reports have given furries a bad reputation as a sexual group. They says that's not the case and that their conventions are rated PG.
Last month a Fort Collins mother who was a furry was arrested for having sex with a 16-year-old. Richael Michels faces charges of sexual assault on a child.
"We're not all weird, we're not all crazy, we're not creepy, and we're not stalkers. We're not anything like that -- that the outside world likes to think we are," Huskey Pup said.
The furry convention held a parade down the 16th Street Mall on Saturday.
Proceeds from the Fur Con will be donated to the Denver Zoo.
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