I have been meaning to share this for a while on here. But here is the story of how I found out I was a furry. I originally wrote this as a youtube comment. Maybe this would make for a cool furry youtube story video some day.

When I first found the fandom in 2010 I knew that I was a furry right away after reading the wikipedia page. I had always been I just didn't know about furry. I thought I was alone in my obsession with dogs, wolves, and any media that featured them. when I found the fandom it was like there are other people that are somewhat like me! that like dog and wolf art, animated animal movies/ tv shows!

The first time that I heard the term furry was from some kids in the grade ahead of me when I was in fourth grade. they caught wind that I loved dogs and drew them and at the time watched a show that featured anthro dogs that were portrayed with costumes that were basically fursuits ( it was intended for preschoolers and I was way too old for it as I was 10 at the time but I watched it just because it had dogs ( looking back I actually didn't really care for the show), the show was Raggs if anyone was wondering). They liked to bully me by asking questions in a mocking way. so they woud ask me if I liked the show and one day they asked me if I was a furry. I didn't think much of it (I had not heard of the fandom or the term) and just answered them with my standard response to their questions of "i'm not answering that". I forgot about it and for some reason never looked it up. fast forward two years later (2010) I got an iPod touch 2nd gen for my birthday and one day I wanted to listen to Fireflies by Owl city. so I open up the apple youtube app. the app did not show Vevo official uploads of songs since it did not support ads so it showed other peoples uploads. One cached my eye "Animash fireflies by AlphaWolfKodi" with a thumbnail with a picture of bolt (my favorite movie) I watch it and love the video. later I watch it again on my computer and check out the uploaders channel and in the description it said in all caps "IM NOT A FURRY!!!". the term rang a bell in my head of that I heard it before and did not know what it meant. so I typed it into google and read the wikipedia article and the rest was history!