Middle school students walked out of a Nebo School District school in Payson, Utah, to protest the school staff’s support for a clique of “furries” — kids who pretend to be animals.
Students claim that the furries bite them, bark at them, and pounce on them without repercussion. However, if they defend themselves in any way, they get…Several students also claimed that they have been physically attacked by their peers.After being asked how the so-called “furries” attack their peers, one student answered, “They bite us. They scratch us. They bark at us.”Students also claimed their furry-clad peers have sprayed them with Febreze.
Sorenson also claimed that the students accused of being furries — a subculture of people who dress up like animal characters but act like humans — are not wearing full-body animal costumes to class and would not necessarily refer to themselves as “furries.” The district sent a message to families after two groups of students — one of which includes students who sometimes come to school wearing headbands “that may have ears on them” — got into an altercation and said things “that were overheard by others that the administration felt were inappropriate and shouldn’t be said,” Sorenson said.
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