Hiya, Nos Hyena here!
Today's video is about how I got my first fursuit
and also about how someone tried to scam me!
♫ [synth indie intro music]
The year was 2011!
I just turned 18, I was celebrating finally being an adult,
and I wanted to celebrate by getting myself a fursuit.
I had wanted a fursuit for
the six years that I already knew what the furry fandom was!
So I opened up a PayPal account,
went on FurBuy, and found the cheapest fursuit that I liked available!
So after scrolling through for a while, I found a border collie fursuit
from a seller in Europe. And the auction was about to end, so I put in my bid, the
time ran out, and I won the auction! Yay! I was so unbelievably excited
because I could finally wear a fursuit after all these years! So I got in
contact with the seller, sent my money over, and then waited.
And he said: "yep, I'll send it!"
so then I waited. And then it became one week.
"Uh... are you going to send over the fursuit yet?"
"Yep, it's coming!"
Then I waited two weeks! "Have you sent the fursuit yet? Hello?"
"Have you sent it?"
Three and a half weeks passed, and I had sent hundreds of dollars to
dollars to a mysterious European man and gotten nothing in return!
So I realized okay, I'm probably not going to get a fursuit,
so I went to PayPal, disputed the transaction,
and very luckily I got my money back. So a word of warning, I know
it's really really exciting to get a fursuit for the first time but make sure
that you are taking steps to protect yourself and using PayPal properly is
one of them. So that was a somewhat disappointing
experience waiting six years to finally get a fursuit and then not getting one.
So for the next couple of years I kind of put the furry fandom thing to the side
as I got my fursuiting fix by being a mascot. But three years later, when I
decided to give this America thing a try, my want for a fursuit intensified.
So what did I do? You betcha, I went on FurBuy and looked
for another suit. So this time I found a tiger suit, and this tiger fursuit
looked really really cute, it was pretty realistic, so I was excited and I got the
high bid. I didn't bid high enough to hit the reserve, which means
that they have to sell the item to you. So I negotiate for a bit, he said,
"Cool, you can have the fursuit".
And I said yay! I'll pay you on Friday. And then Friday rolled
around and then I checked my inbox, and I got an email from the tiger fursuit seller
seller who said: "I'm sorry the fursuit has gone to another buyer."
And this made me go (sighs)
(growling)
because now it has been nine years since I wanted a fur suit and
and this is my second attempt that fell through. So what did I do? You betcha!
I went to another auction site. This time the dealer's den!
And I found a kangaroo suit being listed for auction!
And when I find this kangaroo fursuit,
I'm back in Australia for the summer, so I'm at my parents house.
They still don't know I'm a furry!
So I find this kangaroo fursuit on the dealers den,
and the seller is located in Sydney, and I'm located in Melbourne.
And I'm leaving for the US in like five days
but there's a fursuit for sale and I could grab it!
So this is one of the most ridiculous things I've done in my life,
but I went ahead and bought the fursuit, flew to Sydney from Melbourne,
didn't tell my parents, I told them I'm going to a friend's place,
I used friends very loosely here because this is literally some furry that
I was chatting to for not even an hour online!
Met Dustin Da Fox who is the
builder of my fursuit, got my fursuit, he hemmed it in for me
he so kindly let me crash at his for a night, adjusted the suit so that it would
fit me, and then after leaving his place I realized that after 10 years of
searching for a fursuit, I finally got a fursuit! Play some applause music here!
[fun electronic music]
So now I'll show you this first fursuit of mine! I'm going to suit up as
Booga the kangaroo. So we have the kangaroo head, as you can see the reason
why I thought being a kangaroo would be cool is because I can pull off the
character, the accent. This is like the hugest damn tail in the world it like
knocks over stuff it literally has a damage bill!
(tail knocking over objects)
Muscle padding! Great job!
G'day! Kangaroo jack here! Hello!
So, fun facts about this suit,
this was the suit that I wore for more than a year going to cons
and bowling meets before I even had enough and I have so many fun awesome
memories of the suit. Literally my first day of being a furry at a con, I wore my
kangaroo suit around, and made friends with people that I am still in touch
with to this day. And I did the thing that everyone does when they get a fursuit
for the first time which is go absolutely freakin crazy and wear it all
the time, and never take it off. I don't consider myself much of a dancer but you
bet that I entered 3 dance comps and did exactly the same thing! Do this for
like 30 seconds and then run out of things to do and then do a flip!
Like that was seriously my entire dancing routine.
And also side note the reason
why I haven't entered a dance comp again is cos like, I need to learn some new dance moves.
So I told you the story of how I got my first fur suit for a couple of reasons
If you want a fursuit, you don't have to get a super expensive full suit straight
away! You can get a partial, or you can get a second hand or you can learn how
to make one yourself. Secondly, if you're looking to buy a fur suit take lots of
precautions. I know getting a fursuit is really
really exciting and you've been wanting one forever, unfortunately there's a
bunch of scammers out there.
If you're getting a fursuit made, look at reviews of that fursuit maker.
Ask someone who's gotten a fursuit from the maker and
see what they think. And if you want a fursuit right now, probably the safest
way to do it is to go to a con, visit the dealer's den and see what heads, partials
or even full suits are sitting around. And if you use a site like Furbuy or
the dealer's den, make sure to check the reputation of the seller. Make sure to
look up the username of the seller, and see if they have a presence anywhere
else online. So yes, getting a fursuit is super exciting,
but make sure to take lots of precautions, because I don't want what
happened to me happen to you in like a worse way.
I know this is a bit more of a serious video at the end.
I think it's really important to
protect yourself, especially when spending hundreds or thousands of
dollars on something that you really really want. So thank you for watching my
first fursuit (how I got scammed). I really appreciate you for sticking around and
watching this whole video. If you like this video share it with your friends,
make sure to leave a comment and subscribe and hit the bell and all that
kind of cool stuff. Until, next time I'm Nos Hyena!
Stay tuned for-
Also I remember the first time wearing this, like looking really
guilty and like pretending not to enjoy it. I was like, "this is fun I guess", and
then I went home and was like
(excited scream)