He should have done the above-board thing and said that they were able to find a treatment for his illness after all, he's doing okay, whatever.

No. He lied. And he's still lying.

Sorry, that doesn't fly here in Shopwrecker Nation.

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Ouch.

That's going to break a lot of hearts and remove a lot of faith.

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But, and double commenting as usual.. I had some weird feelings about this all along.

Not enough to call it a fake.. but just a feeling that something was not right.

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This. I saw him on the pawpet show and thought it was extremely NICE of Yappy to do what he did... and if it's all been a lie... o.O

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yeah I'm not surprised, sadly... I kinda suspected it was odd... he didn't look or quite act like someone that was dying of cancer when I saw him at Furry Fiesta.

And to think I gave him candy from the pinata :P

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Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing. But I decided that perhaps he wasn't on Chemo because it wouldn't work or something.

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I remember when that was going on. Briefly word was going around about hosting a meeting for him here after FF.

wow....

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I would think any friends of Num8 would have to ask themselves if they really were friends at all.. or if they just fell for a character he'd created.

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I think they Furry Community should still be proud of what they were able to do even if it was for a lie. I too was once scammed for far more from a former friend that had seemingly just flipped out as the result of a midlife crisis or something. Others in the group of shareholders lost far, far more than I did. No honor at all in that. I don't let it eat at me, but I'll certainly kill the bastard if I ever catch up with him if one of many others hasn't beat me to it.

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The furry community will always have a large number of parasites and hosts. People who brag about ghosting through the entire con, sleeping in lobbies and friends' rooms, dining on free pizza and sneaking into sponsor lounges. Most of the hosts are more than happy to provide, they feel as though they're giving the gift of happiness, when they're really just wasting money and allowing selfish assholes to populate the fandom.

I've personally met a handful of both types, and I can't stand either. "Oh, I'm paying his rent and bills and buying him food because he said he sort-of kind-of likes me, because I'm not doing anything to better myself as a person and money is my last resort".

I have definitely not been scammed. Sorry to anyone who did, but as a barely-fur, I stay away from drama, leeches, and anything else I'd normally stay away from.

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i dont really know him well enough to believe him, but it would explain why there hasnt been much updates. also He or someone who knows his login just added me back as a friend on his LJ, not sure whats up with that.

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Interesting what his bio on LJ suddenly says:

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wow.

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*Nominates for Not Cool Award?*

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Seconded.

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I'm glad I didn't donate, because at the time it seemed really weird. Why fly over to hang out with a bunch if people you don't know if you've only weeks to live? I'd want to be with family and friends that are close to me, personally.
What wouldve happened if he fell super ill during his visit?
Some people are selfish, childish liars with no sense of remorse and I think this Fandom has a disproportionately large number of them in it. Fuck that guy.

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Exactly >< I didn't donate, but I took time out at Furry Fiesta to hang out with him, and get to know him. He actually seemed like a real nice guy and it seemed like a shame we were going to lose him.

But what seemed... off to me is he could stay in suit longer than me!! Also, he looked real health besides being real thin >.>

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he deleted (and is still deleting) all posts to his LJ. an hour ago it was at may of 2005 now his latest post is at April 2005

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05:47 pm
Say what you have to say,..

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ps: yes refund will be done.

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Refund my ass.

You're going to refund the furs that were supposed to get me presents for my b-day? BULLSHIT you are.

People ASKED me what I wanted and I told them about him and to donate to his cause..

And you know what.. this.. fucking .. irks.. me.

Johnny

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There has been evidence for quite a while it was BS, can't say for a fact of course but as soon as I found out someone else was with him on the same dime, and yet Num8 had made no special plans with anyone he was staying with if something happened....well...

Anyway we shall see.

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Ill even admit I was taken in until I heard he got to the US and was having a fiend go along with him everywhere too..but then it was too late, and honestly whod believe you if you say "uh guys?". They'd condem you for dareing to say something like that on a dying mans last trip.

That said when my suspicion kicked in I decided not to donate, but did pass along grateful thanks to those who put up their house/flights/etc. Cos it still says they're may be some scum, but there are a shitload of good folk too.

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LULZ! FURRIES BEING GULLIBLE! :D :D

Apollo-

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If all that cancer and dieing shit was a lie I wonder how many furiends he will be left with, not many I presume. Is he worthy ? should he be de-furred ???

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While it ought to be, this really isn't much of a surprise. He pulled quite the fast one... I think we even mentioned him on the show post FF as a sob story. Dude fucked up.

I almost applaud him for his amazing audacity. It's really impressive the lengths people will go to to get to a furcon. :p

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I was wondering about this my self especially I though there was a recent video of his fursuit. I given him th benefit of the doubt.

The problem is people can be gullible, I was taken by a Christian fur some time ago.

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Makes you glad you only know ATHEIST FURRIES!

We'd never scam :D

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to quote stan marsh from south park: this is pretty f***ed up, right here.

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Nominated for the 2009 "Comment of the Year Award"

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Wow. I can't believe we've been duped so easily.

I mean, I barely even know the guy, and I was feeling very sorry for him since everyone else kept saying what a nice guy he was.

Oh man. I can't wait to see the rage in the chatrooms, today.

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What an ass =( I hate it when people take advantage of other people's good nature. Gah, what a dick. It's people like that that makes life harder for everyone.

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This is Low, Just low and this guy just went to the top of the list of people that are low

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I heard no news on LJ or at cons about Num8 after Furry Fiesta. If he had died, the word would have gotten around this fandom asap.

Then again this could be a well-organized troll wanting to piss furs off again for lulz.

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Interesting comments on BBF's LJ.
http://bigbluefox.livejournal.com/284962.html?

I wish this never happened, it's just going to make it tougher now for furs who are sick to get any help or sympathy. :(

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I personally prefer the "Get what you asked for" technique. Num8 pretended he was dying? Great. We will all pretend that he's dead, and comment only that we hear whispers from beyond the grave whenever he in any guise he comes in as, says anything anywhere.

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Never heard of the guy... though I guess that makes sense since I don't get around much and tend to be the quiet type, but... the whole situation seemed a bit more serious to me than some standard types of fur-ama. People were conned out of money and some were emotionally shaken by N8's claims...

... yeah, definitely more serious than flaming or posting pictures of Michael Jordon yiffing a bucket of chicken on FA, and anyone caught in this guy's snare should be rightly pissed off, but... well, this is probably going to get shot down pretty hard, but maybe there's a chance this guy might feel sorry for what he did and be capable of confessing and returning the money he wrongfully collected... or he could be beyond redemption, sure, could be sans any kind of remorse or honor and would vanish for awhile and bide his time for his return, but I felt compelled to try throwing out the possibility of him... being allowed to try to rectify what's been done. Perhaps it is somewhat soft or gullible of me, but I like to think there'd be at least some kind of chance for him to fess up and he'd be judged fairly after the fact.

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...might be paid back. But what will never be repaid is trust.

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