Burning Man nappy-wearing furry slammed for ‘creeping out youngsters at household occasion’

A diaper-clad furry has been dubbed a “sick” individual after sharing a photo of themselves standing near children at a Burning Man “family event”.

Thousands of thrill-seekers flocked to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to get stuck into what many are calling the “wildest festival of the year”, which finishes off today (Monday, September 2).

The nine-day extravaganza kicked off on Sunday (August 25) with festival-goers, known as Burners, setting up their themed camps across the sun-baked playa to enjoy a bizarre and bonkers feast of – sometimes sexual – activities.

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These rather spicy activities also reached out to the furry community… And if you’re not familiar with furries, they are people interested in anthropomorphic animals, or animals with human characteristics – often focusing on sex. Yep, you guessed it – very weird.

And despite temperatures at Burning Man sometimes exceeding a sweltering 37C, these… eccentrics, shall we say, are still all too happy to climb inside those blistering hot animal suits as a way of “expressing” themselves – even if it means smelling like an armpit.

But it seems one member of the furry community took it too far at this year’s Burning Man event, with some X users responding to a furry’s photo of himself wearing a diaper over his animal costume – all while standing near kids.

The now-deleted photo has caused quite the stir, with one disgruntled netizen suggesting he would have traumatised kids: “Bro just accept it, You’re weird, just accept the fact that you’re a freak and walk away, not everyone needs to see your fetish, if you think that people should be forced to see your fetish when you’re in a public space you are a creep”.

“Yes I’m weird and I’m proud of it! Me wearing a diaper over my fursuit isn’t hurting anyone,” responded the defiant furry. But the X user wasn’t having any of it, adding: “It. Is. Fetish. Gear. Near children. F**k off.”

One person questioned how a child would know that it was “fetish gear”, to which the fuming keyboard warrior said: “A child doesn’t need to know specifics, they just need to [know it is] weird for an adult to wear a diaper”.

Desperately trying to portray dressing as a furry as a form of “self-expression”, another chimed in: “Why do they need to know that? You’re the weird one for wanting to make it weird for kids to learn self expression is wrong.”

Another added: “You don’t actually care about children. You just don’t like seeing people expressing themselves in a non traditional way. Kids aren’t uncomfortable. You are. Maybe learn about about radical self expression. At Burning Man people ran around in all kinds of outfits with kids around”.

Meanwhile, a whole host of other activities were on offer to Burners this year – including “happy ending” massages, “virgin sacrifice parties” and “Revenge of The Horny Alien Scientists”. Read the full story here.

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