If so, you might want to rethink...

Furry Enthusiasts Back In 'Burgh For Convention

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) If you've seen animals roaming the streets of Pittsburgh, there's no need to worry, it's just that thousands of furry enthusiast have returned to town for their annual meeting at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

Like any other conference, the Anthrocon Convention features workshops, panel discussions and vendors, but the attendees ... they dress like animals.

Attendees say they like to imagine what it would be like if animals could walk and talk like humans.

These folks say the word, 'anthrocon,' means human-like animals.

"Anytime you take an animal or something that is not human and give it human characteristics that's an anthropomorphic," says Anthrocon, Inc. chairman Dr. Sam Conway. "We playfully call it a 'furry.'"

This is the third year the convention has come to Pittsburgh.

"Coming to a convention like this, I actually feel like I'm coming home where I can be myself around others who have similar ideas," said Monica Huffaker, of Scranton. "

The convention runs through Sunday and brings people from around both the country and world to the city.

Last year, the city made $2.3 million on the convention.
There's a nice video on the web page.

I think it takes a special kind of...er... special to dress up as a squirrel for fun...

All the same, $2.3m is a very respectable sum. How do you think they made that of a bunch of costumed oddballs?

-- Edited by ddvmor at 13:15, 2008-06-30