Tails, duct tape and Chevy Camaros: Inside the FBI investigation of the ‘furries’ chlorine attack

The Midwest FurFest convention was on as usual in December 2014 when people started to get sick. Authorities directed conventiongoers to evacuate and one person was seen fleeing the area wearing “a black and white tail, headpiece, hands and feet.” That person later denied being involved in an “intentional chlorine gas leak” to investigating FBI agents, but demonstrated a working knowledge of chlorine and had a roll of reddish duct tape in his apartment similar to that found at the crime scene. Asked why his name might have surfaced as a suspect, the person said he had “been involved with […]