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#The Furry Detectives- Unmasking A Monster
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00:00You don't know how to comprehend that there's a world where people are capable of such things.
00:13Animal cruelty can be a gateway.
00:17He's getting away with this.
00:19People didn't want to read this stuff.
00:21They didn't want to have the negativity near them.
00:24Nobody was paying attention to this issue, period.
00:27You felt like you were kind of opening Pandora's box, and you didn't know what was going to shake out.
00:41You don't really know what does go on behind the gates of some people, you know?
00:52After I heard about it, I found out his address.
00:57I'm so sorry.
01:07I'm so sorry.
01:08You're welcome.
01:08You're welcome to save me.
01:11We'll never forget you.
01:13He's a parasite.
01:14He's a zoo sadist.
01:16He's a very, very evil, disturbed man.
01:21You're welcome.
02:21And just call it quits and just tell them, like, I'm done.
02:26But then we were able to track down the hotel that Levi was in when he committed his crime.
02:33The final arrest of Snake Thing was a cause for celebration.
02:39We thought Snake Thing was the main one, but no, he was just a collector the whole time.
02:46It was my understanding that there were other cases going on.
02:49There was this whole sort of ring.
02:50The final arrest of Snake Thing was the main one, but no, he was just a collector the whole time.
03:00The final arrest of Snake Thing was the main one.
03:02The final arrest of Snake Thing was the main one.
03:07A video came out on the internet called One Bitch, Nine Pups.
03:21I never, ever in my wildest imagination would have ever pictured that there were people so twisted.
03:34This is something that should not exist.
03:38This is something that nobody should have to see.
03:41Well, who made this video?
03:52This monster, his goal was to share with other people.
03:59Now, Graves was one of these trading partners and was making media kind of like he was making.
04:06And so they had a deep trading relationship.
04:15Graves was a furry, but I didn't know who this was.
04:20And this monster was very ambitious.
04:25The perpetrator in this video was unknown.
04:29They didn't show their face on camera.
04:31They took some steps to obscure their location.
04:33And I found a subreddit of somebody who was investigating this.
04:39I contacted this Redditor.
04:42And they walked me through their investigatory process.
04:46And it turns out they were a young kid that just stumbled upon this,
04:51wanted to do something about it, and did what they could.
04:53So this Redditor actually proceeded to find as many clues as they could with the video.
05:03And the first clue started with the dog leash.
05:05There was a logo or an insignia or text that mentioned a certain, I believe it was a local shelter.
05:15And it said something like, um, better animals begin with us.
05:20Or something like that.
05:21If you Googled that exact string of words,
05:28it would come up as belonging to one city in Australia.
05:31My name is Mark Cronin.
06:00I'm a detective sergeant with the Northern Territory Police
06:02and a team leader of the Northern Territory Police's
06:05joint anti-child exploitation team.
06:08The way we ended up with this investigation
06:11was that the Darwin Animal Welfare Branch
06:14had received an email from an unknown online source.
06:19They reported this video to the police in that jurisdiction.
06:30It came with the warning, though, to show it to as little people as possible.
06:35Viewing all the footage and the way that it had been produced,
06:39it was quite clear that it was a production.
06:42I think they were also edited, certainly in a way, for maximum impact.
06:48Even though we are used to seeing child exploitation cases,
06:51which can be, or generally are, quite horrific themselves,
06:54there's something about the torture
07:00and the no consent for life at all in those videos
07:05that does make it somewhat more distressing.
07:07My name is Mark Casey.
07:33I was posted to the Digital Forensic Unit.
07:36Even after 25 years in policing,
07:38I had no idea that people could be so brutal.
07:42It's really beyond comprehension,
07:44the acts that were conducted.
07:51The adult female dog in that video
07:54was wearing an orange lead,
07:56and on that lead it said,
07:57Great pets, start with you,
07:58which is the slogan for the Darwin City Council's pet program.
08:05Every dog in Darwin is supposed to be registered.
08:10We were able to identify the dog
08:12that had been handed in to a council ranger's office,
08:16having been previously lost and subsequently found.
08:19And we were able to match the dog in the video
08:21to that particular dog that had been handed in.
08:24From there, obviously, we were able to identify the seller.
08:27It was the first time we had tangible evidence in our hands,
08:32something we knew was accurate,
08:35something we knew we could trace.
08:36But at the same time,
08:38it was a hard phone call to make to a person
08:40who had previously sold that dog to a lovey forever home.
08:45Nonetheless, the person was very helpful
08:48to further our investigation.
08:49So the person didn't actually know the identity
08:54of who they had sold the dog to.
08:57They did, however, have some historic communication
09:01around the sale of the animal through an online website.
09:05Through the communications on the website,
09:07we were able to trace down
09:09who had ultimately bought those animals.
09:12That's sort of when we were very confident
09:14that we now had a real suspect on our hands.
09:20It was a rural property in the Northern Territory.
09:24It was not unreasonable that he would have firearms.
09:31We also realised that there were saltwater crocodiles
09:34on his property.
09:35And we were going to have to factor that
09:40into our execution methods.
09:45On the morning of the search warrant,
09:47at about 6.30 in the morning,
09:49just as the sun was coming up in Darwin,
09:51we breached the front gate of the property.
09:59Our TAG unit made the initial approach.
10:02On the property,
10:06there was a largely white shipping container.
10:09That was where we started realising that,
10:12hang on,
10:13this is potentially bigger than one video.
10:30The offender actually came out the front door
10:32and was quickly surrounded by officers
10:34requesting that he put his hands up,
10:36to which he complied.
10:44The name of the offender was Adam Britton.
10:49Adam Britton,
10:50the world's leading crocodile expert.
10:52Saltwater crocodiles eat all kinds of things,
10:55and they tend to be very curious.
10:57They've invited Dr. Adam Britton,
10:59an Australian zoologist,
11:01to dive with them.
11:03Look, I'll be honest,
11:04when I first heard about this,
11:06my instant, immediate reaction was,
11:08that sounds crazy.
11:09And it's this conflict,
11:10this interplay between fascination and fear,
11:13which I think gives crocodiles such appeal.
11:17That's, uh...
11:18Oh.
11:20I describe crocodiles like Ferraris.
11:43They're just extremely finely honed creatures.
11:46Adam Britton was a very respected media professional.
11:53What crocodiles have been able to do over their evolution
11:57is they've been able to fine-tune and perfect
11:59elements of their physiology
12:01to make them better hunters.
12:03He was an Australian zoologist
12:05who had acquired quite a bit of a success.
12:09He essentially viewed himself as the next Steve Irwin.
12:12This guy is an absolute monster.
12:14He's huge.
12:16He had a PhD in zoology,
12:19which, um, to us was an eerie sort of thing
12:23when you consider the crimes
12:24that we were investigating.
12:26Adam Britton is about to put
12:28the Salt-East thermal control system to the test
12:30at a commercial crocodile farm in Darwin.
12:36This was a guy who had garnered a reputation,
12:40a professional reputation.
12:42We're gonna put this pipe in the back of his jaw
12:44so we can't close his mouth.
12:46Once he's taken my arm off,
12:48then he'll have to eat that.
12:50He was a go-to guy
12:51for this professional world.
12:53He had done a number of high-profile TV appearances
12:57and had done some commercial
12:59as well for motor vehicles.
13:00My name is Adam Britton.
13:02I'm a zoologist.
13:03The steering in this car is ridiculously easy.
13:06So here he is.
13:07He's an animal expert.
13:08He's helping to make documentaries,
13:10but secretly, at the same time,
13:13he was a zoo sadist.
13:15Why would someone with celebrity status
13:24risk everything
13:26over zoo sadism?
13:29The main thing is if my arm is long enough
13:31to reach his stomach,
13:32which I'm hoping it is.
13:34The thing about Adam's case that's interesting
13:36is that he was employed as a zoologist.
13:39And so one of my early questions was,
13:41how does he feel about the zoo animals
13:44that he's working with?
13:46Did he choose it to deter himself for sex acts?
13:49Because it'd probably be kind of hard
13:50to have sex with a crocodile.
14:14We were very confident
14:20that Adam had horrifically abused
14:23an adult dog and her nine puppies.
14:26But what we found as a result of that search warrant
14:28certainly changed the investigation.
14:31The legislation in the Northern Territory
14:34is that it can be held under the provisions
14:37of a power called Section 137
14:39whilst we conduct this investigation.
14:40so there's no time limit.
14:42Sure.
14:42And given the gravity of this investigation,
14:46it's likely going to be a long time.
14:49Okay.
14:52We found the shipping container.
14:56Looking at it initially,
14:58one would look at it and think
15:00it was used for storage.
15:02There were some items in there,
15:03including a chair.
15:04There were some hooks on the walls
15:06and some generally dirty patterns.
15:12It wasn't until that we started
15:13going for all the items that we found
15:15that we realised that
15:16it was more of a torture chamber.
15:21There was lighters and pliers
15:24and secateurs and some sex toys.
15:27There was one five-minute video
15:31that I watched.
15:32The first minute I thought,
15:33oh my God,
15:34I just can't believe
15:35that someone would think of
15:37this sort of,
15:38I suppose, creative way to be cruel.
15:41And then the next minute it got worse.
15:43And then the next minute it got worse.
15:45And just the fifth minute was just...
15:47I didn't realise how unhealthy
15:58the stuff that I was dealing with was.
16:02You know, it's had a pretty significant effect
16:04on my mental health.
16:08I had dogs at home
16:10and the dog would come to me
16:13after I'd come home from work,
16:15put his head in my lap with the ball
16:16and that would trigger an image
16:19of something that I'd seen.
16:22There was quite a lot of tools
16:24used in the torture,
16:26common garden tools
16:28that if you pick up some secateurs
16:33or something,
16:34you would recall an image
16:36or...
16:40Yeah, there's...
16:41just trigger memories.
16:43I've struggled out for a long time, I think.
16:46But I ultimately left the police force.
16:56With Adam Britton,
16:58we were able to identify
16:59that he'd obtained
17:00at least 42 different dogs.
17:03Based on the videos,
17:04we were able to identify
17:04that at least 39 of those
17:06were killed as a result
17:08of their interaction.
17:09One of the things that we became aware of
17:17post-search warrant
17:18was that there was a mountain
17:20of animal abuse material
17:22stored on his devices
17:23that had not been produced by Adam.
17:25Some of that material,
17:27we were able to link
17:27to an online identity
17:29called Graves.
17:31Graves was part of the furry fandom.
17:34Graves was someone
17:35that Adam had been speaking to,
17:37communicating with,
17:38trading with,
17:39and a lot of footage
17:40produced by Graves
17:41still had EXIF data
17:43within the media.
17:44Things like camera serial number
17:46as well as GPS coordinates
17:47from where these videos
17:48had been filmed.
17:50Looking up those coordinates,
17:54they came back
17:55to truck stops in the US.
17:57My name is Jason Guyton.
18:18I'm a special agent
18:19with Homeland Security Investigations.
18:22In approximately August of 2022
18:24is when I became familiar
18:26with this case
18:27through our office
18:29in Canberra, Australia.
18:32They had found this subject
18:34who was unidentified
18:35that was torturing animals.
18:38We had multiple pictures
18:40of an individual
18:41and we also had multiple videos
18:43of an individual.
18:46These videos were taken
18:47inside of the cab
18:48of a tractor trailer,
18:50but we did not know
18:52the suspect's name.
18:54The only name that we had
18:56was Graves.
18:58Through the geolocation data
19:00from the videos,
19:02law enforcement were able
19:04to identify
19:04who we thought was Graves
19:06as Lucas Russell Van worked.
19:10I went out,
19:11I did some basic police work,
19:13just looked at pictures
19:15of the driver's license.
19:16I matched it up
19:17to the pictures
19:18and the videos that I saw.
19:19I received an email
19:22quickly after that
19:23saying that we believe
19:24we've located Graves.
19:27It's in Salina, Ohio.
19:31An agent that actually taught
19:32at the academy,
19:33great kid,
19:34he went up there one day,
19:36just happened to drive
19:37into the area,
19:38and lo and behold,
19:40as he drove in,
19:41there was an adult
19:42that very much matched
19:43Lucas Van Wert vaping,
19:46and he was holding
19:47a dog lead
19:48with two terribly
19:52emaciated animals
19:54at the end
19:55of the dog lead.
19:56But on top of that,
19:58Graves had a very unique
20:00tattoo on his arm,
20:02and Lucas was wearing
20:03a T-shirt.
20:05The agent was able
20:06to snap photos
20:07that depicted
20:08what matched
20:09the exact tattoo
20:11on Graves.
20:11That's when we obtained
20:18the search warrant
20:19and kicked off
20:21what would be
20:22the execution
20:23of the search warrant.
20:31When he arrived home,
20:37and we just took him
20:38into custody right there
20:40outside of his home.
20:41When I walked
20:46into the home,
20:47I didn't hear any noise.
20:49I just saw dishevelment
20:50everywhere and no noise.
20:55And there were
20:56three dogs
20:57in one crate.
21:00And there were
21:00items piled over
21:03on top of the crate
21:05as well.
21:06So there wasn't
21:07fresh air kind of circulating.
21:09Even when the agent
21:12went up to the cage
21:13and lifted a corner
21:15of the blanket
21:16to film them,
21:17the dogs never barked.
21:19As I was just
21:20walking around the home,
21:22I could see
21:23sex toys,
21:25dog leashes.
21:26There was ample food
21:27in the house.
21:28There was...
21:29That actually bothered me
21:30more than anything.
21:30There were dog food bags
21:31right in the kitchen,
21:33not far from the dogs.
21:39Gave myself a couple minutes
21:40to take a deep breath,
21:41and...
21:41I went over to Lucas.
21:45I introduced myself,
21:48and...
21:49I asked him,
21:50like I ask everybody
21:51if he needed anything.
21:53And he requested
21:55specifically,
21:56and he made sure
21:57that he was specific
21:57about it,
21:58that he wanted
21:59a room temperature
22:00Dr. Pepper.
22:03From there,
22:04I spent the better part
22:05of the next
22:06three-plus hours
22:08interviewing Lucas.
22:09Lucas.
22:10Often times
22:13when I'm sitting
22:14in that space
22:16with an individual,
22:18I am the first person
22:20in the world
22:21that they've ever
22:22been that close to,
22:24physically,
22:26that they've ever
22:27talked about this stuff to.
22:32During the interview,
22:33he admitted to
22:34being involved
22:35as the moderator
22:36of some furry groups,
22:39and as part of that
22:40community,
22:41he said he met
22:41some people
22:42that were into zoo.
22:46In reality,
22:47nobody in the fandom
22:49wants zoo files
22:51around them.
22:52Animal abuse
22:52is not okay.
22:54You will be sought out,
22:55and you will be prosecuted,
22:57and you will not be allowed
22:58in the fandom.
23:00He became a member
23:01of some zoo groups.
23:02He said that he was
23:03just viewing the videos,
23:06and over time,
23:08one of the individuals
23:09that he was talking with
23:11and were in this
23:12small social group
23:13asked him
23:14to create these types
23:17of videos
23:19and share them.
23:21He admitted to,
23:23over the course
23:24of a couple years,
23:25engaging in sexual activity
23:28with animals
23:29in at least four instances,
23:31murdering them
23:33and discarding them
23:35on the side
23:36of the road
23:36throughout the course
23:39of his time
23:39as an over-the-road
23:40truck driver.
23:44And Lucas had a dog.
23:48It was pregnant,
23:50and Britton asked him
23:52multiple times
23:52to do things
23:53with those puppies.
23:54Lucas said he drew
24:00the line there.
24:01He wouldn't engage
24:02in that activity,
24:03so even that seemed
24:06too appalling
24:07for Lucas.
24:08So...
24:09But, yeah,
24:13that's what, uh,
24:15that's what Adam Britton
24:16was doing
24:16in Australia.
24:17When you put on
24:33your wig and robes,
24:34which is your court attire
24:36for a criminal trial
24:37in the Supreme Court,
24:38you are representing
24:40either the interests
24:42of an individual accused
24:43or the interests
24:45of the Crown.
24:47The King.
24:49You are part of
24:51the wills of justice,
24:52and you have a job to do.
24:57My name's Marty Ost.
24:59I'm currently a barrister
25:00in the Northern Territory.
25:01I was the Senior Crown Prosecutor
25:03for the Office of the Director
25:04of Public Prosecutions,
25:06chosen to do
25:07the Adam Britton prosecution.
25:09Immediately,
25:11Mr. Britton's lawyers
25:12made an application
25:13that all details
25:15of anything
25:16be suppressed
25:16from the media
25:18and the public
25:18on the basis
25:19that the content
25:21of the charges
25:22was so egregious
25:24and so perverse
25:25that it would offend
25:26public decency.
25:28But because of the number
25:30of charges
25:31and because of who
25:32Adam Britton was,
25:33the case was
25:34highly publicised.
25:36This story is hard to tell
25:38and I need to warn you,
25:40it will be hard to watch.
25:41There was a lot
25:42of media interest,
25:43there was a lot
25:44of community members
25:45and animal welfare
25:46activists and groups.
25:48He is the lowest
25:49form of life
25:50on this earth.
25:51Oh my god, bro.
25:52Renowned crop owl expert
25:53has confessed to
25:54interest in zoo sadism.
25:57I don't even know
25:58what zoo sadism is, guys.
26:00Like, this is absolutely
26:01horrifying.
26:02So this pile of dog shit
26:03was walking around,
26:04flashing a zooologist badge
26:05to everyone
26:06when deep down
26:07he was a frickin' monster.
26:12Chief Justice Michael Grant
26:14granted another adjournment
26:16so further psychiatric evidence
26:18could be examined.
26:23My name's Melissa McKay.
26:25I was the court reporter
26:27for the ABC
26:27in the Northern Territory
26:28for about five years.
26:33I don't think anything
26:35could have prepared me
26:37for what came out in court.
26:40The judge said
26:42that there was a risk
26:43of people going into shock
26:45from what they were
26:47going to hear in court.
26:50He excused court staff
26:52from the courtroom
26:54when the facts were read
26:55and that is almost unprecedented.
27:00Everybody in the courtroom
27:02was given that warning
27:03that what they are about
27:05to hear is potentially
27:06dangerous to their own health.
27:08A number of reporters
27:09could only stay
27:11for a period of time
27:12before it was too much
27:13for them.
27:14The details of what
27:15he would regularly do
27:16to the animals
27:17supposed to be in his care
27:19are so horrific
27:20the ABC has chosen
27:21not to describe them.
27:23So the evidence
27:27that was presented
27:28to court
27:29was not only
27:30the videos
27:32of what Adam Britton
27:34was doing
27:34but also these
27:36chat logs
27:37of conversations
27:38he was having.
27:39He would speak
27:40in detail
27:40about what he did
27:41how much he loved it
27:43why he did it.
27:47He'd take suggestions
27:48talk about how amazing
27:50it would be.
27:54He'd go away
27:55he'd film these things
27:56and then he'd upload them
27:57as well as part
27:57of these threads.
28:01The community online
28:03was something
28:04that exacerbated
28:05his willingness
28:06to escalate
28:07the nature
28:08of his interest.
28:13I wanted to rely on
28:15samples of
28:17the actual material itself.
28:19I wanted
28:20the Chief Justice
28:21to look at
28:22these videos
28:23to see these
28:25pieces of evidence
28:26because it's one thing
28:28to describe them
28:29it's one thing
28:31to understand
28:32what's happening
28:33but what you don't get
28:35until you see it
28:36is the absolute
28:37immeasurable pleasure
28:40and joy
28:41this man is getting.
28:42You can't see
28:43the evil nature
28:44without absorbing
28:46the material.
28:47He was doing it
28:49because he loved
28:50doing it.
28:51He wanted to do it
28:52and the pleasure
28:53he derived
28:54is almost
28:55indescribable.
28:56I see a lot
29:02of zoosadism
29:04kinds of people
29:04who interact
29:05on social sites
29:06like Discord
29:07Telegram
29:08used to be Reddit
29:10sometimes on YouTube.
29:12What we do know
29:13about people
29:14who trade
29:15zoosadism images
29:16is that
29:17it's not about
29:18the sex
29:19it's about
29:20the crushing
29:21and torture
29:22of the animals.
29:23the sexual component
29:24is the viewer
29:25the person
29:26who gets pleasure
29:26out of watching
29:27those images.
29:29A person
29:30who's into
29:31zoosadism
29:31would often have
29:33snuff films
29:35or gore films
29:36accidents
29:37military beheadings
29:38that kind of thing
29:39and of course
29:41just like any other
29:43kind of online community
29:44they frequently form
29:46online groups
29:46but what makes
29:49them different
29:50is there are
29:51barriers to entry.
29:55Like if you wanted
29:56to see
29:57certain
29:57zoosadist videos
29:59you might have
30:00to upload
30:01one
30:01that you created
30:02yourself.
30:03in the northern
30:14district of Ohio
30:15the U.S. attorney's
30:16office
30:16indicted Graves
30:17for a count
30:19of crush
30:19and then we also
30:21charged him
30:22with transportation
30:23and the possession
30:24of child sexual
30:25abuse material
30:26because he did
30:27have videos
30:29of child sexual
30:30abuse material
30:31child pornography
30:31on his electronic
30:32device.
30:33I personally
30:36went through
30:37and viewed
30:39every single
30:40image
30:41video
30:42chat
30:44everything
30:46that was on
30:47any of Lucas's
30:48devices
30:48I had to go
30:50through.
30:52Seeing
30:53these files
30:54it'll never
30:55ever go away
30:56none of it
31:00will ever
31:00go away.
31:01it'll always
31:06reside in there
31:06somewhere.
31:1525-year-old Lucas
31:16Van Wartt has been
31:17arrested on several
31:18charges involving
31:19the heinous abuse
31:20of several dogs.
31:22Van Wartt also
31:22admitted to performing
31:23multiple acts
31:24too gruesome to mention.
31:25so Lucas Van Wartt
31:27was banned
31:27from ever
31:29possessing an animal
31:31to include a
31:32service animal
31:33ever again
31:34during the course
31:34of his life.
31:37He was
31:38sentenced on
31:39May 30th
31:40to 97 months
31:41in federal
31:43custody.
31:4415 years
31:45of supervised
31:46release.
31:47at the end
31:49of the day
31:50my friends
31:51in Australia
31:51are going to
31:51put a horrible
31:52human being
31:52away in jail
31:53and guess what
31:54I got to put
31:55an equally
31:56horrible person
31:57away in jail
31:58here in the U.S.
31:59that
31:59I mean
32:01that's why
32:02that's why
32:02I do it.
32:06British
32:07crocodile expert
32:08Adam Britton
32:09has pleaded
32:09guilty to 60
32:11charges connected
32:11to animal abuse
32:12and child abuse
32:13material.
32:14Adam Britton
32:15has been
32:15sentenced to
32:16more than
32:1710 years
32:17in jail.
32:19A lot of
32:19people are
32:21questioning
32:22is 10 and a
32:23half years
32:23enough?
32:24Is this
32:25sentence
32:25appropriate?
32:26This guy
32:27is a monster.
32:28Feasibly
32:29he could have
32:29received two
32:30years in total.
32:33As a community
32:34we're becoming
32:35aware
32:35and we're
32:36shocked
32:37and
32:39that is now
32:40being reflected
32:41in legislation
32:42that's passed
32:43but we're
32:44playing
32:44catch up.
32:48But I think
32:49it's important
32:50to know
32:50that had it
32:50not been
32:51for the
32:51work of
32:52the unknown
32:53person on
32:54the internet
32:54it is quite
32:55likely that
32:56we would
32:56not have
32:56detected
32:57the offending
32:58either at
32:59all or at
32:59least not
33:00as soon
33:01as we
33:02did.
33:03I think
33:04if people
33:04have awareness
33:05of these
33:07kind of
33:07crimes
33:07and this
33:08kind of
33:08zoo
33:08sadism
33:09they can
33:10look out
33:11for it
33:11and report
33:12it to law
33:12enforcement.
33:13And that's
33:14what the
33:15Furvengers
33:15did.
33:15Look out
33:16for it.
33:19In the
33:19particular case
33:20with Levi
33:20Simmons
33:21would law
33:23enforcement
33:23have ever
33:24known
33:24about this
33:25puppy
33:25video
33:26that was
33:26made
33:27you know
33:28four years
33:28earlier
33:29in a hotel
33:29room
33:30in Coospe,
33:32Oregon?
33:33Probably not.
33:34So the only
33:34way
33:35that particular
33:36information
33:37came out
33:37was because
33:38of this
33:38social media
33:39uproar
33:39because of
33:40this Furvengers
33:41group
33:41getting that
33:42information
33:42out to
33:43law
33:43enforcement.
33:44The Furvengers
33:46investigation
33:47into Snake
33:48Thing
33:48started
33:49with Hope.
33:51Little
33:51female pitbull
33:52puppy.
33:54There's only so
33:55much you can
33:56take of
33:57seeing these
33:57animals harmed
33:58but this is
34:00the person
34:00that is also
34:01harming children
34:02as well.
34:02we kept
34:06each other
34:06strong
34:07we kept
34:07each other
34:07motivated
34:08so that
34:09there was
34:09no way
34:09that Snake
34:10Thing
34:10could get
34:11away
34:11that
34:12justice
34:13would
34:13happen.
34:14In the
34:15case of Snake
34:16Thing
34:16I determined
34:17what Levi
34:18Simmons was
34:18facing if he
34:19went to trial
34:19and then
34:20looked at
34:20what sort
34:21of offer
34:22I thought
34:22would be
34:23just.
34:23Mr. Simmons
34:24I'm going
34:24to read
34:26through
34:26there's a
34:26number
34:26of allegations
34:28here
34:28and this
34:29will take
34:29a few
34:29minutes
34:30with respect
34:31to count
34:31one
34:32states
34:32the
34:32defendants
34:33did
34:33unlockly
34:34and knowingly
34:35develop
34:36duplicate
34:36publish
34:37print
34:37disseminate
34:38or exchange
34:39a visual
34:40recording
34:40of sexual
34:41explicit
34:41conduct
34:42and so
34:44sir
34:45are those
34:45allegations
34:46true
34:46yes
34:47and how
34:48do you
34:48wish to
34:48plead
34:48with respect
34:49to them
34:49I wish
34:50to plead
34:50the ugly
34:50Snake
34:52Thing
34:52received
34:53300 months
34:54which
34:54is 25
34:55years in
34:56prison
34:56we got
34:59Snake
35:00Thing
35:00you know
35:01the ring
35:01leader
35:01it was
35:03official
35:03he had
35:04been
35:04sentenced
35:05and he
35:07was going
35:07to be
35:07in prison
35:08like he
35:08was going
35:09to do
35:09some time
35:09when you
35:11see that
35:11law enforcement
35:12has taken
35:13action
35:13that that
35:14is very
35:15rewarding
35:15if I
35:16read
35:17FBI
35:17arrests
35:18you know
35:19so and
35:19so
35:19I can
35:20smile and
35:21be like
35:21good job
35:22you got
35:23him
35:23you got
35:24him
35:24not me
35:25I'm glad
35:26I gave
35:26you information
35:27that put
35:28you on
35:28that path
35:28in this
35:30particular
35:31case
35:31the tip
35:32led
35:32to a
35:33search
35:33warrant
35:34which
35:34led
35:35to the
35:35ability
35:35to do
35:36a
35:36forensic
35:36analysis
35:37which
35:38led
35:38to the
35:39ability
35:39to
35:39come
35:41through
35:41everything
35:41and send
35:43Levi Simmons
35:43to prison
35:44for 25
35:44years
35:44but we
35:45are just
35:46dealing
35:46with this
35:46one
35:46individual
35:47what
35:47could
35:47have
35:48happened
35:48I mean
35:49could
35:49be
35:49massive
35:49given
35:50given all
35:51the people
35:52in that
35:52chat
35:52you and I
35:53can't
35:54determine
35:54whether
35:54it would
35:55have been
35:55one
35:55or 101
35:56it's
35:59kind of
36:00a little
36:00bittersweet
36:00because
36:01there was
36:02so much
36:02more activity
36:03where people
36:04got away
36:04with it
36:05technically
36:06Kuro got
36:06away
36:07because he
36:08was never
36:08charged
36:09who is
36:14Snake
36:14Thing
36:15I
36:16believe
36:17he was
36:17one of
36:17the
36:17people
36:18in the
36:18logs
36:19you
36:20didn't
36:20have
36:20any
36:20interaction
36:20with him
36:21no
36:21I
36:22never
36:22have
36:22well
36:23it is
36:24true
36:24I have
36:24talked
36:24to
36:24Snake
36:25Thing
36:25before
36:25I
36:25didn't
36:25know
36:26he
36:26was
36:26a
36:26monster
36:26he
36:26turned
36:27out
36:27to
36:27be
36:27that
36:28was
36:28the
36:28one
36:29thing
36:29that was
36:29in
36:29the
36:29back
36:29of
36:29my
36:29mind
36:29is
36:30he's
36:31not
36:31going
36:31to
36:31get
36:31any
36:31justice
36:32but
36:34he'll
36:35mess
36:35up
36:35again
36:35if I
36:40would
36:41have
36:41known
36:41then
36:42what
36:42I
36:43know
36:43now
36:43I
36:44would
36:45have
36:45done
36:45my
36:46best
36:46to
36:46help
36:46get
36:47him
36:47prosecuted
36:48it's
36:55been
36:55five
36:56years
36:57since
36:57a
36:58certain
36:58furry
36:58just
37:00around
37:01and
37:01found
37:02out
37:02this
37:02boy
37:02calls
37:03me
37:03up
37:03and
37:04he
37:04has
37:04the
37:04gall
37:05to
37:05tell
37:05me
37:05hey
37:06Ash
37:07I
37:07haven't
37:08been
37:08100%
37:09honest
37:09with
37:09you
37:09that
37:10woke
37:10me
37:10up
37:11like
37:11that
37:11all
37:13of a
37:13sudden
37:13now
37:14he's
37:14telling
37:14me
37:14he
37:14did
37:15something
37:15to
37:15his
37:15animal
37:15I'm
37:16like
37:16oh
37:17my
37:17god
37:17all
37:18these
37:19leaks
37:19were
37:19real
37:19they
37:20had
37:20to
37:20be
37:21that
37:21is
37:21not
37:22true
37:22and
37:25then
37:26Kiro
37:26tried
37:26doing
37:27a
37:27comeback
37:27he
37:28started
37:29releasing
37:29new
37:29videos
37:30and
37:30I
37:31got
37:31worried
37:32that
37:32it
37:32might
37:32work
37:33hey
37:33guys
37:33sorry
37:34I
37:34haven't posted
37:34in a while
37:35I've been
37:35super
37:36busy
37:37hey guys
37:40you're probably
37:40wondering why
37:41it's so dark
37:41in my room
37:42omg
37:43Kiro the wolf
37:44is back
37:45but I got a
37:45freaking sword
37:46I could not
37:47believe
37:48my ears
37:50and eyes
37:51that Kiro the wolf
37:52was back
37:53you know I like
37:55making videos
37:56and it's just not
37:57something like I can
37:58give up
37:59really
37:59oh
38:05hi
38:05starting today
38:06I will be
38:07rebranding this
38:08channel
38:08the new name
38:09will be called
38:09Radiance
38:10I want to show
38:12people
38:12that no matter
38:13how much hate
38:14no matter
38:15how much lies
38:16or rumors
38:16there are
38:17I'll still
38:18continue to shine
38:19unfortunately
38:21with the power
38:23of the internet
38:23where you can
38:24be anybody
38:25he would just
38:27make another
38:28character
38:28the more light
38:29that's emitted
38:30the more that
38:30the shadows
38:31melt away
38:32even with all
38:33of this
38:33with damning
38:34evidence
38:35he would not
38:36leave
38:37I'm really excited
38:38for what the
38:38future has in
38:39store for this
38:39channel
38:40I have tons
38:41and tons
38:42and tons
38:43and tons
38:43and tons
38:44and tons
38:44and tons
38:45and tons
38:45and tons
38:46of ideas
38:47he is not
38:48somebody that
38:49we should ever
38:50let back in
38:50or ever trust
38:52or give
38:53grace to
38:54again
38:54he hasn't
38:55owned up
38:56to it
38:56so I decided
38:59well enough's
39:00enough
39:00I had to get
39:01this story
39:02out there
39:02it's a story
39:04that needs
39:05to be told
39:05but these are
39:08things that went
39:08against the
39:09public image
39:10of the fandom
39:11you know
39:12I will tell
39:13the story
39:13no matter
39:14how much
39:15people are
39:15going to attack
39:16me
39:16but I just
39:17didn't want
39:17to get it
39:17wrong
39:18being worried
39:21about bad
39:22press
39:22that's the
39:23biggest problem
39:24here
39:24the internet
39:26has bad
39:26people on
39:27it
39:27and there
39:29is maybe
39:30a fringe
39:31of people
39:31who abuse
39:32animals
39:32who see
39:34our
39:35subculture
39:36as a
39:37convenient
39:37shield
39:38in place
39:39to mingle
39:40inside
39:40and you can't
39:43just turn away
39:43and say
39:44that's not my
39:44problem
39:45it needs
39:46awareness
39:47that's the only
39:47thing that's
39:48going to fix
39:48it
39:48that's when
39:51you have to
39:52make a choice
39:53you know
39:54either you're
39:54going to do
39:55something about
39:55it or
39:56you're part
39:57of the problem
39:57I'm a furry
40:07news reporter
40:08news about
40:09furries
40:10for furries
40:11as you know
40:12I'm a news dog
40:14we can focus
40:23on the positive
40:24but we don't
40:24have to just
40:25focus on the
40:26positive
40:26to grow
40:33to change
40:34to get better
40:34we should be
40:35telling all
40:36of the things
40:37that's telling
40:38the truth
40:38that's how it
40:44works
40:45we're looking
40:50at the crowd
40:50we're not
40:51looking at each
40:51other as much
40:53so like
40:53we're waving
40:54you know
40:54I blow kisses
40:55you know
40:56so when
40:57we're organizing
40:58the group
40:59for the parade
40:59it's like
41:00herding cats
41:00well
41:04cats and dogs
41:05and every
41:05other species
41:06when you're
41:11wearing fur
41:12when you're
41:13actually in a
41:14costume
41:15it's just
41:17directly me
41:18but more so
41:19I wish everybody
41:21could feel like
41:22this
41:22you know
41:23people
41:26want a sense
41:27of belonging
41:27they want a sense
41:28of togetherness
41:29the fandom
41:31is a mishmash
41:31of people
41:32and it's going
41:33to get through
41:33any controversy
41:34the veil that was
41:37once hiding
41:38all of that horror
41:39underneath
41:39has now finally
41:40been ripped off
41:41you can't see it
41:45the same way again
41:45but people actually
41:47recognize the
41:48responsibility
41:49that we have
41:50as such a large
41:50community
41:51to keep it safe
41:53this community
41:54is beautiful
41:56and can be beautiful
41:57when all of this
42:01is said and done
42:02I am going to
42:03go to a theory
42:04and rave
42:05and I am going
42:06to be myself
42:08in that sense
42:09and I don't
42:10have to think
42:10about all this
42:11dark stuff
42:12I can just
42:12have friends
42:13food
42:13and good music
42:14hey tiktok
42:15I'm so back
42:16big bad wolf
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