I was hanging out with my friends one evening in my best friend's brother's apartment (that was our hangout, we were all good friends). Anyway, my best friend used to listen to the Distorted View podcast and sometimes they did videos. So we were watching one of the video-casts and there was a bunch of furries in suit in it. I had no idea what it was, never seen a fursuit before. Went home and googled it up and next thing I know I joined a forum and made some really good friends.
That was almost 6 years ago and since then I've been to 3 conventions, countless gathers, and made my own tail!