How did YOU become furry? =)

[Ryouko]

Not really sure, I just remember liking the art.

[Dirgeful]

I had been hearing a lot about furries (some negative, some positive) on the internet. I never really cared at the time since I didn't really know what it was. One day my cousin came over to my house and was looking up fursuits and stuff. I was looking with her and was amazed by how cute they all were. Even still, I never really considered myself a furry until about a month or two later. Of course, I never made my fursona until... last month which was about, I don't know, 6-9 months post considering myself a furry.

[Dragontail93]

I also played many games with animals.Spyro the dragon,crash bandicoot,pokemon.I also love anime,my favorite is dbz.In middle school I fell in love with Frieza  He is evil tyrant and bastard,so I dont like his personality.However his body is whole new story.I love lizards,dragons and in general tails,so I began to search frieza yaoi pictures and that is how it began(rule34).I didn't knew if there are people like me,so I felt a little bit alone with my fetish.Recently I began to take interest in furry fundom,fursonas etc.This is awesome People dont care about others opinion and transform into wolf,dragon or fox and they are happy with it.I am glad that there are people that love furries like I do

[Shoon]

A friend showed me her new fursona, and. Was like "whats a fursona?" And then she showed me the fandom.

[Bricket]

I was searching the internet and then I saw the art (the good kind).
Being interested I kept looking further and then I joined the forum here.

Can I be called a real furry? Probably not, but can I be called someone who is interested in it? Yes.

[Argrath]

I wanted to be an anthropomorphic bear when I was like age 5 (I didn't know what anthropomorphic was I just wanted to be a cartoon bear) But then... I SAW DRAGONS WOA!!! I've collected dragon figurines, charizard pokemon trading cards, dragon plushies etc etc.  I also developed a crush on wolves, but dragons are cooler imo. I wanted to have a costume (you could call it a fursuit) at age 10 maybe? I found out that more people were into this stuff in 2013 and I plan to suit in just a few years. . (Sorry if I wrote things wrong)

[Judy]

Oh my... I dont remember that exactly, it was so long ago...! 
But once I terribly bored, because I did nt have any hobbies / interests, so i type different tags in google, and scrolling through the Google I found FURRY FANDOM, I dont remember how exactly its strated, but it was something like that. 

[Delta The Wolf]

I didn't know it at the time but I have been a furry before I even knew what one was. Ever since I was a little kid, around 5 or something like that, I had been to attached to anthropomorphic animals. I used to like just about any movie, cartoon, anything that had those kinds of characters in them. I actually used to make up my own characters in my head that I had actually grown attached to. I don't remember their names though, it was a long time ago. Back then, I didn't even know anything about furries. I didn't even know of their existence. I was only 8 when I found out about this community but I didn't know anything about you guys to identify as one. Just about 2 years ago was when I actually came to know what the furry community was about and just recently was when I discovered I had been a furry nearly all my life.

[Racky]

First it all started with a friend of mine. When we met the first time his first words were "Hey! you look like a raccoon!" Since then people around school started calling me "The raccoon" and it went on for 6 years(beginning of middle school - graduation).
Then I met a guy who was a furry on one of my adventures online, I told him that I'm to be called "Raccoon", got used to the nickname and started to use it myself. He introduced me to the whole furry world. Honestly I wasn't into it but eventually started liking it and then I found myself here. So I'm still a big newbie to the whole fandom thing

[Delta The Wolf]

First it all started with a friend of mine. When we met the first time his first words were "Hey! you look like a raccoon!" Since then people around school started calling me "The raccoon" and it went on for 6 years(beginning of middle school - graduation).
Then I met a guy who was a furry on one of my adventures online, I told him that I'm to be called "Raccoon", got used to the nickname and started to use it myself. He introduced me to the whole furry world. Honestly I wasn't into it but eventually started liking it and then I found myself here. So I'm still a big newbie to the whole fandom thing

Why'd they say you look like a raccoon?

[Racky]

Why'd they say you look like a raccoon?

The lack of sleep and the shades on my face made it look like I had a raccoon mask(it was slightly darker than most the face so it was noticeable)

[Delta The Wolf]

Why'd they say you look like a raccoon?

The lack of sleep and the shades on my face made it look like I had a raccoon mask(it was slightly darker than most the face so it was noticeable)

Ah makes sense

[sha-draw]

Man, for me it started long ago... OK not that long ago. I've always been into dragons, hating when they died or lost, and I also just resonated with them. I just thought they were so cool, and being one was all I could dream of! Then, one night a few years back, something happened. I couldn't sleep. I felt weird. I Dont know what happened, but after that night, something clicked. I began drawing them, writing about them, a even became a bit therian. That's when I'd saymy furry career really began. I discovered that I was actually a furry a while later on. (About two years ago)

[YourUnknownHost]

Always had something for anthropomorphic animals/art also i seen a couple of videos on what furries are and i thought it was nice. Also i noticed how LGBT friendly they are (majority)

[Vuurniac Squarewave]

It all makes sense if we consider that I grew up watching Duck Tales, Talespin, The Gummi Bears, Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers, and tons more. I had been bumping into people with furry avatars all over the internet before my conversion began :d
I also started making my own game on the side and I needed to create characters for it, which gave me the final push to get into it. Also, the open aspect like "YourUnknownHost" mention, was definitely something I was looking for very much. We're all weirdos in some way so it's ok.