WELL, ANTHROCON IS BACK IN
TOWN.
THE FIRST PUBLIC FUR SUIT WALK
WILL TAKE PLACE.
ALSO, A FINE FEATHERED FRIEND
WILL BE HONORED.
DAVE CRAWLEY SHEDS LIGHT ON
THAT STORY AT 6:00.
Reporter: HELLO PITTSBURGH.
GREETINGS FROM ANTHROCON 2015.
A BUSYING ARRAY OF ANTHRO
COSTUMES HAS BECOME A
TRADITION.
THOUGH SOME OF THE GUESTS MAY
MAKE IT HARD TO MAKE HEADS OF
TAILS SOFT WHAT IS GOING ON.
WHO CHOOSES TO DON A FURRY
PERSONA?
DR. SAMUEL CONWAY HAS THE
ANSWER.
YOU WILL FIND HERE,
SCIENTISTS, YOU WILL FIND,
POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS,
TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANCE.
EVERYBODY WALKING BY IS
REPRESENTED HERE.
Reporter: THOSE WINDOWS
WELCOME THE FURRIES WITH OPEN
PAWS.
SOME 6,000 FANS OF FUR WILL
SPEND $5.7 MILLION OVER THE
FOUR-DAY WEEKEND.
DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ARE DANCING
FOR JOY.
I AM A SERVICE DOG.
I HELP PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, YOU KNOW.
Reporter: SPEAKING OF
SERVICE, ANTHROCON WILL DONATE
PART OF THE PROCEEDS TO THE
HUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
NOW, THE GUEST OF HONOR.
A SAN DIEGO CHICKEN BURST ONTO
THE SCENE OF A PADRES GAME 41
YEARS AGO.
BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST
ANTHROCON.
ALL THESE PEOPLE WEAR THEIR
HEARTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR
BODIES.
AND, I THINK THAT REALLY COMES
ACROSS.
Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO
CHICKEN DID HAVE ONE CONFESSION
TO MAKE.
HE HAD BREAKFAST THIS MORNING
WITH DR. CONWAY AND ORDERED
EGGS.
IT HELPS ELIMINATE MY
COMPETITION.
[ LAUGHTER ]
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, EAT
THEM!
Reporter: ANTHROCON IS THE
ONE PLACE WHERE FUR AND
FEATHERS GET ALONG FINE.
I NOW FEEL LIKE I'M A THE
BEAK OF MY CAREER.
