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otherkinnews2011-11-06 09:42 am
frameacloud) wrote in otherkinnews2011-11-06 09:42 am
Channel 4 documentary about Wolfie Blackheart's pack
Trigger warnings for this post: publicity; animal death.
Correction: I made large changes to this post May 25, 2022, to correct misinformation about Blackheart that had previously appeared in this post. The post had originally repeated false rumors that Blackheart had ritually killed a dog. I recently found reliable sources that set the record straight. I added the most relevant source for that, the retrospective by Chasnoff. I apologize for the error.
According to Channel 4 press releases, a TV documentary will air on November 13, 2011. This documentary will be about the Crimson Blood Wolf Pack, which is a handful of teenagers in San Antonio, Texas, some of whom identify as werewolves, some as vampires.
The alpha of the pack is teen werewolf Wolfie Blackheart, who had attracted media attention in early 2010 because online vigilantes had accused her of killing a dog. Animal Care Services, a police investigation, and a necropsy on the animal remains proved that Blackheart had neither harmed nor killed the dog. The dog had already been dead when someone who claimed to be the dog's owner had asked Blackheart to preserve the dog with taxidermy. Blackheart was aspiring to a career in taxidermy, and occasionally accepted requests to preserve people's pets. A friend had photographed the remains without Blackheart's consent, and then the photos somehow ended up online. During the investigation, the news picked up the story and played up the shock value. Since then, numerous news articles and a short news story on TV last year have been about Blackheart and the pack, often with shocking and misleading headlines.
- O. Scribner
Sources
Brian Chasnoff. “A decade of searching for stories.” San Antonio Express-News. Posted 2015-06-05. https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/A-decade-of-searching-for-stories-6310419.php Archived 2021-10-21: https://web.archive.org/web/20211021191330/https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/A-decade-of-searching-for-stories-6310419.php
Merticus, “Teenage Vampires (& Wolves) - Documentary - Channel 4 - 11.01.11.” November 2, 2011. Werelist Forums Media Center. http://werelist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30321
William Gallagher, “Vampire reality bites for channel 4.” Novemer 2, 2011. RadioTimes. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-11-02/vampire-reality-bites-for-channel-4
“Teenage vampires.” November 1, 2011. Channel 4 Press. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/teenage-vampires
Correction: I made large changes to this post May 25, 2022, to correct misinformation about Blackheart that had previously appeared in this post. The post had originally repeated false rumors that Blackheart had ritually killed a dog. I recently found reliable sources that set the record straight. I added the most relevant source for that, the retrospective by Chasnoff. I apologize for the error.
According to Channel 4 press releases, a TV documentary will air on November 13, 2011. This documentary will be about the Crimson Blood Wolf Pack, which is a handful of teenagers in San Antonio, Texas, some of whom identify as werewolves, some as vampires.
The alpha of the pack is teen werewolf Wolfie Blackheart, who had attracted media attention in early 2010 because online vigilantes had accused her of killing a dog. Animal Care Services, a police investigation, and a necropsy on the animal remains proved that Blackheart had neither harmed nor killed the dog. The dog had already been dead when someone who claimed to be the dog's owner had asked Blackheart to preserve the dog with taxidermy. Blackheart was aspiring to a career in taxidermy, and occasionally accepted requests to preserve people's pets. A friend had photographed the remains without Blackheart's consent, and then the photos somehow ended up online. During the investigation, the news picked up the story and played up the shock value. Since then, numerous news articles and a short news story on TV last year have been about Blackheart and the pack, often with shocking and misleading headlines.
- O. Scribner
Brian Chasnoff. “A decade of searching for stories.” San Antonio Express-News. Posted 2015-06-05. https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/A-decade-of-searching-for-stories-6310419.php Archived 2021-10-21: https://web.archive.org/web/20211021191330/https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/A-decade-of-searching-for-stories-6310419.php
Merticus, “Teenage Vampires (& Wolves) - Documentary - Channel 4 - 11.01.11.” November 2, 2011. Werelist Forums Media Center. http://werelist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30321
William Gallagher, “Vampire reality bites for channel 4.” Novemer 2, 2011. RadioTimes. http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-11-02/vampire-reality-bites-for-channel-4
“Teenage vampires.” November 1, 2011. Channel 4 Press. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/teenage-vampires
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Let's hope these children grow up soon.
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But that won't be what will happen. They will make to the group out to be freaks. And they will quite possibly end up associating us somehow with them.
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