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Hi, I’m Sierra, a furry in Norway, and I’m experiencing harassment that might be familiar to a lot of people online.

In 2020, I created an original fursona and commissioned art for it. I put years of effort into a character that is special and personal to me. A fursona like mine is one of the things that defines what furries are, so what happened next was not just upsetting to me, I think it goes against what our community is for.

In April 2025, I discovered that a stranger was inexplicably using the fursona I created to impersonate me. Call it… imfursonation? They were stealing the identity I had been building for years, at the cost of my money, passion, friendships, and personal integrity. I did nothing to provoke this creepy wrongdoing and only found out by surprise.

You might think this is a mistake or trivial offense that will go away, but the thief keeps doing it after I contacted him directly like a mature adult to ask him to stop. He even confessed months ago, but won’t use his conscience, no matter what I do to defend myself or get help.

Let’s go over some remedies people have about identity theft and harassment, on the criminal, civil, and private level.

• For crime, there’s a high bar for proof that doesn’t apply to many forms of harassment, when police often just care about physical threats.
• Even obvious identity theft can be untouchable when thief and victim are in different countries (like in this case).
• This isn’t a legal identity, it’s a fursona, but still one that our community values and expects members not to misuse without permission.
• If a copyrighted property is stolen, large owners or companies may protect it in court from misuse for profit, but that’s beyond most people’s power.
• Most people can’t afford court for peer-to-peer behavior, and it often requires financial or physical damages, not just harassment.
• Companies enforce private policy on their users, but it’s unlikely when harassment happens off-platform.

None of this would help. When no remedies apply, many harassers get away with everything, and their targets give up — but I felt that more could still be done.

After trying direct contact with the thief, I tracked his accounts to identify him in real life. I found his family, school and work. Self-defense towards harassment can include pressure by private contacts to sources close to the thief. Sometimes it ends the issue socially, but lack of response brings us to a last resort: contacting a news site to warn others not to fall for it, and clear my name.

Now you know. I’m Sierra, the real person whose character and art commissions have been stolen. The “Sierra” impersonator even uses my identity for art that I did NOT commission, and some of it is NSFW. Think about how bad that is! What if he does something wrong with minors?

This is how the thief was confronted (the thief is highlighted):

The thief went by Minty before, and did not deny being Minty.

The thief admitted doing it to their harassment target…

…then the thief played victim and kept doing it.

Here’s what came from tracking the thief, with evidence viewed by Dogpatch Press. Past account activity identified the person behind it who uses the nickname Minty, real first name Caleb, in Manitoba, British Columbia, Canada. There are associated payments. It’s strange that his adoptive dad is a Canadian cop, who didn’t answer reporter questions, and neither did his uncle, a real estate agent.

There you have it. The thief harasses random strangers and refuses to stop. He is welcome to contact with an apology, remove all of the impersonation as “Sierra” and cease doing it to anyone. Until then, there will be a news story and warnings between community members to protect the real Sierra.

Beware of fake accounts! To avoid having the impersonator claim to be the victim, contact these accounts to have the real Sierra verify anything:

• Discord: “sierrathewynx” userID: 253224978881839104
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sierrathewynx.bsky.social 
• FurAffinity: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/osolhaug 

Dogpatch Press recommends leaving comments here if you see more impersonation.

The face of Minty, who is NOT the real Sierra.

Older activity tied to the impersonator’s real identity.

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