The existence of furries predicted in 1958

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From here:

THE STORY: Oliver is being groomed by his in-laws for a position in the family business: banking. Shy and ineffectual under ordinary circumstances, Oliver discovers that he can be bold and independent when wearing the dog costume he had acquired for a masquerade ball. Donning it on the proper occasions, he can even outface his in-laws. They, in turn, are appalled at the thought of Oliver's wearing the dog suit in public. When he wears it to work at the bank he's told he must choose between the dog suit and his job. To his delight, he discovers that his wife is as bored with their stuffy life as he is, and they suddenly decide to head for the great woods of Oregon, where Oliver can pursue his dream of being a tree surgeon. The in-laws are shocked, except for one: As Oliver leaves, his brother-in-law takes over the dog suit, and another hilarious rebellion is apparently on its way.

OK, so it's not totally related to modern furry fetishism, but it's got the same eerily prophetic feel that that Monty Python sketch "The Mouse Problem" did, and that's something.

[LordNagetiere]

Actually sounds like a typical gag play with some kind of happy-go-lucky twist at the end.

[Gunther]

Wasn't there an article on the old CYD website that showed the existence of a brothel in the 1890's to 1900's that catered to customers who wished to pretend to be animals fucking other animals? They all wore fursuits, too. Very elaborate ones made of real fur at that. They had stories of the prostitutes dressed as rabbits (remember: Full fursuit type, not the Playboy bunny), while some of their clients dressed up as wolves, and they went at it in some makeshift meadow in the place.

The whole existences of furries in the modern world should not have come to any surprise to anyone. I daresay that if you went back in time and made computers with internet access available to the masses in the 1880's, there is no question in my mind that just as many fetishes, furries included, would have shown up. Technology and a more tolerant society is all what is needed for any group to exist.

[ProvincialTwit]

I don't know about all that; I suspect that was just a gag article.

But Toothpaste For Dinner pretty much summed up the entire 'existence of furries' thing with this: