Hakan Yote

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Hakan Yote
Hakan Yote with his Kero The Wolf's fursuit head
Kero The Wolf
Kero The Wolf 2.0
Kero The Wolf Fan Club. Art (y ArtworkTee.
Kero leaving and returning to the fandom via his personal Twitter

Hakan Yote, better known in the furry fandom under the handle Kero The Wolf, also known as Yokai of Lunari,[1] formerly as Radiance Wolf/Radiance and thedogman2,[2][3] is a fursuiter and YouTuber who lives in Mcdonald, Pennsylvania, USA.[4]

Fandom involvement[edit]

Hakan Yote joined the furry fandom sometime in 2012 after finding out about it from his former friend SnakeThing. He states that he saw a wallpaper featuring feral animals and this interested him.

Initially, he spent his time mostly on social media apps and websites like Vine, X, and/or Fur Affinity, before creating a YouTube account on July 7, 2013, spending the first few years there mostly uploading random furry related videos, and becoming somewhat well-known in the furry YouTube landscape.

Popufur status[edit]

Sometime in 2017, a friend of Hakan by the name of Ashley Zoe Fox convinced popular American non-furry actor, filmmaker, writer, musician and YouTuber Shane Dawson to interview Haka about the furry fandom.[5]

Shane uploaded this video under the title WEIRD SIDE OF YOUTUBE: FURRIES on July 6, 2017,[6] causing Haka's YouTube suscriber count to go from 10,000 subscribers to 90,000 ones.

He would later hit 100,000 subscribers in early 2018,[7] which by then as seen Hakan elevated to the status of a widely respected fandom. He would continue producing content for his channel regularly until September 2018.

Fursuits[edit]

YouTube[edit]

Haka was known for making advice videos for other furries as well as doing vlogs and livestreams, and doing collaborations with other well-known furry YouTubers.

He also did some logo animations early on in his YouTube career. He also had a thing for filming scenes of nature.

The Zoosadist Evidence incident[edit]

Main article: Zoosadist Evidence

In September 2018, online Telegram logs began spreading a major controversy with his "Kero the Wolf" handle (the so-called Zoosadist Evidence), which would prompt him, after several months of receiving hate and threats, to leave the furry fandom,[10] an absence that would last until late 2019, when he stated he returned to YouTube to "clear his name" once the investigations were over.[citation needed]

On March 12, 2021, after nearly two years of dormancy, Haka, under the handle Radiance, uploaded a video to his old YouTube channel, untitled My Side'[11] where he explains all that happened within the past few years, tries to defend himself, and denounces the accusations brought upon him.

An example of this was brought up when talking about his potential arrest, in which he states that "while police did indeed show up to his house, even up to 'several times a week', they ultimately did not find him guilty on any counts, even after it being handled served:

   
Hakan Yote
"Real detectives with degrees" in forensics, and after "two years of digging".[12]
   
Hakan Yote

Haka presents this "fact" as "vindicating him", despite being suggested "Kero" got off by stonewalling the police,[citation needed] refused to provide information,[citation needed] and ultimately claiming to be outside the statute of limitations.[citation needed]

This action drew universal condemnation[citation needed] both within and outside of the fandom, among furs and non-furs, in both social media and furry art sites, with most[who?] pointing out the obvious lies and distortions, and pointing people back to the evidence that condemns Haka.[citation needed]

Controversy[edit]

In September 2018, Telegram chat logs circulated online which appeared to show "Kero the Wolf" discussing acts of bestiality[13] and necrophilia[14][15] with animals, and videos claimed to be Kero committing such acts.

"Kero The Wolf" disputed the claims because several of the features of those in the videos do not match Kero,[16] However, the user IDs of the Telegram chat logs appear to match those of Kero's real account, which include pictures of Kero in sexual situations with his dog, a dead fox supposedly found on the road[17], and that said videos were sent by him personally to SnakeThing[18]. Kero variously claimed that his account was hacked,[19] or the logs were faked, though the latter is not technically possible since the logs have been forwarded through Telegram's back-end server information. It is speculated that Kero used a proxy IP address via VPN to fake this screenshot.

On September 28, 2018, Kothorix uploaded a YouTube video claiming that he confronted "Kero The Wolf", with whom he had previously conversed, about the veracity of the logs.[20] In the video, Kothorix claims that Kero admitted to him that the logs were real, and that "he does have an interest in some aspects of zoophilia."[20](timestamp 7:58) He went on to say the Kero denied engaging in any actual, physical animal sex acts, which directly conflicts with the now confirmed information in the chat logs.

"Kero The Wolf" repeats this claim in a video interview with Ashley Zoe Fox, uploaded the same day,[21] saying, "I have never had sex with any animals." In this second video, Kero reiterates his assertion that his Telegram account was hacked, adding that he later lost control of the report due to this and that a previous screenshot he had posted of an account he still had access to was fake, "found on the Internet." He claimed the logs were only "five percent" true. He said that he had, in fact, joined a chat group for feral artwork, through which he befriended Nelizar/Snake-Thing, another individual implicated in the logs which were later arrested in real life and that he ultimately stopped speaking with this individual because he was made "uncomfortable". Despite the contradictions between Kothorix's video and Ashley's, Kero retweeted a link to Kothorix's video and called it accurate.[citation needed]

Aftermath[edit]

Along with other people[who?] identified in the chat logs, the evidence against "Kero The Wolf" was submitted to the authorities. In a tweet thread posted on November 8, 2018, Kero revealed he was under police investigation,[22] stating that he is taking the situation seriously and apologizing for causing the furry fandom "trouble"[22]

On January 30, 2019, "Kero The Wolf" put out a tweet after a two-month absence in which he stated that he was leaving the fandom, citing "toxic mindsets" and "witch hunts" against members of the community.[23]

Around June 2019, Haka sold his third fursuit to a fan of his by the name of Diamond Dwolf, who said they would wear it at Anthrocon 2019. It is unknown if they went through with their decision or not. The fate of his other two fursuits is currently unknown although it's likely Kero still possesses them.

During Anthrocon 2019, it was reported that Haka was in attendance, leading to speculation that the sale of his fursuit was a ruse so that himself could walk around in it.[24] At that same convention, it was discovered that someone was going around wearing Haka's second fursuit.[25] On July 20, 2019, LordOcelet, a nonfurry who is friends with Kero in real life uploaded a video that confirmed that it was him in Kero's fursuit. According to Ashley Zoe Fox who also attended the con, it was done as a "social experiment" to see if furries there would care or not.[26]

Haka has mentioned multiple times in the past he wants to return to making videos on YouTube but states that he can't because he has to wait for the investigation to end. Despite this, it was revealed by Archive The Wolf that sometime around late 2018 and early 2019 the Pennsylvania State Police seized all of Kero's electronic devices after getting a warrant. About 30 devices were taken.[27] Because of this, Kero hasn't been able to make any videos since November 2018.

References[edit]

  1. Kero Youtube name change and voice changer usage in channel re-theme post on X. Retrieved January 07, 2023.
  2. Hard proof Kero the Wolf is u/thedogman_2, a Reddit zoosadist post on X. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. Kero The Wolf And Thedogman2 post on the Cute 66 website. Dated April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. Kero's profile on X. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  5. Mirror of Shane Dawson's deleted video. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  6. [1]. Retrieved ?.
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1EOFfq079s&t=15s
  8. [2]. Retrieved ?.
  9. [3]. Retrieved ?.
  10. "Kero the Wolf Leaves the Furry Fandom" video on Tujo Panda's YouTube. Dated January 31, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  11. My Side video under the Radiance handle on YouTube. Dated Mar 12, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  12. My Side video under the Radiance handle on YouTube. Dated Mar 12, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  13. @VenusAsABun's live Twitter post on Kero. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  14. Archive of @VenusAsABun's Twitter posts and images. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  15. Archive of @VenusAsABun's 3rd picture in previously referenced Tweet. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  16. Tweet from Kero's Twitter. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  17. Archived Tweet from EmerySnowtail. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  18. Retrieved April 25th, 2020.
  19. Archived Tweet from Kero's Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  20. 20.0 20.1 "Thr Truth About Kero the Wolf" - YouTube video by Kothorix. Uploaded September 28, 2018, Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  21. "The Kero the Wolf Interview" - YouTube video by Ashley Zoe Fox, uploaded September 28, 2018, Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  22. 22.0 22.1 "I know you all want answers. Please be patient with me, I am currently under police investigation. Know that I am taking this seriously. I sincerely apologize for the trouble I've caused this fandom recently. I implore your understanding. I will comment in greater detail / after the pending investigation is over. I need some time to put something together. Thank you. / I promise you all the truth when this is over." - Twitter thread by Kero. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019.
  23. Tweet from Kero's Twitter. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  24. Tweet by That Demon Goat. Retrieved 6 July 2019
  25. Archive of Tweet regarding someone wearing Kero's 2nd fursuit. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  26. LordOcelet Video of him wearing Kero's 2nd fursuit Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  27. Archive The Wolf Tweet about Kero's electronics Retrieved May 6, 2020.

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