Netflix's Don't F**k With Cats Wouldn't Have Existed Without These Two Internet Sleuths TRIGGER WARN
Netflix's breakout docuseries, Don't Fuck with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, has captured the nation's attention because, as the title suggests, people do not like when someone messes with the internet's mascot. In fact, according to the doc, it's the internet's "rule zero." The three-part limited series goes well beyond the terrors of animal abuse though. The full story of Luka Magnotta and the heinous Canadian murder he was charged for might have never have come to light had it not been for John Green and Deanna Thompson. Green, a Los Angeles resident with a penchant for internet sleuthing, and Thompson, a Las Vegas casino data analyst, worked together over the course of two years to unearth Magnotta's identity after a video of a man killing two kittens in a vacuum-sealed bag went viral. What the two didn't know is how extensive, and potentially dangerous, their search would be.
The two initially met on a Facebook group dedicated to tracking down the original poster of the video, but their search would lead them on an insane chase across three different international hub cities. Even more terrifyingly, Thompson would end up in the potential crosshairs of Magnotta before his eventual arrest, receiving at least one video and one threatening quote. Despite not having met until after Magnotta's arrest and trial, the two (along with the help of a select number of Facebook group members) always seemed to be one step ahead of the police investigation of the most gruesome murders in modern history.
Thompson, who used the online alias "Baudi Moovan," works across several Vegas casinos as a data analyst. Her pseudonym, a homophone of a Beastie Boys song, was put in place so she could "be whoever I wanted to be online." After seeing the kitten-killing video titled "1 boy 2 kittens," she was moved to help identify the culprit, becoming one of the founding members of the internet group "Find the Kitten Vacuumer…for Great Justice."
Green, a Los Angeles resident with a deep commitment to internet sleuthing, came into the group around the same time as Thompson. As the amateur investigation continued, members of the Facebook group began to worry about their personal safety, with Thompson once receiving a home video of made by someone walking through one of the casinos where she works. Green's name appears in quotation marks throughout the three-episode series, suggesting that it may be a pseudonym, and he says that he felt more protected because of the level of anonymity he used online.
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