Wow. This is a big one.

So City_Glitter's cat is badly burned by some asshole. She posts about it in her journal:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/city_glitter/844427.html

It turns out that her cat will live though the vet bills will be high. So apparently one of her friends, Manhattan, kindly suggested setting up a paypal for donations.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/manhattan/1140641.html

The Vet bills were said to be around $5,000 but within a few days, enough generous people contributed to cover the costs. (Note, I don't know how much of the $5k she needed but her post mentions that enough had been raised.)

But not everyone is buying the story. Foxfur makes a skeptical post:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/foxfur/116753.html

I'm sure we can imagine how that went over.

But it turns out Foxfur may have been right to suspect.

Today City_Glitter posts that her cat was never burned and it was all an experiment to restore her father's faith in humanity.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/city_glitter/847289.html

Needless to say, a lot of people are very unhappy.

[eta] She makes another post saying that she expected everyone to believe Foxfur.

To be honest, I expected everyone to go read that post and to believe her. All of her evidence is well-thought-out, well-researched, and makes perfect sense. Furthermore, it took a great deal of courage for her to report the wrong of something she considered a close friend had done. I didn't expect for anyone not to believe her, and certainly didn't expect anyone to rip into her, flame her, and make her life Hell about it.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/city_glitter/847562.html