In a later segment, Bernievidz finds a series of archived posts on message boards from a contributor named Robert who claimed to have inside info that MacNeille had received graphic fan fiction about her characters, some even sent to her home address. Many of Robert’s other claims in his posts later came to pass, giving Bernievidz the impression that he must have had an inside source to access that info.
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Bernievidz begins by placing his investigation into the larger context of an examination of the cultural phenomenon of “internet fandom.” The primary source for his investigation was a 20-year-old online article titled “Terror From The Year 1994” posted on the website Crush! Yiff! Destroy!, a forum for furries. Bernievidz quickly debunks the article as largely false and loaded with unsubstantiated rumors, although there is some truth to the piece which he follows up on and clarifies.
In the end, Bernievidz is unable to come up with a definitive set of facts that come anywhere close to identifying the Tiny Toons Stalker, or even proving that such a person ever existed. More importantly, he argues, is the broader picture his video paints in regard to internet fandom and its propensity to engage in harmful witch hunts, even against members of the same online communities. Both Falk and Fishbeck were accused by like-minded members of the same fandom, and both their reputations suffered from the accusations.
In his posts, Robert also identified MacNeille’s stalker by name, pointing the finger at a furry who used the moniker Captain Chipmunk. After a bit more digging, Bernievidz got this potential suspect, real name Allen Fishbeck, on the phone as well. A regular furry convention attendee and Tiny Toons superfan, he did admit to sending something to MacNeille, “a toy or maybe a letter,” but denies being the Tiny Toons Stalker.