We never saw his body - rule number one of confirming an onscreen death! - and his storylines with Joyce (Winona Ryder) and Eleven felt unfinished.
Still, I couldn't escape the nagging feeling that there was a grain of truth to the theories about Hopper. There was no way Stranger Things would rely on this trick again in a less interesting way, right? They'd also kept the fate of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) post-Season 1 a mystery, although it was pretty clear to the audience that she was alive.
After all, Stranger Things had already faked Will's (Noah Schnapp) death in Season 1 as part of a government cover-up. One of the guards refers to an unseen prisoner known as "the American," a line that quickly led fans to unleash a slew of theories that Hopper wasn't actually dead.ĥ big questions we had watching the 'Stranger Things 4' trailer We find ourselves in a Russian prison, where guards unleash Demogorgons on prisoners. I marveled at the season's twists and turns, sat wide-eyed through the climactic battle with the Mind Flayer, and shed several tears when Hopper sacrificed himself under Starcourt Mall.īut before I could even process that ending, I was blindsided by the post-credits scene. Stranger Things 3 had just dropped, delivering a near-perfect summer binge. Here it is: Chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour) should have stayed dead. And with Season 4 of Netflix's smash hit fast approaching, I figure it's high time for me to officially pick that bone. Plucky kids uncovering government secrets and fighting monsters from alternate dimensions, all wrapped up in '80s nostalgia? I can't get enough.īut boy oh boy, do I have a bone to pick with the ending of the show's third season. If convicted of his crimes, Tannenholz could face at least five years in prison per felony.Before you get mad at me, let me make one thing clear: I love Stranger Things. Tannenholz remains behind bars in lieu of $250,000 bond. Some, however, noted that "furry fandom is best served by publicly ostracizing people who break such laws, not hiding them under a rug." The furry community was quick to distance itself from Tannenholz, saying his actions made furries look bad. It seems Tannenholz or someone acting on his behalf, has attempted to scrub the web of his online presence, but several digital footprints remain, including a YouTube account attributed by flayrah to Tannenholz, which features a troubling video entitled " our cat nursing on a fursuit head." "It just means that at this point was the time when they had probable cause to do the arrest," Deputy Prosecutor Cathy Guzman told the Idaho Statesman.Īdding a bizarre layer to this already disturbing story is the fact that Tannenholz was an active member of the furry fandom community, and would often dress up as different types of canines.įlayrah, a furry news blog, posted a list of Tannenholz fursuit alter-egos, including a black-and-white husky named Bubblegum, a blue fox named Kismet, and an unnamed purple canine. Ryan Havens Tannenholz, 28, was taken into custody earlier this month and booked on six felony counts of crimes against nature, and one misdemeanor count of cruelty to an animal.Īuthorities in Boise say that, although the warrant was issued on July 31st of this year, they believe Tannenholz had been having sexual contact with the animal between Januray 2012 and January 2013. Police in Boise recently arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a cat on multiple occasions over the course of at least 12 months.