Status: Real (unfortunately)
A series of pictures showing a woman crushing a kitten to death with her stiletto heels is causing an uproar over in China. The pictures first appeared on the internet and have recently been published by some Chinese newspapers. The woman in the photos has been dubbed the Kitten Killer of Hangzhou, because the background scene has been identified as Hangzhou. I've been able to locate four of the pictures in the series, but I think there are a few more (far more graphic) ones. Here are the ones I found (I don't have larger versions):
The big question is: Who is this woman? One theory is that the images come from a Japanese shoe advertisement. Another theory identifies the kitten killer as a "37-year-old woman from Hubei province with the internet identity 'Gainmas.'"
The London Telegraph elaborates:
She had registered a website in Hangzhou and - the ultimate evidence - had bought a pair of stilettoes on eBay last year. She was also registered with QQ, a popular Chinese message service, where she wrote of herself: "I furiously crush everything to do with you and me." Before her QQ address went dead, its owner had several conversations. In one, she is coy, saying "So what?" when asked if the pictures are of her, and then, when asked again, replying: "In theory." When confronted by a reporter, she became defensive, saying: "Suddenly hundreds of people are on my QQ and cursing me. What's the problem if I crush cats? It's a type of experience. You wouldn't understand."
The Telegraph goes on to note:
No one seems to have suggested the serious possibility that the photographs could be a hoax - created by picture-altering computer software. But in the face of tight control of self-expression, young Chinese are seeking wildly different forms of sensation or satire on the state of society.
Without having seen all the pictures (and better quality ones), it's hard to judge whether or not they're real. But it certainly seems like this has already become the Chinese version of
Bonsai Kitten (with the added twist that it may be real... in which case it's definitely disgusting).
Update: A "Crush" video is circulating around (you can find links to it in the comments, if you're interested) that makes it pretty clear the woman really did step on a kitten. Also, an article in the
Shanghai Daily reports that the lady, and the guy who produced the video, have been identified. The producer, who is a camera operator at a TV station, has apologized. However, the woman, who works as a nurse at a hospital, has disappeared, leading to concerns that kitten commandoes may have abducted her (or something along those lines).
Comments
It may be a completely different case for you but for some more hardcore fans, the fetish may only just begin with insects, worms, crickets and snails. As for me killing any living thing is disgraceful in my books, as stupid as it may sound, i take the spiders out of the bath and release them, and move snails off the path to my door.
Just to remind you that this may apply to other 'crush fetishist' who may become desensitized to watching smaller creatures squirm in agony, they move on to larger and larger creatures. Tarantulas and large centipedes, then crayfish, crabs, and fish are next.
And when the "thrill" of tormenting those creatures fades, the hardcore crush fetishist moves on to more evolved animals that suffer more intensely and visibly: baby mice ("pinkies"), rats, guinea pigs, kittens, and dogs.
Empathizing with crustaceans and insects may be difficult some, but the few that are unable to see the evil in the act torturing and killing mice, cats and dogs cannot see the wrong in and are seriously out of touch with their conscience and let their sexual fantasies go way to far.
I have no problem with the many websites devoted to non-destructive trampling, foot fetishes, and "giantess worship", and although it may seem odd to those who don't share those particular fascinations, its perfectly normal to have a weird fascination, even if it is stepping on a toothpaste tube. I only start to worry when abuse is applied to a non willing entity.
People who have sexual problems or are over assertive and cannot find similar interest partners or a proper outlet lash out, and being a victim of sexual attack, i can only assume that a person who will over power his fixcation, perform his fantasies which he may know are wrong and intentionally hurt someone or something in the process with no empathy, is an individual who is taking his fetish too far and has a very serious problem which his sexual state and more importantly his mental state.
to be honest i agree with most what you say, but having a fetish yourself - you've got to be open-minded about other peoples fetish.
you say in your eyes even bug crush is wrong, yet when you go to the supermarket tomorrow they'll be sprays/fly squaters - things you can buy for getting rid of of bugs.
bug crush isn't the problem, i'm quite proud of my fetish's infact (foot fetish, crush).
'crushing a bug' will never become illegal (infact crush is a big market), i could probably name you 50 websites off the top of my head, and most of them are glamour models doing it!! - see it is an easy way for them to make money by just putting there foot down on something...(killing a bug is human nature), whether its kids walking home from school stomping ants, or squatting a fly with the newspaper.
yes animal crush is wrong, and it is a downside to the 'crush fetish' - but you say you have a 'bondage fetish' great! but that also can be taken to the extreme.
but whilst i am against any 'animal' being killed for sexual gratification, whats the diffence in animals being killed for 'fun?'
i'm not sure on your nationality but britain (fox hunting) the royal family do that all the time (even now its banned)!! :O
duck hunting, if your american all the members of congress love enduging in a little bit of shooting (just ask dick cheney)!!
how is the cow (beef), turkey (christmas), chicken (sunday dinner), killed before you eat it? how do you know it never suffered a painful death, yet would it stop MOST people eating it even if they knew?.
how about all the animal testing that goes off, (testing monkeys, ginny pigs etc)
but yeah as said, i'm totally against animal violence (in any form) - but it just irrates me is how 'crush' gets highlighted when OTHER things are going on in the world.
like this clip for example, yes it is degrading - but do a search on google about how an animal testing experiment looks and i bet its even more sicking than this (yet thats allowed)!!
crush isn't the problem, this is the first case in the press since 2002 and before that it was the 1990's.
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well i will say this mate, the RSPCA are wrong - theres only 1 crush website in fact EVEN from the uk :/ (which is basicly trample and as the odd bug/food crush).
i'm a trusted member in crush (seen/know a lot) and the 80's ive never heard of any crush video in the 1980's :/ (how was it distrubuted/advertised)??
HARD crush was on the go in the mid/late-90's (when it was legal in the united states)!!
seal hunting/whale killing/bear dancing/elephant hunting/chicken fighting etc...is A LOT more common than a mouse being stepped on.
Unless the money's good, in which case she can now go 'full time'.
Just a thought.
I immediately deleted my account on the picture serving site (yafro) after seeing it, I was horrified to say the least.
People are the crulest, sickest creatures on the planet.
Should she die for it? That logic has the same cruelty. SHould she be sterilized and forced in to a mental hospital? Quite possibly.
The most disturbing aspect of it is that the poor animal seems totally trusting and affectionate towards her, and she had no respect for it's life at all- even up until the end, the look on it's face only turned to disbelief after she had already mortally wounded it before the c&nt; put her heel through both eyesockets.
Someone like her should never be able to have children, nor be the president of the united states )George Bush had tortured and killed small animals as a child).
No pain medication, either.
I saw it and immediately reacted with thoughts of a shotgun, her mouth, and the anatomy of the brain being displayed on a wall for all to see. I was disgusted, horrified and enraged.
Now I've calmed down I can look at it more rationally. I found my way here and discovered that the puppy was just the latest in a long line of animals she has killed. At this point I think it's safe to assume they're real. That, at least, is the stance I'm taking. Wishing bad things upon her is a natural instinctive reaction, but let's think logically about this - do you really want to stoop to her level? Personally, I'd throw her in jail for a very long time. I hope I'm a better person than she.
As for the long-standing argument of animal cruelty, consider for a moment that many animals in the wild eat other animals. They don't have a way to kill the animal quickly, so they have to knock it down and rip it to death. Gruesome but a fact of nature. Now, I eat meat. I wear leather boots. I used to have a leather coat. And I feel no shame in these acts, nor in telling you. Why? Because, just like in the wild, I have lived because another animal has died. As for vegans, while I support and applaud your choice of lifestyle, I must point out that plantlife DOES feel pain. As Frederick Nietzche once said, "There is no feast without cruelty".
Animals are killed by other animals every day. And yes, despite our self-appointed importance, we are still just animals. But I at least take solace in the fact that one animal's death has sustained another's. Killing an animal for pure pleasure, however, is thoroughly objectionable to me. I opposed hunting because I didn't agree with having 50 people on horseback, with 50 beagles at their heels, chasing one or two foxes, for nothing but sport - a day out, a bit of fun. I am opposed to the fur trade because I don't see why an animal should die solely to satisfy our vanity - something that caused some conflict between myself and my grandparents a while ago. Yet I wear leather boots. Why? Well, when a cow is killed, almost none of it's body goes to waste.
In closing, I'd fist like to apologise if any of my thoughts seem unclear. Sad to say, that's my way of writing. By all means, feel free to contact me if you want to discuss this issue with me. But I will admit something to you here and now. I AM more horrified about the death of a kitten than the death of a human. I have substantially less sympathy for the human race than other animals on this planet. So while I don't wish this woman any harm other than a lengthly jail term, I won't be upset if he receives the same torture she's delivered to the victims of her tapes.
I saw the kitten pictures though.
There's interviews saying she did it, so I don't understand why people think it's fake.
check out just how horrific it would be if you were in line for the frozen section of a supermarket and the dinner table.
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=meet_your_meat&Player=wm&speed=_med
This is an extreme form of a foot fetish called "crushing". In the tamer versions of it, people only crush food or other objects. In the extreme version of it, they crush insects and animals. They torture them to death.
This isn't some hoax. It's very serious.
and Sara:
we've established that this is real many a time and what form of fetish this is, in fact even had a bonified crusher right here, in this thread... if you bothered to read any of it.
http://www.consumptionjunction.com/content/detail.asp?ID=54748&type=1&page=1
i dont understand how anyone could not want this woman to die.
"A Real Human Being" from Texas sees fit to describe the situation that people are starving everywhere in the world as a "Fact" in inverted commas.
If not a hoax, then this "human being" clearly has just as warped and decadent a view of the world as "Dave" et al, that they think that the lives of poxy kittens are more important than those of actual human beings!
by the way http://www.snuffx.com i see 3 videos about killing little animals. it seems that this girl kill 2 kitties, 1 puppy, 1 rabbit...and this page have this note.Note: For those still curious or writing in asking about it, the woman in these videos was found, fired from her job as a nurse in China, and then mysteriously disappeared. PETA and other animals rights groups already know about these films and were instrumental is making sure the lady was found. Please feel free to contact PETA yourself to verify this.
maybe she just killed over 3 animals.
is she selling these video's for money orso.
what a bitch , i hope they will get here.and give her a nice threatment.
thanks for posting the link, ive been looking for it for ages
welcome to the internet guy, its the gateway to hell
why is this woman still aloud to be free,
i think i should crush her with my heel and listen to her scream,
u sick twisted ppl
how have you let this just happen?
u no this has happened to a dog to right?
du no wot, ppl like that will burn in hell and i will be looking down on them and enjoying their pain, i cnt believe what has happened to the world, animal testing, animal abuse, ppl like that r scum n shud b spat on n hurt to i h8 ppl, what they do to animals sickens me!!!
I'd marry her if she wasn't engaged to someone else, lucky him!
I'm sure she is shivering in terror!
You guys are sooo ridiculous
Amuse me some more please!
I watched 20 seconds of that video. Then I couldn't take it anymore. I feel wrong. It is stuff like this that makes me lose hope for humanity.
that kitten isnt realy fealing much... it has been drugged and they are quite a pain in the arse in china. just like dogs... why else would they eat them?
talking about eating... do you know how the animals are hold, that we eat every day? there are some vids about it... but i am afraid the link is down. i had to get rid of my lunch after ive seen it!
they burn some pigs alive, cutting them alive afterwards and then they bleed to death.
cows are that fat, they break their legs and cant walk anymore and therefor die of hunger. chicken get crazy and try to eat other chicken.
and you want to know why? because of EVERYONE.
now dont get me wrong. i dont think its ok what that woman has done, but i actualy do not care, because there are much more important problemns in this world...
we've established that this is real many a time and what form of fetish this is, in fact even had a bonified crusher right here, in this thread... if you bothered to read any of it."
Excuse me but I didn't read the entire thread and there was tons of people denying it.
"that kitten isnt realy fealing much... it has been drugged and they are quite a pain in the arse in china. just like dogs... why else would they eat them?"
You're quite dense, aren't you? Where are you getting that the animal is drugged? That's beside the point, anyway. Whether or not the animal could feel it or not, this is still the torturing and suffering of a defenseless living being. If this doesn't bother you, then there's something wrong with you.
Quite frankly, if this woman was brutally murdered, I wouldn't shed a tear. She knows what's right and what's wrong and she crossed that line. She's not innocent and there is no defending her.
Being raped is nothing compared to what she did to that cat. It's nothing compared to having your head stomped on until your eye pops out and your brains leak out. Get the picture?!
And there's no excusing all the other forms of animal rights abuses that happen around the world, either. Don't think I turn a blind eye to it.
Oh and that goes almost equally for all the twisted rationale-spouters in these threads. Absolutely repugnant pieces of garbage.
http://www.consumptionjunction.com/content/detail.asp?ID=54748&type=1&page=1
It's not funny and anyone who can laugh about it is as sick as one who can get off to it.
Why not care about all living things and not just the ones that are cute?
I personally don't care about animals or people I don't know.
Please help stop this,
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