The otherkin subculture grew out of the
elven online communities of the early-to-mid-1990s.
The oldest Internet resource for
otherkin is the Elfinkind Digest, a mailing
list started in 1990 by a student at the University of Kentucky for "elves
and interested observers".
Also in the
early 1990s, newsgroups such as alt.horror.werewolves and
alt.fan.dragons on Usenet, which were initially created for fans
of these creatures in the context of fantasy and horror literature and films, also developed followings of individuals
who identified as mythological beings.
On 6 February
1995, a document titled the "Elven Nation Manifesto" was posted to
Usenet, including the group’s alt.pagan and alt.magick. On Usenet itself, the document was
considered to be either a troll or an attempt to frame an innocent
party. However, enough people contacted the original author of the Elven Nation
post in good faith for a planned mailing list to spin off from it.
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