Hipster Grifter, Further Unmasked

Tracking down a grifter should really be much more challenging, but Kari Ferrell has left her mark all over the internet for anyone to find. Perhaps she's been purposely leaving footprints, even commenting on FreeWilliamsburg back on March 4th, linking to her own photos. Gawker picked up on her trail and has delved into her Photobucket account, and since her story broke yesterday images have been popping up everywhere, with at least one person who encountered her starting a Flickr set with not-yet-seen pics. A MySpace group dedicated to catching her was even started in February.

She seemed to use the "KariTheCrucial" username a lot, on top of the Korean Abdul-Jabbar moniker, and at one point was even looking for a roommate on Veggie Roommate—one who didn't drink, smoke or do drugs, because she's straight edge, of course (maybe this was back in her kitten-saving days). For those who feel the need to get more involved in this downward spiral, there are currently dueling Facebook groups in homage to the con artist, one started by comedian Dave Hill who hosted Smiths Speed Dating in Greenpoint last night and Twittered that she was there (she wasn't).

Keeping in mind that this is clearly a troubled person, let's end this with a comment her dad allegedly left on one blog stating, in part, "She had a very spoiled upbringing. I have no idea how she turned out this way, but I hope she gets help and whatever treatment is needed. Kari if you're reading this turn yourself in. I love you." Don't feel too badly though, she's likely already got a six-figure book deal in the works.

UPDATE: The Observer, who wrote the original story on Miss Ferrell, has an updated article that includes a note she wrote at 3 a.m. to a well-wisher.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on April 16, 2009 1:54 PM

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invisibleman

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Sommelier

No talent, a whore, wild about having her photo taken, uses people shamelessly... she's the next Madonna!

Dude69

Enough of this non-story, Jen, please get back to real news such as the subway hipster romeo?! What's the odds of this appearing on Today Show or GMA?

DanielJ

Who is this person and why should I care about her?

JacqueMehoff

in other news a handbag was just swiped in a bar, apparently the owner left if hanging on the edge of the bar stool, when she turned around, it was gone.

babyhitler

This is what happens when young impressionable girls start watching ghost world and Juno. Fuck you Daniel Clowes and Diablo Cody! On the other hand I'm kinda rooting for her cause the hipster douches she grifted had it coming. Although one could argue getting a blowjob in exchange for money is a pretty equivalent exchange, yet I'd argue getting a blowjob from an ugly chick in exchange for money is not.

babyhitler

ugghh! why did I look at the flickr page? this chick is gross looking. She's got that freaky no eyelids thing going on combined with being a so ironic hipster it hurts. blechh!

Guest

What about the fact that someone with obviously loose morals didn't have the courtesy to show her boobs?

The Edge

I am digging all this mockrage here.

dajamg

She is hideous. I really don't want to see her face anymore either.

hoardofmagnets

I'm guessing why this "matters" (as much as news about those new school brats) is because it validates the readership of this site and whoever else is covering it. Criminals are everywhere, but this one happens to live in a community where there are few, thus making her somewhat novel. I also think she makes the people who knew her feel cool in the same twisted way that people feel cool whenever they are associated with celebrity, no matter how minor.

weenie

is there a reward for turning her in? I could call in hookie to work just to go out and look for the twit. SMACKDOWN!

matty

yeah the first gawker post was pretty funny but now it's getting mean.

she's just a kid. *shrug*

Jen S

That Micronian article is full of douchery.

jaycjay

It's clearly fiction.

Jen S

Is it? Oh.

jaycjay

Well... the guy is saying that he met her when she was a sweet, innocent, kitten-saving 16-year old, and corrupted her by sitting her through an hours-long marathon session of watching films about grifters and cons and then by taking her to a tattoo parlor to get (illegally I'd assume, given that she was 16) her infamous tat, which was completed in one seven-hour session, during which she "had to be restrained."

After that, before they parted ways, she vowed revenge on hipsters. Er, I mean, on "self-important pseudo-intellectual motherfuckers."

OK. Do you believe it?

Jen S

I'd believe anything anymore.

yourmother

Is this all a big joke? I mean, a social experiment or something? With the amount of big-time cons we've seen this year already, you'd think this would be no big deal.