Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe GREEN TREE, Pa., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A suburban Pittsburgh man who dresses as a canine for conventions and parties is asking a judge to let him change his legal name to Boomer the Dog. Gary Guy Mathews, 44, of Green Tree, told Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Folino during Tuesday's hearing that he is involved with "furries," a movement of people who dress in animal costumes that has an annual convention in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Wednesday. Advertisement Mathews told the judge his name and costume are based on the main character from "Here's Boomer," a short-lived NBC series about a stray mutt that rescues humans from danger. Mathews said many of his friends already call him Boomer and his parents had even warmed to the moniker before they died. Folino, whose ruling is due this week, said he may reject the request if he determines it "causes confusion in the community" or raises the "likelihood of unintended consequences."
