There was a concentration of therians at the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona. A month ago we didn't know what this word meant, and now we all do. People who "feel" like animals, whether dogs, horses, or cats (the most common). That is, they usually feel like mammals or reptiles. Rarely insects. There are no therians fly or louse. The word is a neologism that, like all things to be legitimized and perpetuated, comes from Greek.Therianthropia comes from therion (animal) and anthropos (human).

The recurring question these last few days among friends, acquaintances, and people I've greeted has been unequivocal: "What do you think of the therians"A question imbued with unease and an almost urgent need to confirm the suspicion that, as humanity, we are going down the wrong path." The community meeting on February 21st The protest at the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona elevated the issue to the level of a collective threat when, in reality, it was nothing more than a gathering of curious teenagers. The episode was experienced as a big-game hunt, with the implicit objective of capturing one of these supposed specimens to feed social media. And theriansnot a trace.

There may not have been such a buzz on Barcelona's Passeig Lluís Companys since October 10, 2017, when the Catalan Parliament declared Catalonia's independence and then suspended it. This Saturday, the supposed reason for the gathering is a planned demonstration. therians —young people who identify and act like animals— at the Arc de Triomf. As then, today the prevailing feeling among the thousands of attendees is also that they've been tricked.