I think scalies is taken by those people that have dragon, lizard, ect. personas.Anyway, back to the topic of creepy furries. A long time ago in my early internet days, I found myself part of a now defunct-community. It was a mixed community, you had all sorts in there: furries, anime freaks, artists, writters. I used get commisions for avatar pictures, which is how I started knowing people there.
Then I learned the hard lesson that people's avatars usually don't really tell you anything about the person behind them. I bring to you Alynna Vixen. I thought she was a girl back then, "her" avatar was a fox with tons of tails and butterfly wings. She roleplayed most of her posts and behaved very cutely.
One day, I'm randomly looking at articles on Encyclopedia Dramatica and who do I find?
https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Alynna_Vixen
That continued to happen until eventually I was put off by the site, and as I became more know, the furry folk started trying to involve me in their dramas. I'm not one for internet drama, so I left the site and never returned. The entire experience has made me really wary of furry comminuties as a whole. : ( I know there's good and friendly furries, but the bad apples can be pretty scaring.