JPL Bear Is Now on Twitter
A bear that was spotted Tuesday morning at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is apparently answering questions over Twitter.
A 200-pound black bear was spotted at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday morning, according to this Reuters article.
A spokesman for JPL told Reuters that the bear visit was the second one observed on the property in the last decade, and noted that employees had been advised to stay indoors on Tuesday.
Since the bear's spotting, he's also made a debut on Twitter: somebody has taken to tweeting under the account @JPL_Bear. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, the account has more than 80 followers, and the "bear" is actively answering questions.
His account states that the bear is "looking for a way to Mars."
In the area around Chaney Trail, Altadena residents have also been reporting bear spottings on local email newsgroups over the last two weeks or so, including the below incident:
John Stephens
1:04 pm on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Awesome.
lonnie fehr
11:58 am on Saturday, October 29, 2011
reporting etc where a bear is seen alot , may not be good idea for this bear , ie hunters , poachers ,,,