#Delabear goes viral

A bear was spotted in Trolley Square, and you’d’ve thought it was a resurrected Tyrannosaurus Rex.

To be fair, though, this is not a scene you often see in Wilmington:

I get out of TV News and a MF bear trots through my backyard. In Delaware. Life is weird and unfair. #DelaBear 🐻 pic.twitter.com/OXR19e0MJ9

— Stephanie Woods (@StephWoodsNews) December 5, 2019

Possum, buzzards, deer, raccoons and even the occasional fox, sure, but not this:

#delabear pic.twitter.com/Q3UHlf2Sv6

— Mike Ritchie (@thisritchie) December 5, 2019

It caused enough of a stir that NBC Philadelphia set up a Delabear livestream, which … is a little much, but hey, who doesn’t need a distraction?

A black bear that is now a social media star in Delaware (aka #Delabear ) was spotted by our SkyForce10 this morning. Check out the livestream: https://t.co/qP0mLW71oi pic.twitter.com/tUaAxom873

— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) December 5, 2019

What a time to be alive! Literally nobody is doing work because @thedelabear is out on Trolley and tweeting.
You do you booboo #delabear #thedelabear

— Grigori LopezGarcia (@CopOnTheMat) December 5, 2019

You might remember #Delabear 2016, when a black bear was spotted near the University of Delaware. That was when @thedelabear first took to Twitter for a day of parody livetweeting.

Well —

IM BACK BITCHES!!!!!

— Delabear (@thedelabear) December 5, 2019

For hours, the real Delabear roamed, as residents were told to stay out of Rockford, Brandywine and Alapocas parks, and accordingly Delaware, well, Delaware’d:

Ugh, Delaware gonna Delaware. Anyone asked the Bear where it went to high school? #delabear pic.twitter.com/DAZ55iKj40

— NotAtAllNick (@NotAtAllNick1) December 5, 2019

The #Delabear of Trolley Square was just a little too eager to get to Oyster House for lobster night. pic.twitter.com/eF8zU8PIQV

— Kate Garchinsky 🐧 Illustrator (@katesnowbird) December 5, 2019

#delabear bar crawl- it will start in the middle of DuPont street at 8:00am, crash this guy’s back porch, and end in the woods by the park at 2:00pm. Bear costumes are encouraged. https://t.co/czQgjk4Hlu

— Sean (@seanteedwyer) December 5, 2019

Could use some #Delabear porch commentary on this ☝️

— Bastiaan Slabbers (@BasSlabbers) December 5, 2019

The attachment to Delabear reached Baby Yoda levels by midday:

I would lay down my life for Delabear pic.twitter.com/XIbSERpw2f

— sam 👹 (@samanthaistan) December 5, 2019

https://twitter.com/DElibrarian/status/1202617282087849986?s=20

Around 1:30, amid rumors that Delabear was really two bears (per Nextdoor) and had escaped the WPD into the wilds of the Brandywine back country (or something), animal control failed at an attempt to tranquilize the animal:

I am so glad I’m witnessing this moment in Delaware history #delabear I saw a police officer staring over a fence, and thought to myself – this will be good. It’s so much better than I imagined https://t.co/nHIzV4H16w

— Babs (@babsannee) December 5, 2019

Here’s hoping the iconic Delabear makes it through safely. Where is it now? Check out #Delabear on social media.