Polar bear wanders into Iqaluit, sparks social media frenzy

Iqaluit Twitter user Craig Welsh put it best:

I mean, what else would you do when a polar bear trots into town for the second time this week?

It's been a couple years since a polar bear actually wandered around town, althoughsome say they've seen one in Apex from time to time.But as ageneral rule, if it isn't tweeted, itdoesn't count.

And while it took a little over an hour to actually get it confirmed by officials Welsh's theory atplay there was no shortage of evidence or eyewitnesses, or people gathering to get a glimpse of it.

And the magic happened for some.

And apparently, the polar bear wasn't the only visitor to Iqaluit.

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But as Twitter and Facebook continued to blow up, three o'clock began to feel like we were allkids around the radio, listening to NORAD track Santa.

Conservation officers were on the lookout yesterday afternoon, advising Iqalummiut: "Do not approach the bear.

"Do not go out and try to find the bear if you hear of a sighting. The work of the conservation officers will be made much more difficult if there are people in the vicinity of the bear."

No word yet on what happened to the bear. But in times like these, who ya gonna call?

I'll see myself out now...