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HAVE you noticed a dramatic increase in the number of bears hiding around town?<\/p>\n

A group of dedicated teddy bear hunters have been on the lookout for the furry best friends and have spotted hundreds outside of homes and in living room windows.<\/p>\n

Nearly 3000 budding bear hunters have joined the We\u2019re Going on a Bear Hunt – Ballarat Facebook group and have shared more than 550 addresses where teddies have been spotted.<\/p>\n

Katie Miller founded the group with three other women and said the group is \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by the support of the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve only had the page up and running for about a week and already so many people have joined the group and put some soft toys out for everyone to see,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Creative spirits have been flowing, as people set up various activities for their teddies to perform.<\/p>\n

From imitating a golf game to watching television, soft bear spotters are eagerly posting the hilarious scenes in the Facebook group.<\/p>\n

Ms Miller said it\u2019s great to see people getting some exercise while going on their own bear hunts but urges families to practice safe social distancing when outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love that people are going for walks with their kids, but please don\u2019t gather around a certain house or organise a catch-up or anything like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In future, the founding members hope to encourage the community to embrace the bear hunt as an annual event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be nice to make this a yearly thing, so that kids and parents can remember some positivity from what has been a pretty negative start to the year,\u201d said Ms Miller.<\/p>\n

To ensure that teddies are found, an online map has been created so that families can check out addresses with particularly exciting scenes.<\/p>\n

For more information, or to add your address to the online map, check out the group\u2019s Facebook page, We\u2019re Going on a Bear Hunt \u2013 Ballarat<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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