Nobody is quite sure who started the first teddy bear hunt, but this social distancing scavenger hunt seems to have been inspired by the award-winning children's book, Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen. In the book, a family sets out on an adventure to catch a bear.
They face many obstacles along the way and in the end are chased straight back home by the menacing bear. Teddy bear hunts, on the other hand, are safer and have a much happier ending.