2 mysterious marmots found in the Bay Area possibly hitchhiked from mountains: experts

Wildlife officials are trying to figure out how two furry critters made it all the way to the Bay Area this month. Marmots typically live in burrows across the Sierra Nevada mountains, so experts were baffled when one was found in San Francisco's Mission District on Sept. (KRON) -- Officials are trying to figure out how a marmot recently ended up in Antioch, the second marmot found in the San Francisco Bay Area this September.

Marmots are furry animals that live in burrows across the Sierra Nevada mountains. Officials suspect that Antioch's marmot hitched a ride from the mountains to the Bay Area [...]