It's possible that Karl is still getting over the 49ers' second straight Super Bowl loss. "I don’t know the person behind the account, and I communicate with him via email." "To be honest, he was pretty much anonymous to me, too," said Karl's Chronicle Books publicist, April Whitney. Hoodline reached out to Karl to find out what he's been up to these past few months, but did not receive a response.Ĭhronicle Books, which published his self-titled book about San Francisco last year, didn't have any clues, either. The fog horn blows because the #49ers are going to the Super Bowl!!- Karl the Fog ☁️ January 20, 2020 He last posted on January 19, long before COVID-19 was a concern in San Francisco (and when locals still had hope that the Niners might win the Super Bowl). The disappearance doesn't appear to be related to the pandemic. Long before the heatwave hit, Karl had rolled off the radar of his roughly 360,000 Twitter followers. "No wonder it's hot - Karl the Fog hasn't been seen since January," wrote wine writer Blake Gray on Twitter. Instead, San Franciscans were left to gently mock themselves. repeats until the June temperature returns to a normal 59 degrees #Heatwave □- Karl the Fog ☁️ June 11, 2019 moves into another room, gets sweaty again feels 20 seconds of relief as you dry yourself off On a hot weekend like the one San Francisco just had, Karl would typically relish the opportunity to tease San Franciscans for their misery in scorching-hot temperatures. And the locals who love his wit, wisdom and weather reports have begun to notice. San Francisco's mist-erious mascot, who has a mischievous (and anonymous) social media presence, hasn't been heard from in months. Over the Memorial Day weekend, many San Francisco residents flocked to parks and beaches, in search of relief from the record-breaking temperatures.īut one local was noticeably absent: Karl the Fog.
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