Bubah taken hostage!

Breaking news! Bubah has been taken hostage! Bubah is our mascot, a small purple stuffed alien who talks when you bob it on the head. It has three phrases, which we have interpreted as "yes," "no," and "I'm not answering." As you can see, Bubah in crucial to our decision making process as a collaboration! He is also the only creature to actually ride on the boom of the telescope while taking observations, and this has critical insight that no one else on this planet of beyond possesses!

He went missing last night. This morning in the place where Bubah usually sits in the Justin Beeber shrine, there was just a laser-printout of a picture of Bubah with a blind-fold on, and a cryptic message saying Bubah had been taken hostage and we needed to check our email.

Dan checked his email, and there was a message from a fabricated account, something like "doyouwantBubahback@gmail.com" that contained a picture of Bubah under a snow-roller (think steam-roller for snow) with the message, "If you ever want to see Bubah again, acquire 2 unmarked 6-packs of beer. We will contact you with further instructions." We are formulating a plan as we speak to rescue Bubah and I will keep you updated. For now, keep your eyes peeled!