Imagine this: you are basking in the sun as waves of cool ocean water swing by on the coast. Children are chirpily filling up their buckets with white sand, and adults are lounging as they enjoy their precious Sunday off. Amidst the quiet fun of the weekend beach day, a bizarre appearance interrupts all happenings on the beach and leaves every jaw on the beach bed.
The unexpected appearance of a small black bear on the Gulf Coast beach in Destin shocked all the locals enjoying their weekend by the ocean.?On June 11, a black bear?was surprisingly caught swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and entering a Florida beach.
It is not clear for now how the bear got into the gulf waters, though black bears are a common sight in Florida. They are known to stick to the flatwoods, swamps, and scrub oak ridges in the area.
The locals on the beach were too confused by the bear. The appearance of the animal on the beach was so rare that at first people did not realise that the dog-like animal swimming in the gulf was actually a bear.
In videos of the scene that have since gone viral, people are seen going about their day without realising that a bear cub is swimming right beside them. Once the bear comes back to land and makes a narrow escape away from the swarm of humans hogging the beach, it becomes abundantly clear to the locals that the black dog was actually a bear coming to land after a cold plunge.
The people on the beach make noise to drive away the bear, which works well, as in the clips, the bear makes a quick escape from the beach and runs towards land.
Check out the clip below:
People on the internet were shocked after watching the videos go viral on social media. One user hilariously wrote, "Forget swimming with dolphins this is now on my bucket list."
Another noted how Florida has been the centre of a lot of suspicious happenings as of late: ¡°A lot of strange stuff has been happening in Florida.¡±
While one joked, ¡°Bro spawned in the middle of the ocean.¡±
One mentioned, ¡°I thought that was a dog.¡±
One user was reminded of an episode in the cartoon ¡®SpongeBob SquarePants¡¯, ¡°It¡¯s a Sea Bear. Gotta draw that circle and wear the sombrero the right way like Spongebob and Patrick did or you¡¯ll end up like Squidward.¡±
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