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Bear takes a dip in Connecticut resident's pool
UPI ^ | 8/11/25 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 08/12/2025 7:11:44 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A Connecticut woman shared video of a bear that wandered onto her property and ended up beating the heat with a dip in her pool.

Theresa Sanderson shared video of the bear swimming laps in the pool behind her Newington home.

She said the bear spent several minutes swimming before climbing out of the water and wandering away from her property.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said there have been 51 reported bear sightings in Newington so far this year.

An Auburn, Calif., resident shared video in May of a mother bear and cub paying a visit to their backyard pool for a swimming lesson.

The resident said it is not uncommon for bears to visit the pool in search of somewhere to cool down from the high temperatures.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bear; pool
Well, I guess, it's summer and it's hot, as every month of August is for hundred of years in the northern hemisphere, and the writer didn't blame climate change.
1 posted on 08/12/2025 7:11:44 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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2 posted on 08/12/2025 7:14:05 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: DallasBiff

Genie: You have one wish.

Dude: I would like to find a bare brunette swimming in my pool.

Genie: Um, okay ...


3 posted on 08/12/2025 7:16:33 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: DallasBiff

One would think that the bear would go more upscale.New Canaan...Darien...


4 posted on 08/12/2025 7:21:40 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: DallasBiff

Here, it’s Bears AND Alligators! and the occasional Python...................


5 posted on 08/12/2025 7:25:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Can you blame a bear?
I mean, if there are no "Bears prohibited" signs up, then he is just going for a dip on a hot day.
Hopefully they put up their "No Dooty" signs though

6 posted on 08/12/2025 7:29:01 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: DallasBiff

True.


7 posted on 08/12/2025 7:38:36 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Too many limo liberals in those hamlets... bears have standards.


8 posted on 08/12/2025 8:03:10 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: DallasBiff

Time for another pool cleaning. Will Febreeze + Clorox work?


9 posted on 08/12/2025 8:05:09 AM PDT by lee martell
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New Canaan...Darien...

Bears love the Berlin Turnpike. More food opportunities.
10 posted on 08/12/2025 8:07:42 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Magnum44

Cute.


11 posted on 08/12/2025 9:06:09 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DallasBiff

“I thought there’d be salmon...”


12 posted on 08/12/2025 9:55:50 AM PDT by bigbob (If thou doth eff around, thou wilt findeth out)
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At least the bear waited an hour after

BearGrill</img

then settled down for a nice

BearHammock

Later on he got with BooBoo to discuss urban crime.

13 posted on 08/12/2025 11:45:06 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (There's a lesson there if I were smart enough to learn it.)
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