Bears on the Beach? ‘It’s not uncommon,’ Florida charter boat captain says (video)
Jun. 11, 2023, 3:12 p.m.
“It’s not uncommon,” said Captain Chris Kirby, a charter boat captain for Charter Boat Backlash, which operates out of Destin. “There are a lot of bears at Eglin Air Force Base. They swim across the bay. Sometimes they go for a joy swim.” Jennifer Majors Smith, who is from Pensacola, shared videos on Facebook. “Never have I ever….seen a black bear swim up out of the Gulf Coast and onto the beach ,” she wrote.“At first no one on shore could tell what it was in the ocean,” Smith, who is vacationing from Nashville, told AL.com. “A man was yelling out ‘Bear!’ You would expect “shark or dolphin” but not bear. It came out of the Gulf and look tired but relieved.
A video of the same bear from another angle coming ashore was shared on Twitter. It showed several people watching as the small bear swam ashore and ran up on the beach, shaking the water out of its fur like a dog.
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