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Visitors to Destin Beach in Florida were in for a surprise when a black bear was spotted swimming side-by-side with their fellow beachgoers.
Multiple visitors to the crowded beach captured video of the bear emerging from the ocean and swam next to human beachgoers before making its way to shore.
"The bear was out pretty far," Chris Barron, who recorded footage of the bear, told WTVT-TV. "A lot of people started swimming in. I was worried it was a shark. I walked over and thought it was a dog."
Barron said the bear was swimming right by his brother and 12-year-old son.