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By Brian Dillon
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A woman who thought she was being watched in her hot tub by a man finally caught the culprit on camera—and was surprised to find out it was actually a bear.
TikTok user @springbreakrodeo shared a video of what she caught near her hot tub when she was taking a night-time dip, explaining that she thought somebody was watching her.
The video starts off with the woman pointing the camera at the darkness behind her decking, with a dark shape moving around visible on screen.
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Then in the clip, which has received 469,000 views since it was first shared on December 6, the poster can be heard saying: "I thought I heard a man creeping on me in the hot tub. Thankfully, it was just a bear."
She then pans the camera over the decking to show a large black bear right beside her as she remains still in the hot tub. The bear moves curiously around the space, seemingly minding its own business as the woman speaks quietly while recording and shining her flash on the animal. She quipped in the video's caption: "Always preferred."
According to the North American Bear Center, black bear attacks are rare—but the animals can pose a threat.
The Wildlife Research Institute says that black bears often charge at people but this rarely ends in contact. Even so, wild black bears have killed nearly three dozen people across North America this century.
There are between 850,000 and 900,000 black bears in North America.
The TikToker's video received over 100,000 likes and hundreds of comments with people sharing their thoughts and reactions to the bear sighting.
Taylor commented: "Oh thank goodness you're safe. That could have been scary girl."
"It's crazy that I would actually feel relief when seeing that bear if it thought there was a man peeking on me," said @llemonscented.
Another user with the name Me wrote: "The relief I felt when you said 'it's just a bear'."
Leslie shared: "MUCH preferred. Bear looks like he/she is embarrassed and would like to apologize."
"Don't scare me like that!! I was so terrified for you," said @huhu3494. "The relief I felt just seeing the bear was there was unbelievable."
"The relief I felt for you when I saw that bear!" said @eeemmmeee.
@Soso commented: "I was on edge until I saw the bear."
"I clutched my pearls until I saw the bear and realised you were safe," said Queen.
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