Playful bear cubs cooled off in man's pool

A family in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, had some surprise visitors in the swimming pool on Monday: two black bear cubs taking a dip with the mother bear alongside.



Ray Signorello was working at his computer when he heard splashing, and figured his two daughters were in the pool, but curiously, he didn't hear their normal laughter or screams.



"That's when I looked up from from my computer screen to see if it was my kids, and realised it was the cubs." The cubs paddled around the pool, and splashed and swiped at one another.


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Living in the British Properties, Signorello said he'd seen bears in his yard before, but never in the pool. He finally tried to shoo the bears away by making noises on the deck when the cubs started tossing around his patio pillows. They didn't look scared, he said, but the mother bear led them away.