--- title: Bear Found in Swimming Pool, Hot Tub in Vancouver British Columbia description: Bear found in swimming pool, hot tub in Vancouver British Columbia canonical: https://time.com/4002983/bear-swimming-pool-vancouver-british-columbia/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-19T14:24:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:01.915Z og:title: Bear Found in Swimming Pool, Hot Tub in Vancouver British Columbia og:description: Bear found in swimming pool, hot tub in Vancouver British Columbia og:url: https://time.com/4002983/bear-swimming-pool-vancouver-british-columbia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bear Found in Swimming Pool, Hot Tub in Vancouver British Columbia twitter:description: Bear found in swimming pool, hot tub in Vancouver British Columbia twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Man Finds Bear Chilling Out in His Swimming Pool in Vancouver ## Video: Why You Shouldn't Pee In The Pool [Watch (HLS stream): Why You Shouldn't Pee In The Pool](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/H0urBwaO.m3u8) (2:53)  _Published 2014-06-17. Science explains why you should just hold it in when you go swimming._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 19, 2015 2:24 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 19, 2015 2:24 PM UTC A man found a bear sitting in the swimming pool in the backyard of his home in Vancouver, British Columbia, [CTV News reports.](http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/north-vancouver-homeowners-catch-bear-taking-a-dip-in-swimming-pool-1.2521761) It even scootched over into the hot tub. But it was not the first time that homeowner, Tony Diering, saw a bear on his property. About a month ago, one helped itself to some bird seed. No word on whether this visitor was a bear running away from [the man in a bear costume harassing bear](http://time.com/3997691/bear-costume-alaska/)s in Anchorage, Alaska (though probably too far a trek, of course.) In any event, it is just the latest example of a bear making headlines for wading into a stranger’s pool, from the one that [smelled up a pool](http://abc13.com/pets/video-bear-swims-in-pennsylvania-familys-swimming-pool/336637/) in Pennsylvania to one that played with children’s toys while [taking a dip in a pool ](http://www.abc57.com/story/29618678/bear-takes-a-dip-in-familys-pool)outside a Kentucky home. Then there’s the Los Angeles woman who [found out there was a bear in her pool](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-bear-beats-the-heat-in-california-swimming-pool/) after hearing helicopters and loud speakers tell residents to stay in their homes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4002983/bear-swimming-pool-vancouver-british-columbia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4002983/bear-swimming-pool-vancouver-british-columbia/"},"headline":"Man Finds Bear Chilling Out in His Swimming Pool in Vancouver","datePublished":"2015-08-19T14:24:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:03:01.915Z","description":"The bear even took a dip in the hot tub","url":"https://time.com/4002983/bear-swimming-pool-vancouver-british-columbia/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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