--- description: Bear found playing with hay in West Springfield, Massachusetts title: Watch This Romping Bear Make the Most of Fall image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Bear Is Having the Time of Its Life Playing With Hay in a Random Backyard  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 23, 2015 2:52 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 23, 2015 2:52 PM CUT A black bear was playing around in a Massachusetts woman’s backyard Wednesday, rolling around in a bale of hay behind a bunch of children’s play things. Kimberly Perron Burke of West Springfield told [MassLive.com](http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/bear%5Fvisits%5Fwest%5Fspringfield%5Fh.html "undefined") she was at home when she saw the beast in her yard gnawing on her grandson’s inflatable kiddie pool and rubber ball. Both items were ruined. Over the summer, a bear and its cubs [went viral](http://time.com/4006334/bear-cubs-pool-party-new-jersey/ "undefined") when they were found in a New Jersey family’s swimming pool. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4084893/bear-backyard-hay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4084893/bear-backyard-hay/"},"headline":"This Bear Is Having the Time of Its Life Playing With Hay in a Random Backyard","datePublished":"2015-10-23T14:52:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:17.459Z","description":"Hay ya","url":"https://time.com/4084893/bear-backyard-hay/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4084893/bear-backyard-hay/","name":"This Bear Is Having the Time of Its Life Playing With Hay in a Random Backyard"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4084893/bear-backyard-hay/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4084893/bear-backyard-hay/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```