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## Video: Bears take over backyard pool

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_Published 2015-08-21. From YouTube -- Six bears take a dip in a neighborhood pool._


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## Transcript

[ BLANK_AUDIO ] What if the momma sees? It's okay. They're having fun. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ SOUND ] There's bears in the pool! I know. We saw them. [ CROSSTALK ] In Sophie's bed. You can see them. [ SOUND ] They're not going anywhere as long as the mama's in the water. They took my floatie! Get out of the pool! [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Tim, leave them alone! [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Water's already dirty. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] One is eating my car. One eated my car. He walked away, it's okay Sarah. I think Just a baby. Now I see six. [ LAUGH ] [ SOUND ] Well that's it. The pool is done for the summer. No, look at how dirty it is.

There's no way you're gonna clean that up. Not even that it's dirty. It's that they're going to be poking holes with their feet in the floor. Well, they're already in there. I know. I'm just, Jesus. [ INAUDIBLE ] play in our pool? Not til next year, perhaps. I don't know, Sweetie. I think our pool is shot. [ CRY ] We'll see, maybe we'll get a new one. [ CRYING ] All right, Sophie, calm down. But they took my floaties. I know. [ INAUDIBLE ] This is a hazard of owning a pool here in this area. [ INAUDIBLE ] It's funny you know, they weren't here all week because of the water. wasn't dirty, and then we come back and they go in.

Where's the little one? Oh he's sitting outside. Oh my goodness. When is the baby one is eating my bubble guppy car!! When was he No, he's not going to eat the bubble guppy car. Look at the mamma-- The water's on right now. Look at the baby balancing. What do they eat? When the mother gets out, I'm afraid she's gonna collapse the pool. What? What's the mother going to do? Knock down the pool. What? She's heavy enough that she might knock down the pool. What? She's heavy enough that she might knock down the pool. What? Could you turn the water off from the basement? No. It doesn't matter, honey.

[ BLANK_AUDIO ] Two are fighting. They're playing. They're brothers and sisters. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] They got a nice cool dip in the pool. One took my floaty away. No, it just threw it out of the The water. It's a very fun backyard! Where's my floatie? Where's my floatie so far? Mommy, where's my floatie? They probably pulled it out, don't worry about it. Is [ UNKNOWN ] necklace is not outside? Yeah. Is [ UNKNOWN ] necklaces outside then? The bears the baby bears are going to try to eat it and they might swallow it. One was walking! [ SOUND ] On its hind legs, yeah. They look like Teddy Bears, don't they?

And one is on there. Is it gonna go down the slide? Yeah, I think so. It's gonna [ LAUGH ]. It's gonna slip. Look at the one walking, that is so cute. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] No! Look, mommy's got a little bit of white on her head, on her chest. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Did the baby just get scared from that? [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ SOUND ] Look, the baby's going up the slide. Up the slide! [ BLANK_AUDIO ] It's okay let them play. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Are you gonna have to put clean water in that? Baby, I think there's gonna be holes at the bottom from their nails. That's why daddy's saying the pool's done. I don't want to buy a new pool, I like that pool I like that pool!

The next one's going to look just the same, don't you worry. How do you know? Because that's the only one daddy's going to buy. We cannot swim [ UNKNOWN ]? They are dirty little, hey, hey hey! Miss bear! Miss bear is trying to use our floatie. Hey. Mrs. bear, hey, Mrs. bear, that was expensive. She doesn't want anything in the water. Look at the little bear using your floaty. All of them is getting out. Yeah, cuz they're trying to > Their trying to follow the mama. That bear is tagged, it has an earring. You see? The mommy? > The mommy has an earring yeah. Oh. Bad mommy bear, bad! Bad mommy! > Is there a bear on your swing?

[ BLANK_AUDIO ] Grr! No going on the swing bear! This is a perfect backyard for a whole bunch. Hey baby bear leave my floatie alone. Hey baby bear, leave the floatie alone! Hey, no going- Okay that's not good. What? Mama Bear's got the hose. Oh. That's crazy. And that one got the ball! Oh my goodness. That ball's popped huh? This is worse than having doggies playing with the stuff. [ LAUGH ] They are funny. [ LAUGH ] I only [ UNKNOWN ] they took my floatie! I only see four babies, where's baby number five? They're gonna tear up my floatie. Oh there's the baby. Okay wait that's still four. Where's baby number five?

Mommy, I know. I want to swing in the morning .

>> Mom cut the orange swing off, who did that ?

>> I don't know .

>> Daddy took the orange swing off. And he putted the rings on. I know. I see the babies. My floatie. I know baby, it's okay. Let the animals enjoy themselves. Doug! That was Grandma and Grandpa's. No that one I got you. [ UNKNOWN ] Why would he get in that? No I don't, I wish the bears were in someone else's yard not ours. Well I'm enjoying it. [ CROSSTALK ] I'm sorry. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Don't eat the chlorine tabs! [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Oh my. Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Bad momma! Bad mommy! Bear. She's gonna take that she's gonna throw it out of the pool she's like we don't need this either. That's mommy bear.

She's gonna break that. Hers gonna break that. There's a spider It's okay it's not going anywhere. Bad mommy bear! [ CROSSTALK ] I want these bears to go away. Oh there goes my floaty it's totally ripped up already. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] What's [ INAUDIBLE ] The floaty, my blue floaty. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Your blue floaty. They're scratching it up and chewing it up and now they're going after the swing. Time go get Daddy, tell him to call Animal Control. Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! [ SOUND ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Hmm [ BLANK_AUDIO ] The police are going in our backyard Mom! Well they'd better be careful. [ LAUGH ] The police?

[ BARKING ] The policeman is going in our backyard! No! Hey mama bear Oh that's not good no you're gonna electric [ NOISE ] oh no! No!

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