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After a bear broke into and ransacked a Sierra Madre home on Wednesday, it managed to escape, eluding police and California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials.
As it turns out, the bruin was just going for a swim.
After ransacking a refrigerator in the 100 block of South Hermosa Avenue, the bear found the pool behind a nearby home.
Video shared with KTLA by the homeowner shows it lazily swimming a lap to cool off from the late summer afternoon heat at about 6:30 p.m.
Wildlife sightings are common in the city, which sits at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.
“We do experience a number of wildlife. We have bears and coyotes here,” city of Sierra Madre spokesperson Laura Aguilar said.
