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A black bear swam out of the ocean and onto a Florida beach in Destin Sunday, shocking people on land. “It’s a bear!” one youngster astutely noted in a video that spread across the internet.

People enjoying a day at the beach in Destin, Florida, were stunned to see a young bear enjoying a dip in the Gulf of Mexico, before emerging from the surf and running through a crowd of onlookers.