Noah and Kristen Dweck have seen a number of black bears around their home in Vermont, but this was a first: a bear relaxing in their hammock.
Mr. Dweck video-recorded two young bears in their yard in Waitsfield on June 11, with one sitting in the swinging hammock before he shooed them away.
“It was adorable. It was a funny sight,” he told The Associated Press.
Mr. Dweck said he was sitting at a desk with the screen doors open in their home near the Sugarbush ski resort when he heard the jingling of the hammock. He then realized there was no wind.
“So immediately, I knew it was the bears,” he said.
“We live in a very active bear basin. The bears are very used to human contact, so I’m assuming they have found other people’s hammocks before,” Mr. Dweck said. “To be honest, it was pretty impressive that he didn’t fall off, or she didn’t fall off the hammock, and kind of knew how to do it. It was quite funny to see.”
Vermont has a healthy black bear population and both sightings and incidents with the animals have increased in recent years.
