Kayaker gets surprise as bear swims right by him
Matthew Garrity was kayaking on Hemlock Lack in New York State last Saturday when he noticed something swimming towards him.
"I'm looking around at the beautiful view and I saw something swimming across the lake, but I couldn't identify what this was," Matthew told the Democrat and Chronicle.
And then he realised what it was.
"I heard it breathing, I realized what it was as soon as I heard this big gasping, grunting sound of it breathing."
A large black bear was swimming across the lake, passing directly by his kayak. The bear obviously had somewhere to be as he didn’t seem to be perturbed by Matthew, who managed to get it on video.
But Matthew said it was near enough for him.
"That was a BIG black bear. Didn't want to get any closer than that."
