The resident who captured the video told a local media outlet it's not uncommon for bears to visit their home to cool off.

ASHEVILLE - The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming ... with the pregnancy developing around October or November when the mama bear’s body has the good condition to support the cub ...

This mama bear was a true legend of the fall. A brown bruin miraculously survived after dramatically toppling off a cliff while defending her cub from a nearly 500-pound male in Castile and Leon ...

Out of more than a million votes, the mama bear topped 32 Chunk, a male bear weighing more than 1,200 pounds, to become champion, marking Grazier's second win in recent years. She also beat Chunk ...