A man resting by the pool received the surprise of his life as he was awakened from his sleep by a black bear that was sniffing and tapping his foot.

The incident occurred in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where Matthew Bete was taking a nap at the poolside when a black bear walked up to the pool and started drinking from it.

After satisfying its thirst, the bear moved closer to Mr. Bete’s lounge chair and started sniffing the man’s right foot.

The stealthy animal then proceeded to tap Bete’s foot, prompting the man to wake up and quickly reach for his phone to record the bizarre moment.

While the bear initially fled the poolside, the animal once again appeared in the camera’s view as it tried to approach the man for the second time before getting scared and running off.

“Matt was a little startled yesterday while taking a rest by the pool,” Dawn Bete, Matthew’s wife, wrote as she shared the bizarre video on Facebook.

As Dawn later added in a comment, her husband had sent her a “picture of the bear running through the front yard and said the bear nudged his foot while he was sleeping by pool.”

While the wife initially thought that Matthew was just fooling around, the Ring video confirmed his statement.

“Matt was just so startled, picked up his phone with no luck of a good picture. He wasn’t sure how he should react but knew he couldn’t get up that fast but at least he had another chair and table between them if needed. Luckily it went running out soon after the encounter,” Dawn added.

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