The Jefferson County High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps was having a pool party at the Chalet Village pool in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, when several unusual guests decided to crash it.

Now this is a pool party -- Gatlinburg style!!! A bunch of bears decided to take over the pool at Chalet Village this...

Posted by WBIR Channel 10 on Tuesday, May 25, 2021

In the video posted from WBIR-TV, viewers can see a group of black bears joining in on the festivities and going for a swim.

Michelle Johnson said in a Facebook post that the Chalet Village employees told her bears are often seen in the area, but that “they had never seen so many at one time.”

This is not the first time bears have crashed a pool party.

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