After making its way through a Daytona Beach neighborhood Thursday, a black bear took a moment to rest before ambling back into the woods.

Resident Rafael Torres told WFTV that he followed the bear through his neighborhood until it clambered into a hammock behind a home in a residential area.

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Torres was about 60 feet away from the bear when he snapped the photos, he said. It stayed in the hammock for about 20 minutes before heading back into the woods.

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Flights are shown cancelled on a screen at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport domestic terminal in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. Cancellations at the Atlanta airport got worse over the weekend, as about 370 flights were canceled Saturday and about another 470 more by Sunday. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Passengers wait at a Delta check-in counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. It was the first day the Federal Aviation Administration cut flight capacity at airports during the government shutdown. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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