Kristen Jones told WSOC-TV she was facing the lake with earphones in when she felt something sniff at her neck and then lick the bottom part of her ear.
[Ads /]
She thought it was just the neighbor's dog and reached out to pet it. That's when she turned and realized it was a black bear.
"I stumbled backwards into the water and he ran up the hill. So much for finally being off blood pressure medicine...." she wrote on Facebook.