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Bob Bramley moved to the US in 1981 at the age of 23 to follow a career in the hi-tech software industry in Silicon Valley. See SWNS story SWBEAR. Now retired, the 58-year-old and his wife Jane have settled in Oakhurst, a small mountain community just outside the Yosemite National Park. He spotted something was up when he went to feed the fish in his koi pond, with several rocks out of place. He was taken aback when he found it had been a bear bathing in the water as he checked video footage. Bob said: “I like to put my trail camera out at night to see what animals come passing by.