A curious bear had some fun on a child's backyard slide, to the delight of the people watching from inside the house.

A family in West Simsbury, Connecticut, caught the moment a bear climbed up their playset ladder and went down the slide, inciting a joyful shriek from a child in the background of the video.

A bear enjoyed a little playtime on a backyard slide recently. Video footage from West Simsbury, Connecticut, shows the bear ...