Folks, folks, the California Grizzly Bear, we are bringing it back. We are teaching the Bears to surf. Such laid back, surfer bears. And convergent evolution will do the rest. We are doing it folks. Meatball Ron doesn't want the surfing bears, he is afraid of them. Let them surf!
It probably is AI. There were some stories about heightened black bear activity in NC, which I think prompted journalists and twitter users to feed prompts. And some local journalists used these photos, but are likely AI.
https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/06/08/bears-visit-busy-outer-banks-beach-towns/