A Brown Bear!
Brad inspected the furry animal now on his boat, and realized that it was a brown bear cub! The poor animal got itself in a dangerous situation. The only reason Brad was able to help it was because the animal managed to keep his snout above the waterline.
It made its way to Brad’s boat, almost as an attempt to ask for help. It’s hard to say how long it had been swimming or how it ended up in that lake in the first place.