That's the spot! New Jersey bear is caught on camera scratching itself on a telephone pole in a back yard

  • Black bear was captured on film rubbing itself against a metal pole
  • The unusual sight occurred in the back yard of a home in New Jersey 
  • Animal rubbed against the pole for almost a minute before scampering away 

When you hit the spot, nothing feels better than scratching an itch - and it seems this black bear has done just that.

Throwing its head back, it wiggles wildly up and down a telephone pole in Stillwater, New Jersey, apparently enjoying the feeling of rubbing that itchy feeling away.

The bear was pushing up against the telephone pole and ended up pulling part of the line down.

Black bear was captured on film rubbing itself against a metal pole

Black bear was captured on film rubbing itself against a metal pole

The unusual sight occurred in the back yard of a home in New Jersey

At one point, the bear slows down, seemingly savoring the moment - before whirling its head around again and getting right back into the swing of it.

'No way!' says  the man behind the camera who is filming the sight in his back yard. 

'Hey that's the powerline! Don't eat that!' he says.

And then, out of the blue the bear stops to fall back on all-fours and scamper away into the woods. 

The bear ended up pulling part of the telephone line down and was about to start on the power

Animal rubbed against the pole for almost a minute before scampering away

Animal rubbed against the pole for almost a minute before scampering away