Bear Swamp Recovery is an American reality series debuted on August 22, 2011 on truTV. The show's title is the name of the repossessing agency, which is located in Mercerville, New Jersey. Similar to other truTV shows, the series is filmed in a cinema verité style but consists of some scripted and dramatized performances by actors. The show is filmed by showing the scenes of the cast conducting repossession of automobiles for finance companies. In the show, they also perform repossession of other exotic and strange items such as luxury boats, buses, limousines, ATVs, Zambonis, tow trucks, hot air balloons and diggers.