Terrible moment: A family walking their dog is chased back into their home by a bear in Florida
- The breathtaking moment took place in Apopka, Florida on Tuesday
- The couple and their pet made it safely back inside
- The bear hunt comes a month after another couple in the Apopka area had a similar encounter
- Additional bear sightings have been reported in central Florida since the beginning of the year, making local residents suspicious
- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says as many as 6,000 bear calls are received each year
- In over 50 years, only 15 incidents involving moderate to serious injuries have been reported in the area
Creepy home camera footage shows the moment a couple and their dog were chased back into their home by an enraged black bear.
On Tuesday, the couple had just walked their dog outside in Apopka, Fla.
“We were potty training the dog and a bear attacked us from our neighbor’s house,” said the woman, who lives there with her husband.
“We made it safely inside and closed the front door and banged it up,” she told ViralHog.
No injuries were reported and the couple have not been identified.
The Apopka Police Department told they were not aware of the incident and had not been contacted.
A couple from Apopka, Fla., ran for their lives back to their home after encountering an attacking black bear outside with their dog on Tuesday
The couple’s dog barked at the bear before the wild animal charged at the house. The couple made it back inside after their pet
This comes a month after another couple in the Apopka area had a similar encounter.
David Bass, an electrical engineering and electronics consultant, shared security camera footage of a bear charging him while he was outside with his wife in March.
They were just leaving their house when the black bear came around the corner and the couple ran back inside.
No injuries were reported.
Local resident David Bass and his wife rushed back inside after spotting a black bear near their home in Apopka in March
Several other bear sightings have been reported in central Florida in recent weeks, making local residents suspicious.
A couple in Sanford shared startling footage of two black bears trying to enter their home through the front door on Christmas morning last year.
Another man was bitten and scratched while fending off a bear at his Daytona Beach home in January.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says it receives up to 6,000 bear-related calls annually. The agency added that in over 50 years, only 15 incidents have been reported in which people have suffered moderate to serious injuries related to a bear encounter.
It also advises people to remove or secure all food, including animal feet, bird seed and trash, outside the home to avoid attracting bears.
There’s also a way to avoid dog-bear conflict: knock on the door and turn the house lights on and off to take care of yourself. If a dog and a bear fight, make noise, and use bear spray or a water hose, the bear will most likely flee.
Contact the FWC Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922) if you feel threatened by a bear; observe a sick, injured, dead or orphaned bear; or to report anyone harming or intentionally feeding bears