Bear takes a nap on Florida couple's doorstep

July 31 (UPI) -- A Florida man said he initially didn't believe his wife when she told him their front door was blocked by an unusual obstacle: a sleeping bear.

Warren Woodard said he arrived at his Longwood home and his wife met him at the garage door to explain the unusual situation.

"[I] went around to the garage and my wife -- we met at the garage door, and she said, 'Come here a minute,'" Woodard told WKMG-TV. "[She said], 'There's a bear laying at the door asleep."

Woodard said he was in disbelief until he looked for himself.

"Sure enough, he was laying there," Woodard said. "[It] looked like he was asleep."

Woodard said he thought the animal might be sick or injured, but he later determined it had probably just been looking for shelter from a storm earlier in the day.

"I think the bear had got caught up in it, and here's a nice dry place," Woodard said. "I guess if the door wasn't there, he probably would have gone in the house."

The bear woke up when police arrived.

"She must have made some kind of noise, because at that point, the bear jumped up and took off," Woodard said. "[Another officer] yelled at me, 'Look out!' He ran right toward me. So I ran back around and into the garage."

"If I had walked around that corner, and the car was parked here and [I] seen that bear laying there, it might have had me at the hospital," Woodard said. "It's a scary thought."