Imagine you leave your house for your morning commute, turn toward your van, and find a bear hanging out in your driveway. It might not be a huge shock if you live in Montana. But Florida? It turns out the Sunshine State has been struggling with bears recently.
Michael Tullos took to TikTok to post a bizarre Ring camera video. He stepped out the front door of his sunny Gulf Breeze home, turned the corner, and then dashed for the front door. Why? A bear is standing outside. After he slams the front door, the brave black bear wanders across his front yard.
“Moved about as fast as I could, seeing I was still in shock.” You can see the video embedded below:
East Coast black bears rarely pose much threat. But Tullos might have been so skittish because of a recent headline. In May 2025, a bear attacked and killed an 89-year-old man and his dog in Florida’s rural Collier County. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission calls it the state’s first deadly bear attack…