A Florida man had a fright when he arrived home and discovered a massive sleeping black bear on his front doorstep.

Warren Woodard came home, unaware of the bear, until his wife told him to come take a look at their snoozing guest in Longwood.

'I went around to the garage and my wife - we met at the garage door, and she said, "Come here a minute,"' Woodard told News4 on Friday.

'There's a bear laying at the door asleep,' his wife explained, but Woodard didn't believe her.

The enormous black bear was sleeping on Warren Woodard's front doorstep

At one point the bear even rolled over. It was sleeping so soundly Woodard was able to take a few great pictures

The quiet residential street (pictured left) saw a heavy downpour of rain the night before, leading Woodard (right) to believe the bear was looking for a dry place to nap

'Sure enough, he was laying there, looked like he was asleep,' Woodard said.

According to Woodard, their slumbering guest was around six-to-seven feet long. The bear seemed so comfortable that it had its big paw up in the air resting against their door at one point.

There were heavy storms the night before and the homeowner believes it was trying to escape the rain.

'I think the bear had got caught up in it, and here's a nice dry place,' Woodard said to News4. 'I guess if the door wasn't there, he probably would have gone in the house.'

The bear was sleeping so soundly that not only was Woodard able to take some pictures of it, but when a community officer came by, the bear wasn't roused by the officer's car either.

'A community police officer came first and that car wouldn't come in the driveway,' Woodard said.

The sleeping beast seen through the Woodard's front door, which was not going to be opened for a closer look

The homeowner describes the bear's size, which he estimates to be around six or seven feet tall

It wasn't until back-up arrived in the form of a second police car that the sleeping beast got up.

'She (the officer) must have made some kind of noise, because at that point, the bear jumped up and took off,' Woodard said.

He said he received a warning from the cop, who told him ''Look out!''

'He ran right toward me. So I ran back around and into the garage,' Woodard said.

He added: 'If I had walked around that corner, and the car was parked here and seen that bear laying there, it might have had me at the hospital.'