A U.S. man was caught on camera fighting off a black bear in an attempt to protect his dogs.

Video shows the black bear entering the porch area of the man’s Daytona Beach home in Florida as his dogs bark in the background.

The man, initially thinking the bear was a large dog, moved toward the animal to protect his dogs. Upon realizing the animal was actually a bear, the man started making loud noises to drive the bear away, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said on Facebook.

The man can be seen rushing toward the bear and pushing the animal away as the dogs scatter behind him. The man then drags a bench in front of the bear in an attempt to block it from entering the home.

The FWC said the man sustained nonlife-threatening injuries after the Jan. 19 incident. The attack happened at 7:30 p.m.

The FWC said while this is the second incident of a bear injuring a person within a week — a Volusia County woman was recently tackled by a bear while walking her dog — bear attacks are still extremely rare in the state of Florida.

FWC officers are still trying to capture the bear in Daytona Beach.

“Per FWC policy, staff will humanely kill the bear if captured since it poses a threat to human safety,” the organization said in a news release. (SD-Agencies)