A Florida man says he survived a terrifying bear attack after being mauled outside his home in the early hours of the morning.

Alexander Rojas, 23, was heading to work around 4am on August 15 when he stepped out onto his porch in Apopka, Orange County, and came face-to-face with two young black bears.

Security footage shared with a local outlet shows him flinching as one of the animals charges. The clip cuts just before impact.

“For some odd reason, he (the bear) turned around, did more stutter steps toward me and bit my arm and then clawed my rib cage,” Mr Rojas said.

“I was able to kick his feet out and knock him in the nose.”

Injured and bleeding, he sprinted to a neighbour’s house to call his girlfriend.

“She had heard me screaming, and I was telling her to bring me towels. I was

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