WATCH: Baby bear captured on Ring camera 'ding-dong ditching' home at 2 a.m.

WATCH: Baby bear captured on Ring camera 'ding-dong ditching' home at 2 a.m., licks doorbell Advertisement Updated: 4:43 PM EST Nov 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nicole Kikkert Reporter WATCH: Baby bear captured on Ring camera 'ding-dong ditching' home at 2 a.m., licks doorbell Updated: 4:43 PM EST Nov 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nicole Kikkert Reporter NAPLES, Fla. — A Florida resident was surprised at 2 a.m. when her doorbell rang, only to discover a baby bear playing with it. "I turned to my husband. I said, 'Are you expecting someone?' Not knowing it was 2 a.m., but he wasn't expecting someone. And definitely not a baby bear," said , who lives in Naples, Florida. Advertisement The cub had wandered away from its mother, seemingly intrigued by the doorbell. "I assume that when they approached the front walkway, the doorbell lit up and maybe he was playing or thought it was funny, and he came in, licked and sniffed the doorbell. Definitely not a source of food," Werthem said. Want more content like this? Subscribe to our News We Love newsletter here . This wasn’t Werthem’s first bear sighting. Just three weeks earlier, she saw a black bear walking across her backyard. Despite the increase in bear sightings around Collier County, Werthem said she isn't worried. "Yeah, they're definitely around. And I feel like we're in their kingdom. So we're building on their land. So when I see them, I think it's, you know, welcome them," she said. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reminds residents to reduce outdoor household garbage as hibernation season approaches. Black bears are searching for food nearly 20 hours a day, making trash an easy target. Ring camera with propellers: Amazon announces $250 home security drone Make WLWT a preferred source on Google Add Preferred Source Share Infinite Scroll Enabled Top Picks Teen who has autism found alive after missing for nearly a week in the Australian woodlands Microsoft confirms Outlook outage affecting users worldwide Father of baby found buried alive in South Carolina denied bond Nvidia stock falls following CEO resignation