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Jilly_in_VA

(11,527 posts)
Tue Aug 2, 2022, 08:57 AM Aug 2022

Gatlinburg hotel kicks out guests for being close to bears [View all]

On Sunday morning, eyewitnesses described the blood-boiling moments when two people were seen actually walking up to a bear and petting it.

This happened Sunday morning at the Quality Inn Creekside hotel in downtown Gatlinburg. Owner Raj Patel said he was made aware of the incident when he saw pictures of a woman extending her hand just inches away from a bear’s mouth.

Misty Chrismon captured those photos and said that the woman actually made contact with the bear, and the bear swiped at her moments after. It was only at that time that the woman left the bear alone.

“She was petting the nose and everything, and then she put her hand out pretending she had food for the bear,” said Chrismon.

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/08/02/gatlinburg-hotel-kicks-out-guests-being-close-bears/

Another entry in the "people are stupid" contest. Bears are wildlife, dummy, even in downtown Gatlinburg!

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