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Jilly_in_VA

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11. Bears are a constant

Tue Aug 2, 2022, 12:06 PM

Aug 2022

in Gatlinburg. They wander down the main street with impunity, usually late at night though, and they regularly visit hotels, scouting to see if anyone has failed to secure trash cans or dumpsters. All the hotels routinely caution their visitors, as do restaurants, and residents have learned to live with them. But some people are just fucking STUPID! And as we all know, there is no cure for that.

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Gatlinburg hotel kicks out guests for being close to bears [View all] Jilly_in_VA Aug 2022 OP

Maybe this bear wants to hang her head on his wall in his den, in imitation of hlthe2b Aug 2022 #1

We have a lot of bears around here, but we have enough sense not to try to niyad Aug 2022 #2

Cue the person defending people approaching bison in Yellowstone in 3..2...1 we can do it Aug 2022 #3

Oh no they dint! EYESORE 9001 Aug 2022 #5

I wish I could but I can't. we can do it Aug 2022 #7

Darwin Award Bayard Aug 2022 #4

Yep. 👍 Duppers Aug 2022 #15

Idiots Docreed2003 Aug 2022 #6

And sadly the bear acting like a bear will be put down. we can do it Aug 2022 #8

I kneq a guy who moved way up North in Joisey. Warren... 3 TreasonousBastard Aug 2022 #9

I have witnessed people running past the "bear warning" signs to feed the bears. twodogsbarking Aug 2022 #10

Bears are a constant Jilly_in_VA Aug 2022 #11

Many times the only bears we saw were on the little loop in/near Gatlinburg Lars39 Aug 2022 #12

Yeah, but he was so cute. 3Hotdogs Aug 2022 #13

.... Duppers Aug 2022 #14