Black Bear Draws a Crowd After Getting Stuck on a Roof in Downtown Gatlinburg

TWRA: 375-pound bear found stuck on Gatlinburg roof, released into Smokies🐻

Wildlife officers remove bear from roof of Ripley’s theater in Gatlinburg

A bear in Gatlinburg had an eventful morning Friday, a city representative has confirmed to WVLT.

Black bear draws a crowd after getting stuck on a roof in downtown Gatlinburg

The 'Parkour Bear' roamed atop buildings in the middle of downtown Gatlinburg overnight. Crews were able to safely get him down and back to his home in the Smokies.

Tennessee Wildlife Deputies Tranquilize & Remove 375-Pound Bear Who Was Roaming On Top Of Gatlinburg’s Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant

While the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant employees were busy barbecuing, boiling, broiling and baking shrimp, wildlife officials were on the roof of the establishment trying to safely tranquilize and remove a wild bear. Quite the interesting spectacle played out yesterday in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Millions of people flock to Smoky Mountain National Park every year to take in the beautiful scenery and witness the incredible wildlife (and moonshine …

Black bear rescued after 'bear jam' forms in Great Smoky Mountain National Park

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Tenn.– A young black bear was rescued from a steep bank in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in October after onlookers formed a "bear jam." According to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the black bear was likely frightened while trying to cross a busy road, and scampered up an embankment to escape traffic. As people stopped to watch the bear, it became trapped, creating a dangerous situation for the an…

State animal experts in Gatlinburg safely tranquilize and rescue the Bubba Gump bear

A black bear stuck for more than a dozen hours on the roof of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in downtown Gatlinburg was safely removed after being tranquilized by officers with the TWRA. Published reports said the bear was spotted late Thursday and moved around the structure and even climbed a steep incline multiple times on the rooftop. Video captured by Gatlinburg Live then posted on social media showed an officer fire the medicine dart and aft…