Gatlinburg Police urge caution as bear sightings in city increase

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  • @sbrecke1507
    @sbrecke1507 2 роки тому +48

    Watching those people run towards the bear, that was scary ( and stupid)

    • @StevenTorrey
      @StevenTorrey Рік тому +5

      Yeah, a bear feeling cornered by a crowd would be very unpredictable.

  • @withurshield931
    @withurshield931 2 роки тому +28

    I ran into a bear on a trail to a campsite. My first reaction was to walk backwards toward my truck. It followed me for a several feet, but eventually veered off the trail but I kept going, until I was sure it was clear to head back onto the trail.
    My safety and it’s safety was my priority, no time for photos.

  • @thatpointinlife
    @thatpointinlife 2 роки тому +18

    Go Bears!!! 🐻

  • @tonyhamm5387
    @tonyhamm5387 Рік тому +9

    That bear enjoyed that hot tub 😂

  • @chuckcts-v3460
    @chuckcts-v3460 2 роки тому +16

    All you people that let your kids eat in your car and your car smells like McDonalds or other fast food beware. When your car is parked all locked up, the bears can still smell that and will break the windows out of your car to get in and proceed to destroy your car looking for the food.

    • @KennyMcCormick49
      @KennyMcCormick49 Рік тому +1

      "fast foot", boys we got a foot fetishist

    • @joesmith9216
      @joesmith9216 10 місяців тому

      yeah, haha at the useless eaters, I never eat in my cars.

    • @dudley5658
      @dudley5658 7 місяців тому +1

      If it’s a McRib I’m breaking in.

  • @HotMessExpress4.0
    @HotMessExpress4.0 2 роки тому +17

    Actually as a Tennessean that lives 45 mins from there ; and Actually spent day there yesterday its so beautiful but in all my 30 yrs of gng there never hv I seen that many where there's tons of ppl & not being scared etc around them which is ultimately sad between the teens that set 🔥 to the mtns few yrs ago & expanding the city they hv no where go🥺

    • @bobberguy1
      @bobberguy1 2 роки тому +6

      Bears have no where to go? Smoky Mtn. National Park covers 520,000 acres . Bears are being drawn into Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge by discarded human food. As long as there are dumpsters and trashcans, there will be bears.

    • @HotMessExpress4.0
      @HotMessExpress4.0 2 роки тому +5

      @@bobberguy1 yes true but when those Teen boys set fire 🔥 to the mountains the Great Smokies were destroyed and pushed many out of their natural habit and closer to ppl and the area still hasn't recovered 100% so yes there's tons land in the park, but alot of it was destroyed by the fires and the constant expansion of businesses and rebuilding has pushed them closer to ppl n further dwn the mountains

    • @HotMessExpress4.0
      @HotMessExpress4.0 2 роки тому +1

      @@khristycardona9048 yesss exactly, live an hour away but go there often & its sad to me how urbanized its become

    • @dhop2821
      @dhop2821 2 роки тому +4

      @@khristycardona9048 ,it's too late. It already is too overdeveloped and was many years ago. As far as the teens setting the fires, rangers made a choice to let the fire they set burn. The fact that they didn't try to contain it, allowed it to spread and other things now seems intentional. Plus, that most recent fire burned 3000 acres last I checked. The price of land in Tennessee has hit levels never seen before, even though Gatlinburg itself has always been prime real estate.
      They can't legally develop most of the land left in Gatlinburg, but a Gigantic wildfire sure does give them options. It's sad to think Tennessee may someday be just as crowded as New York City, but it seems to be what's happening.
      Check out the convenience of any fire, such as the Amazon Rain Forest Fire that happened a year or so ago. Developers had a big fight on their hands until the fire, then they got free reign.

    • @mick58kc72
      @mick58kc72 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@dhop2821 hmm... Hawaii fire anyone? 😮

  • @stevenkelly7986
    @stevenkelly7986 5 місяців тому +2

    And what are the police going to do, arrest Mr Grizzly for 'Bear Walking'?.

  • @saturn6563
    @saturn6563 Рік тому +7

    I remember in summer of 2019 I went on vacation to Tennessee. Had lots of fun, stayed a hotel for 4 days. For whatever reason we decided to stay an extra day there but a motel. So we were going back to the motel after doing something and by the time we got up the stairs and about to enter our room, we say a black bear just being there. I don’t have clear memory of this, but it was just roaming around trash cans and we were just watching behind the railing intrigued. Good old Tennessee

    • @aaronelijahcolyer
      @aaronelijahcolyer Рік тому

      Tennessee treats their black bears better than their homeless people

  • @EllariaSand
    @EllariaSand Рік тому +1

    In the spring of 2022, a mother cougar and her three cubs were spotted in Wears Valley in Sevier County (East TN). In August 2022, employees working overnight at Dollywood saw a cougar--not a bobcat-- crossing the railroad track.

  • @alexhughes4294
    @alexhughes4294 Місяць тому

    First time I was in Gatlinburg there was a bear in a dumpster behind the aquarium.

  • @justinw8512
    @justinw8512 2 роки тому +5

    Dolly needs to create a bear sanctuary

  • @kimf.5420
    @kimf.5420 2 роки тому +5

    If the bear is non threatening to me and I’m at a safe distance I’m gonna film!!

    • @mrlafayette1964
      @mrlafayette1964 2 роки тому +2

      And if it bolts towards you at 40mph you won't feel so safe all of a sudden. Typical for them to seem ok then make a charge.

    • @DavidWilliams-so2dy
      @DavidWilliams-so2dy Рік тому

      Future Darwin Award winner!👍

  • @randynastasia4497
    @randynastasia4497 2 роки тому +4

    They are quite. But remember, they are a wild animal

  • @loiscarson5526
    @loiscarson5526 2 роки тому +2

    The park rangers in Cades cove in Oct 26th of 2021 was letting people get out of their cars and take pictures and get very close with a mother and 2 cubs bears with people holding traffic back for 10 miles at least.

  • @loogsflamez8412
    @loogsflamez8412 22 дні тому

    I was dealing with one for a month finally got rid of it he was a 500 boar and he would hit my house for trash 2 times a night he was pushed up against my glass screen door too my trailer one night i was in my living room we locked eyes my girl freaks out Over guns so I have all of them secured at my mothers house 20 minutes away from mine i live in the capital of Pennsylvania in the rural moutain outskirts

  • @AmericanGal_69
    @AmericanGal_69 2 роки тому +21

    Stop tearing up their habitat for businesses and homes and you'd not see them as much. They've ruined these mountains......

    • @bobberguy1
      @bobberguy1 2 роки тому +7

      The almighty dollar will win over wildlife every time.

    • @anythingchannel9326
      @anythingchannel9326 Рік тому

      Humans have to live somewhere. Maybe they should stop invading OUR habitats

    • @garyposthuma9607
      @garyposthuma9607 Рік тому +1

      Yes I agree them mountains are full of cabins to rent

    • @allenelswick6961
      @allenelswick6961 Рік тому +1

      I don't agree with you. the bears have plenty of wild lands to live on besides just the National park lands. The problem is no management of bear population in a controlled manner.

    • @AmericanGal_69
      @AmericanGal_69 Рік тому

      @@allenelswick6961 you're part of the problem.

  • @barbstamps650
    @barbstamps650 2 роки тому

    What city is this news station out of?

    • @bobberguy1
      @bobberguy1 2 роки тому

      Knoxville, Tn. 35 miles northwest of G'burg.

    • @rebeccarpwebb4132
      @rebeccarpwebb4132 2 роки тому

      Knoxville wate tv .covers down to athens tn at least . its th local news channel

    • @barbstamps650
      @barbstamps650 2 роки тому

      Thanks. Is that the closest TV station to Newport?

  • @bulow453
    @bulow453 Рік тому +1

    I would probably buy it a Big Mac but that's just me.

  • @coltinhall9515
    @coltinhall9515 Рік тому

    I’m in Gatlinburg right now

  • @colors5234
    @colors5234 Рік тому +1

    People come here and think there trained I swear

  • @mrsdixon3524
    @mrsdixon3524 2 роки тому +2

    And People think Australia is dangerous GTFO 😵

  • @coalhollister420
    @coalhollister420 Рік тому +1

    I'll live in the smokies call the cops you wanna just laugh at !!!!! It just happens all the time DON'T FUCKING FEED THE BEAR'S

  • @coalhollister420
    @coalhollister420 Рік тому

    Makes our jobs so much easier taking care of your cabins doing electrician work and construction

  • @user-fl4on2iy4c
    @user-fl4on2iy4c 4 місяці тому

    All bears want one thing food.They are hungry all the time.

  • @john2cute25
    @john2cute25 Рік тому

    I’m going to this city soon in a cabin

  • @NeverBeDaunted
    @NeverBeDaunted 9 місяців тому

    My neighbor on the mountain keeps telling me about the bears; she just wants the yankee to go home

    • @NeverBeDaunted
      @NeverBeDaunted 9 місяців тому

      I have had many bear stuff. From them chasing you due to you holding food, list is long. They are just looking for food. Don’t give them any food

  • @amandaoana5051
    @amandaoana5051 2 роки тому +4

    Aloha can you send one to Hawaii those bears are cute

    • @Strrazor
      @Strrazor 2 роки тому +8

      Those cute bears can run 35 mph up to 100 yards and can bite your arm clean off...

    • @oliviajayneslucas6779
      @oliviajayneslucas6779 2 роки тому +3

      @@Strrazor although to be honest unless in danger or starving this isn't likely to happen just keep your distance

    • @Strrazor
      @Strrazor 2 роки тому +4

      @@oliviajayneslucas6779 somebody dies almost ever year by a bear I live 40 min from Gatlinburg...

    • @AmericanGal_69
      @AmericanGal_69 2 роки тому +2

      @@Strrazor stupidity on the human part is how that happens.

    • @Strrazor
      @Strrazor 2 роки тому +3

      @@AmericanGal_69 I wasn't there couldn't say I do know people think their cute and sure they are and also deadly

  • @davidburkholder7360
    @davidburkholder7360 Рік тому +1

    The bear population needs thinned considerably IMO. Just a matter of time until....No one is taking this serious enough because the bears are "so cute." The bears kill their young regulary and are canabalistic and powerful. Someone is gonna pay a price or many until the population is reduced.

    • @silviebreber1523
      @silviebreber1523 9 місяців тому

      The same is true for the town I live in here in California.

  • @coalhollister420
    @coalhollister420 Рік тому

    Feed them I bet your hot tub doesn't get turned on quicker

  • @walterjohnson2713
    @walterjohnson2713 Рік тому

    I’m sorry but this is why I am not a fan of the woods. 

  • @BarelySocialExperiment
    @BarelySocialExperiment Рік тому

    I have been going to gatlinburg my whole life I’m 38 and I have never seen a black 🐻 bear 🤬 ….but I have seen the biggest wolf I ever seen in my life someone said it was a timber wolf but I’m not sure

    • @carieevans3787
      @carieevans3787 6 місяців тому

      Whaaaaaat?? I read they were eradicated from the area decades ago.

  • @supererikman5331
    @supererikman5331 11 місяців тому +1

    meh, those are black bears and are rarely aggressive towards humans, 99% of the time they will just walk past you and carry on with their day

  • @Kazanmapper47
    @Kazanmapper47 9 місяців тому

    What's all the fuss about? I think bears are cool 🐻

  • @franzjosephaque2066
    @franzjosephaque2066 7 місяців тому

    Bears are in the forest that is we’re they live and Gatlinburg is a city near the forest that is why there are lots of bears 🐻🐻🐻🏙➡️🌳🌳🌳

  • @linda1300
    @linda1300 21 годину тому

    That is there Habitat you build houses where there woods were so they want a house 🏡 to👠😆

  • @THESEADOG82
    @THESEADOG82 Рік тому +3

    More Hunting would be a wonderful idea

    • @aaronelijahcolyer
      @aaronelijahcolyer Рік тому +1

      yes of humans... not hunting bears

    • @Vezzo55
      @Vezzo55 Рік тому

      Agree decrease the bear population before a child is mauled to death....

  • @johnmoore4714
    @johnmoore4714 Рік тому +4

    Stop 🛑 development in bear territory 🐻. #savethebears

    • @allenelswick6961
      @allenelswick6961 Рік тому

      We are developing 12 thousand acre of land if the bears don't like it they can move lol.

    • @silviebreber1523
      @silviebreber1523 9 місяців тому

      People have a right to territory as much as any other animal.

  • @bujimonk3027
    @bujimonk3027 Рік тому +1

    Recording a bear from behind a glass window doesn’t endanger anyone.

  • @thefamily512
    @thefamily512 13 днів тому

    Stop teling people what to do, you are not God. If the bear is among people, he just wants food so feed him!

  • @jjs5321
    @jjs5321 Рік тому +1

    aww cute bears they only want to eat and have fun❤️🐻❤️🐻❤️🐻🐻❤️