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.

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…