Ironically, on July 3 I was on my way to Asheville N.C. and while going through Morristown almost hit a bear running across 25W. And also in June I went fishing on Dale Hollow Lake. The day we left to come home I was told there was a bear hanging around the cabin.
Obviously the bear populations in Tennessee are booming, and until a few short years ago they were only found in the Smokies and Cherokee National Forest.
Expect more bear/human encounters.
Ping
A black bear was caught in a forest recreation area Sunday and was being sent to a veterinary school to determine if it was the same animal that attacked a family, killing a 6-year-old girl.
The bear, which was captured near the site of the attack, looked to be the same weight as the 350- to 400-pound bear that attacked a mother and her two children on a trail in the recreation area on Thursday...
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0406/319690.html