Here is the Gatlinburg Police fakebook page. Don’t know if one can comment there or not.
https://www.facebook.com/GatlinburgPoliceDepartment/
When I saw Bear, hotel, and Tennessee, I immediately thought of Gatlinberg.
Here’s another source for this story:
I believe with high confidence that this is Randy Barackin’s (lol) email address:
Phone: (865) 436-5181
Source:
https://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/city/gatlinburg