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Monday, June 21, 2021

Should've just given him a cookie like everybody else does

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A bear attacked a sleeping camper in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Friday. 

The Tennessee Military Department and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency were alerted to the injured camper shortly before 7 a.m. at a backcountry campsite 5.7 miles from the Maddron Bald Trailhead. Requiring immediate medical care, authorities called in the Tennessee National Guard for a helicopter rescue.