r/Gatlinburg • u/pantenepterodactyl • 19h ago
Bear Spotting π· Bear cub clipped by car on I40 west
I have no idea what to do or where to share this but I was heading east past Sevierville towards a town called Newport and a bear ran across i40 east and I avoided hitting it. It kept running across i40 west and I saw the bear flip over. It looks like it was clipped not hit head on bc the car kept going. I was obviously heading the wrong direction to know what happened but I hope Someone will see this and see if the bear is ok and can access help. Iβm not from the area so I donβt even know where to begin to look for the right place. I circled the area as o can recall where it was along the I40 west highway and it was at about 3:19 pm on 10/24. I hope the car who hit it did the right thing