Mrs WD and I rented a cabin in the Smokies, just on the edge of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. We just moved in, unpacked, and were enjoying a congratulatory martini on the 2nd story deck when this little black bear scrambled up a tree that's about 3 feet away from the deck. He looked at us while we scrambled to get the dogs inside and then he climbed back down. Mama and two siblings were down there waiting for him.
So, is this going to be a problem? What was his intent? He didn't seem aggressive, just inquisitive, but I just had to walk the dogs (in the dark, it's 5 AM as I write this) and I think all three of us were significantly puckered. Being a flatlander, all I know about bears is they hate forest fires and like picanic baskets.
