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Black bear looks in Tennessee hotel windows, wanders into room

By Ben Hooper
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April 28 (UPI) -- A black bear dropped by a Tennessee hotel and was seen peeking in windows, wandering the halls, and even entering a room that was being cleaned.

Gregg Rothburg posted photos to Facebook showing the 150-pound black bear looking in windows Wednesday at the Parkview Inn Hotel in Gatlinburg.

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Rothburg's photos show the bear looking in windows, walking the hallway, and peeking into a room that had its door open for cleaning.

He said he chased the bear away from the property.

"I told people to stay in their car, she was grabbing garbage and dragging it into the corner room and eating it, she looked very hungry," Rothburg told WVLT-TV.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said bears just waking from hibernation are wandering into unusual areas to map out their surroundings.

"They're trying to establish a territory, they don't necessarily know where they're going, they're just looking for food," TWRA representative Matt Cameron said. "Bears who have been hibernating most of the winter are pretty hungry when they get up, and there's not a whole lot of natural food available."

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