Pigeon Forge, Tennessee: Three Bears Bear Pit

At last count, Three Bears had increased to five bears. Watch them eat while camera-carrying humans stand on the edge of their pit and yell, "Hey, BEAR!"

Three Bears Bear Pit

Bear Pits, long a tourist attraction fixture in the Smoky Mountains, are still out there. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee - Brutal Nature Can't Harm Bears In A Pit

Three Bears Pit: Nature's savagery was on full display in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in the early morning hours of September 23. A raging fire tore through the Three Bears Gift Shop on the tourist mecca''s main drag, destroying it. But the gift shop's five bears (not three) survived without injury, sheltered out back within a thick concrete bear pit. [09/24/2008] Complete Story...

Three Bears Bear Pit

Better souvenir shop than most of the other ones on the strip, and the added attraction of seeing the bears was neat. Go at feeding time as the bears may be more active (11-12pm, 3-4pm, and one later time too). The cost of $3.25 per person was a little high but at least you now can say you saw some black bears in the Smoky Mountains!

[Rich A., 04/08/2013]

Three Bears Gift Shop

Christus Gardens isn't the only Tennessee attraction seeing redemption. The Three Bears, which burned down last year has been rebuilt, complete with bear pits.

[Jacob Krejci, 11/06/2009]