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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee: Bear Head Entrance

An otherwise typical Pigeon Forge gift shop made special when visitors enter through the toothy mouth of a giant bear. The bear arrived in May 2017.

Address:
3509 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN
Directions:
On the northbound side of Parkway/US Hwy 441, between traffic lights 7 and 8.
Admission:
Free
RA Rates:
Worth a Detour
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Bear head entrance.

Bear Head Entrance

Free to enjoy!

[Yvette Pryor, 01/22/2021]

Sage advice on the bear stairs handrails: "Do Not Sit On The Teeth."

Bear Head entrance.

Black Bear Head Entrance

A business that makes you enter through a giant bear's mouth. In the parking lot adjacent to the Giant Shark door.

[BG Flory, 06/18/2017]

Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you.


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