A 350-pound bear ripped into a sleeping family’s tent inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park before clawing a mother and 3-year-old girl, according to the National Park Service.
The two survived the encounter, but “sustained superficial lacerations to their heads,” the park service said in a news release.
Investigators say the attack happened Sunday at the Elkmont Campground, a 200-site camping area eight miles southwest of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
“A family of five were sleeping in their tent at Elkmont, with their dog, when a black bear ripped into…
