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Hiker Shot in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park as seen from a hill above Gatlinburg, TN (Photo: James Hawkins) A 29-year old man hiking in a remote area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been shot twice. Luckily, he survived and has already been released from the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he had been transported for treatment. Of course, many hikers are raising now the question: Is hiking in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park still safe? Park officials say a 911 call was made to Cocke County Dispatch just after 5 p.m. from a man who said he had been shot while hiking in the Laurel Springs Road area near Cosby. Emergency Medical Services arrived on scene to find that the individual, a 29-year-old male, did indeed have two gunshot wounds to his lower leg. He was flown to University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment. "The man claimed to have not seen his assailant, but did hear two gun shots just before he realized he had been struck,&q