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Black bear crashes wedding, walks down the aisle

Bridezilla’s gone feral.

Bride Sarina Thompson and groom Cory Brewer and were posing for photos following their ceremony Sunday when an uninvited black bear appeared at the outdoor venue in the Great Smoky Mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

“I had the bride and groom with me starting to shoot when we all noticed this bear,” photographer Leah McMahan tells The Post. “He turned and started down the aisle. Being scared didn’t cross my mind, I just wanted ‘the shot.'”

The rest of the family was already at the reception hall — it was just the photog, Brewer and Thompson.

As McMahan stood up to get her photo, the bear made a huffing sound and started toward her — and she was horrified.

“He jacked my heart rate up to Jesus,” says the owner of Knoxville’s Gypsy Soul Photography and Salon.

In the end, though, it was worth it for the experience — and the adrenaline. “It was probably the most adventurous photo session I have done, even more than the one time I shot a family and their pet opossum,” McMahan says.

And after a walk down the aisle, the burly interloper left on its own.

Other recent newsworthy animal wedding crashers have included a bouquet-munching deer and a dancing dog.

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Cory Brewer and Sarina Thompson had a surprise guest at their wedding in the Great Smoky Mountains.GypsySoul Photography & Salon
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