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Human flesh found inside bear after fatal attacks in Japan
ITV Report ^ | 14 June 2016

Posted on 06/19/2016 9:26:15 PM PDT by george76

Human flesh and hair have been found inside the stomach of a bear thought to have killed at least one person in Japan.

Locals have been warned to stay away from the mountainous Akita region after the body of a badly mauled woman was found last week.

Last month three men in their sixties and seventies also died in apparent attacks while harvesting bamboo in a mountain forest.

Bear attacks on humans in the region are not unusual - but fatal ones are.

Local vet Takeshi Komatsu said it was possible the bear may have "got a taste for human flesh".

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the bear may not be the only one involved in the attacks ...

The worst bear attack in Japan was in 1915 when an 8ft bear woke from hibernation and killed seven villagers in Hokkaido.

(Excerpt) Read more at itv.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bear; bearattacks; fatalattacks; hokkaido; japan; maul; wildlife

1 posted on 06/19/2016 9:26:16 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Wow, who knew?


2 posted on 06/19/2016 9:28:28 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: george76

human sushi


3 posted on 06/19/2016 9:28:31 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: george76

Soon the Godless nation of Japan will place the “Bear” above all.


4 posted on 06/19/2016 9:32:18 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: george76

Any little bells?


5 posted on 06/19/2016 9:40:43 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; sushiman; Bikkuri

Bears kill 4 people foraging for bamboo shoots in northern Japan.

http://www.examiner.com/article/bears-kill-4-people-foraging-for-bamboo-shoots-northern-japan


6 posted on 06/19/2016 9:41:24 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Wow.

Remember the “Snowboarder chased by bear” selfie on youtube a few months ago?

Some were questioning if it was photo shopped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT_PNKg3v7s


7 posted on 06/19/2016 9:42:11 PM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: JohnnyP

Bear Viciously Attacks Woman Running Marathon In New Mexico, Are Animal Attacks On The Rise?

On Friday, a Colorado woman managed to fight off a large mountain lion that was attacking her five-year-old son.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3223208/bear-attacks-woman-marathon-new-mexico-animal-attacks/


8 posted on 06/19/2016 9:49:31 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76; sushiman; Bikkuri
Japan's dementia crisis hits record levels as thousands go missing
9 posted on 06/19/2016 10:03:34 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Steely Tom

Yep, and smells like pepper too.

CC


10 posted on 06/19/2016 10:50:39 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

There was once a very good movie about this, I saw years ago.... famous Japanese director... the family brought the woman to the top of a mountain to die in the cold and snow... She considered herself a burden.


11 posted on 06/19/2016 11:02:46 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: george76

Give the bears foodstamps and free cellphones and they will quit killing people.


12 posted on 06/19/2016 11:12:02 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

I used to think the ritual bear sacrifices carried out by the Ainu people of Hokkaido were cruel. Not anymore. Bears kill.


13 posted on 06/20/2016 2:40:14 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: george76

Bear season.


14 posted on 06/20/2016 6:12:15 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: elcid1970
Depends on the bear.

Camera Crew runs into Bear.

15 posted on 06/20/2016 5:59:28 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: george76

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


16 posted on 06/20/2016 6:06:14 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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