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In this image made from a video, a brown bear runs on a field in Sapporo, northern Japan Friday, June 18, 2021. The wild brown bear on the loose all night in the city wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at the airport Friday before being shot and killed by authorities. (NTV via AP)

 TOKYO (AP) — A wild brown bear on the loose in a city in northern Japan wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at an airport Friday before being fatally shot.

The bear was seen wandering through the streets of Sapporo in the early hours of Friday, triggering a number of calls to police. Over the next eight hours, Hokkaido police said the bear injured a woman in her 80s, a man in his 70s and a man in his 40s before attacking a soldier.

Police said the condition of those injured was not known, but the Asahi newspaper reported that the man in his 40s suffered serious injuries to his chest, back and limbs after he was mauled by the bear while walking on a street.

Video on local television showed the bear wandering a street in Sapporo. Chased by a car, it crossed a busy road and forced its way into the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Camp Okadama. The bear knocked down a soldier on duty at the gate.

The soldier suffered cuts to his chest and stomach, but his injuries were not life threatening, according to the Defense Ministry.

Next the bear ran through the camp and entered the runway at a nearby airport, causing several flights to be grounded.

The bear then ran into a forest, where it was shot by local hunters.

Toshihiro Hamada, an official at the Sapporo city environmental department, said authorities were investigating how the animal ended up in the city.

“We are sorry that four people were injured,” Hamada said.

Brown bears roam mainly in Hokkaido forests, but experts say they have been increasingly spotted in inhabited areas looking for food, especially during the summer.

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From: https://apnews.com/article/rampaging-bear-japan-injures-four-311fddaf8bc094cd5a15526a54a3b34d

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Colorado: Woman Killed and Eaten by a Bear!

 

Haha!

It’s a 39-year-old woman with a boyfriend!

The Hill:

A Colorado woman was found dead Friday night from what authorities believe was a black bear attack, according a release shared by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).

The 39-year-old woman went missing after she took her two dogs for a walk near the town of Trimble. Her boyfriend discovered the body after going to look for her when her dogs showed up at home alone.

Authorities noted that body had “signs of consumption,” and bear droppings and hair were found at the scene. Shortly afterward, a female bear and two younger bears were tracked down by a dog team.

The bears were all euthanized, according to Cory Chick, CPW Southwest Region manager.

“Out of an abundance of caution, the bears were removed for public safety. We ask the public to report any encounter with an aggressive bear to CPW,” Chick said.

Chick added that “bear attacks are extremely rare,” calling the event a “sad reminder that bears are wild and potentially dangerous.”

Bear attacks are rare. Or they were. They used to only happen to people who were out camping in the deep woods.

They seem to be happening a lot more often now that we’ve locked people in their houses and forced them to watch Netflix for a year.

Humans have withdrawn from the world, and this is causing wild animals to move in.

We’re seeing more and more of these wild animal attacks.

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