Event
Sankebetsu brown bear incident
9 Dec 1915 – 14 Dec 1915 · 44.13° N, 141.80° E
What the records say
- When
- 9 Dec 1915 – 14 Dec 1915
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 44.13° N, 141.80° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Sankebetsu brown bear incident.
Summary
Sankebetsu brown bear incident: was the worst bear attack in Japanese history, killing seven settlers in Rokusensawa, Sankebetsu, Tomamae, Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan.
Sankebetsu brown bear incident
Fatal series of bear attacks in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915
The Sankebetsu brown bear incident , also known as the Rokusensawa bear attack or the Tomamae brown bear incident , was a series of bear attacks which took place between December 9th and 15th, 1915, at the beginning of the Taishō era, in a remote area of Hokkaido, Japan. Over the course of six days, a male Ezo brown bear attacked a number of households, killing seven people and injuring a further three.
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