US EditionHunter Missing on Hokkaido Mountain After Brown Bear Sighting Nearby
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[NHK] A hunter who went missing in Esan, Hakodate City, was not found even after a search on the 16th. Police and firefighters will continue their search on the 17th...
'Bear emergency': Japan is under siege from an army of ravenous bears leaving a trail of bodies in their wake
Japan is fighting a war against hungry bears, and they’re quickly running out of options. A search is currently underway in Mount Esan, Hokkaido for a missing hunter, with the only evidence of what happened being an abandoned rifle and a set of ominous bloodstains. A large bear – the prime suspect – was spotted in the vicinity just days ago If this poor man was killed by a bear, he’ll just be the latest casualty in Japan’s bear attack epidemic. …
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Japan TodayHunter missing on Hokkaido mountain after brown bear sighting nearby
A male hunter in his 50s has gone missing on Mt. Esan in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, local authorities said Tuesday, raising concern over his safety as a brown bear was sighted in the area three days earlier.
[Yomiuri Shimbun] At around 4:30 p.m. on the 15th, a hunter who was hunting on Mt. Esan (618 meters) in Hakodate City, Hokkaido, called 110 to report that his friend had not returned. According to the Hokkaido Prefectural Police, during a search following the call, a hunting rifle was found in the mountains, and the hunter was taken to a nearby
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