The most deadly bear attack of all time, the Sankebetsu Bear Incident, happened in Japan. Over six days, a bear killed 7 people and injured 3 more in the winter of 1915.

@kolbymartin9743

6 ай бұрын

Bob gymlan does an amazing telling of rhis

@michygeorg

6 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm Bob Gymlan. Thanks an awful lot for watching.

@treydennis2535

6 ай бұрын

The second worse actually, the deadliest was the Sloth Bear Of Mysore that killed 12 and injured 24 in India in 1957.

@saintniccage2818

6 ай бұрын

Laughs in short face bears that used to level villages

@bearclaus2676

6 ай бұрын

The people who inhabited Japan before the Japanese worshipped the bear. Its an old God.

As someone who lives in the UK the wildest animal I’ve seen all my life is a fox. Can’t imagine having to worry about bears, mountain lions, alligators etc

@charliekill88

6 ай бұрын

Yeah being born in the UK is one of the biggest Ls you can take in life

@minovictor

6 ай бұрын

@@charliekill88 I wouldn’t know I was born in Zimbabwe

@totoroid

6 ай бұрын

Ironically. You moving from zim to there is an L for the locals. They won’t stop crying about it

@nickgrosvenor6936

6 ай бұрын

@@minovictorwe do have big cats and not so long ago there was a warning not to go up snowdon in wales because a mountain lion was spotted multiple times half way up the mountain/hill ✌️

@kennethsatria6607

6 ай бұрын

I mean that's probably cause historically wolves have been driven to extinction in Europe

The bear is lucky to have survived an encounter with a Japanese grandpa alive and to be able to tell the story to his bear cubs one day.

@user-zp7jp1vk2i

6 ай бұрын

the first bear WAS a cub.

@JohnSmith-ct5jd

6 ай бұрын

LOL. Funny guy.

@nucle4rpenguins534

6 ай бұрын

@@user-zp7jp1vk2iright! He was lucky the mother bear was not near, that or the bear cub was abandoned/old enough to fend for himself

@erob9446

6 ай бұрын

Is that a cub or are they naturally small?

@nucle4rpenguins534

6 ай бұрын

​@@erob9446 hmm it seems that there are mainly 2 species from just quick googling: --- Japanese black bear (more present in mainland; smaller ~120kg/220lb), this one seems to match the one in the attack, the reporter mentions its cub is up a tree so it may be a very young mother/juvenile. That's my guess since at full grown it should be much bigger than the one in that clip, the one recorded looked comparable to a medium sized dog almost (~30-50lb) ---- Ussuri brown bear (more common up north in hokkaido; larger ~550kg/1210lb) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_black_bear en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussuri_brown_bear/ hokkaidowilds.org/bears-in-hokkaido

Had no idea that there are bears in Japan

@AFloridaSon

6 ай бұрын

Same. I had to look it up. They have two kinds. A type of brown bear, and a type of black bear, but not what we're used to in North America.

@josephinetracy1485

6 ай бұрын

Do they speak Japanese? 😄

@artemesiagentileschini7348

6 ай бұрын

​@@AFloridaSon Asiatic black bears are more aggressive than the American counterparts

@DieFlabbergast

6 ай бұрын

@@AFloridaSon The brown bears in Hokkaido are exactly the same type of bear you're used to in North America. The black bears are smaller than your black bears.

@will7its

6 ай бұрын

Yes they even have mountains and snow and beer just like kanada....... So, are you one of the "New Kanadians"???

This is unbearable.

@AtomicTocomple

6 ай бұрын

bear with me

@likegod2unga99

6 ай бұрын

😅😅

@deviouslito5011

6 ай бұрын

That attack was the bear minimum

@josephinetracy1485

6 ай бұрын

I didn't realize that Japan was experiencing a bear market

@likegod2unga99

6 ай бұрын

@@josephinetracy1485 I'm an options trader,you are freaking hilarious 😂 lady 😂

Bears, earthquakes, tsunami warnings and plane crashes…. You ok Japan?

I seen a grizzly sitting down on the Alaskan highway. He was like 8 feet sitting down on the highway sunbathing. His head was huge. We got out looked but realistically he could of took a car and tossed it at any of us. Never forget that. He choose to ignore us.

I hope coexistence is possible. I must say im impressed with anyplace where wildlife has managed to survive at all.

@MichZilla90

6 ай бұрын

Japan prohibits litter strictly and is good at keeping their environment and wildlife clean and healthy

@MsNessbit

6 ай бұрын

By wrapping everything in six layers of plastic?@@MichZilla90

That was a little bear and would have had to change my shorts.

That guy showed impressive samurai spirit in fighting off that bear with a stick. But to be fair, it was tiny; looked like a cub, not a mother.

@deinsilverdrac8695

6 ай бұрын

yeah 1. insular dwarfism, bear in japan tend to be smaller than on the continent, like most large animals get smaller on island ecosystem with limited spaces and ressources. 2. yeah that was a young cub probably terrified and surprised by the man which caused the fight or flight response and unlike 99,999% of the time it landed on fight.

@guy8646

6 ай бұрын

It was not a cub. Even black bears in the south and southwest USA get small like that. I was camping in Big Bend National Park and went to buy bear spray at the park store and they said their bears are small so they don’t even sell bear spray. I saw a mom with a cub and she was about the same size as the bear in this video. A lot of animals are smaller in warmer temperatures. The bald eagle sanctuary in my northern state has an eagle from Florida that is about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of northern eagles.

@KingGogh

6 ай бұрын

She said the cub was in the tree. I'd assume that's the mother. It does look small to be an adult but definitely bigger than a cub

@rottieshepcalibre9156

6 ай бұрын

Plus a cub would not have acted so aggressively. Blatantly the mother. Bears come in all kinds of sizes

@jamess7576

6 ай бұрын

Definitely a smaller bear. Even a bear that size can mess up a human pretty bad though.

It is crazy that less than 3% of attacks are fatal given how much stronger bears are

@ezo2161

6 ай бұрын

That’s cos an attack isn’t always severe. Also it’s only black bears that venture into built up areas and go through bins, and they’re far easier to fight off than brown bears

@DuskLegend

6 ай бұрын

People are stronger than you give them credit for, and even when they aren’t, we have guns

@takeiteasy8847

6 ай бұрын

@@DuskLegend Most people dont carry guns around. And people are definitely much weaker than bears. They have a huge weight advantage and they also have claws and fangs. My argument still stands.

@apawesomeness430

6 ай бұрын

@@DuskLegend compared to a bear no human stands a chance

@Chaos_Nova

6 ай бұрын

@@apawesomeness430I do 😛

Large mammals are reclaiming habitat all over. Look at wolves, mountain lions, bears and coyotes all over the US

@ThyDrunkenSailor

6 ай бұрын

much of the US is reintroduction not natural reclamation. great nonetheless.

@jsnow6925

6 ай бұрын

@@ThyDrunkenSailor It was really just a response to a line in the video, saying large mammals are not gaining ground anywhere else. Some of it is certainly seeded with reintroduction then spreads on its own to other areas, while some is not.

@frankgagas9569

6 ай бұрын

She in the video that Japan was the only place in the world where large mammals are reclaimed habitat. She’s wrong. Deer, moose, and coyotes are just a few mammals that I know of that are reclaimed habitat. It was a foolish and uneducated statement.

@davidterrell1242

6 ай бұрын

​@@frankgagas9569 "Japan is 1 of the only places..." You misheard her.

@jsnow6925

6 ай бұрын

@@davidterrell1242 1 of the only places implies that it is rare and highly uncommon, which is just not true

Remember to check bear report tracking if you are going hiking in Japan. Even though it was December for me, I checked because I was going to be in bear country in Tochigi. Luckily, there were no encounters, and I got to enjoy the views. But as a solo hiker, I played music on my phone aloud since I didn't have a bell

Sending love to Japan from USA!

1:57 wow thats not smart at all. putting feed for the intrusive bears as well?? well now they can expect his whole family to keep coming 🤦‍♂️

@boardcertifiable

6 ай бұрын

If I learned anything from Timothy Treadwell, I learned that bears are NOT my friends.

@andylyon3867

6 ай бұрын

Yeah that is dumb.

@ninja-mouse

2 ай бұрын

Didn't you listen, otherwise the bears would eat the cows' food?!

the first attack would have been because she thought her cub was in danger

Bro channeled his samurai ancestors.

Those bears better pray a new Okawa doesn't show up because of these incidents. That guy killed more than a hundred bears before he retired and started a family of bear hunters.

@extraart1

6 ай бұрын

What a sicko!

@canesvenatici9588

24 күн бұрын

We need more people like that. Those bears should never feel comfortable around humans. When they see us their instincts should be fear and runaway. They can live however they like in the wild, far away from humans but once they come near us they shouldn't be allowed to exist. For those who doesn't agree see the Sankebetsu bear attack incident that drove Okawa into his path avenging the victims. You will see what kind of beast they actually are.

Always go to the forrest with a slow friend. You do not need to outrun the bear, just your friend.

@asafaust8869

6 ай бұрын

Funny comment. I can only hope that you are joking. 😂😅

@C-Here

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I love this old joke!!

@jayAAlves

6 ай бұрын

Im the slow friend in our trails :(

@user-hk6tk4ge5t

6 ай бұрын

That is an old Japanese proverb.

@stefan1924

6 ай бұрын

bring along a sloth

Bro got attacked by a baby bear lol

Did not know Japan had bears. Wow

@josephinetracy1485

6 ай бұрын

Do they speak Japanese? 😄

@DieFlabbergast

6 ай бұрын

We also have dangerous wild boar, which sometimes come right into the outer suburbs of Tokyo. Fortunately, the bears in Japan's main island of Honshu, where most of the population live (as well as the southwestern islands of Kyushu and Shikoku) are black bears. The bigger and more dangerous brown bears are found only in the northernmost large island of Hokkaido.

@maryharvey6909

6 ай бұрын

Look up Kesagake bear if you are interested

@greasebob

6 ай бұрын

@@DieFlabbergast When I was a kid, I remember the Super Famicom game "Legend of the Mystical Ninja" / "Goemon", set in feudal Japan, and there was one level where this little boar hogs would charge out of the woods with an ominous "oink" and knock you over!

@benjaminrodriguez7356

6 ай бұрын

​. YES!!!

I live in BC. I see bears all the time. That bear looked like a cub itself. He’s lucky.

熊の保護をし過ぎて頭数が増えた 北海道のヒグマは絶滅の恐れがあったので1990年に狩りを禁止にされました その後、順調に数が増え熊によるトラブルが増えた（昨年から狩りを再開してる）

@sisigs4820

6 ай бұрын

Not only that but the number has also increased due to the fact Japan's countryside are increasingly being abandoned due to rapidly decreasing population. Due to this, the people that are left are increasingly flocking to the cities, leaving the animals to claim abandoned territory.

@colshdor

6 ай бұрын

You're exactly right, I don't know why this is not obvious.

kinda funny that one guy just has to now leave feed for the bear lol

Interesting…Japanese are leaving rural areas so bears can live on the land, but in the states there is too much development and wild life in need for land space .

@TrueSavage555

6 ай бұрын

Bro what? There is so many places in the US that's unpopulated af.

@pixazelz

6 ай бұрын

​@@TrueSavage555nope .

@deinsilverdrac8695

6 ай бұрын

yeah it's true that making urbanisation centred on car and not people, with only one directive "waste as much space and ressource as possible and make it big and ugly" isn't great for wildlife. You don't have any idea on how many abandoned mall and house are abandonned and simply left here, taking space, useless rather than destroy and rebuilt something new like we do in Europe. and you guys have also no bus or public transport and cover half of your ground with useless 9/10 empty parking (you know you could build underground parkings right ?) but no there's still very large space of mostly natural land, but you guys are so toxic and intolerant than even there you killed of wildlife in three centirues more than Europe did in millenia.

@Mana-hd5qt

6 ай бұрын

@@deinsilverdrac8695actually the US conservation efforts are significant better than you people, the US still has infinite forests, woodland, and timber. The western US is Majority Federal land unused for development and protections by secretaries (our ministries) such as Forrest service, National Parks, etc etc. I get it, public transit is horrible here, and design is trash. But we do conservation significantly better then you. Win some lose some ig

@Mana-hd5qt

6 ай бұрын

@@deinsilverdrac8695actually the US conservation efforts are significant better than you people, the US still has infinite forests, woodland, and timber. The western US is Majority Federal land unused for development and protections by secretaries (our ministries) such as Forrest service, National Parks, etc etc. I get it, public transit is horrible here, and design is trash. But we do conservation significantly better then you. Win some lose some ig

We have a growing bear population in Michigan. And the only hunters growing in number are bear hunters.

@PaulMcClennon282

6 ай бұрын

I swear the DNR here refuses to admit how big the black bear population in the LP is. I have seen them further and further south every year.

That guy is a samurai, i wonder how much exp he got from that fight. Hope he leveled up 😂

There was a Japanese youtuber Ruko Hada who use human food to lure bear and gain views. He is basically training the bear to find more Human food which leads to bear roaming and attacking people

Can you imagine them being like.......... now you have bear spray, a whistle and bells! You'll be good. Now get back out there tiger!!😂

I will take bears over Godzilla any day. Oh no...there goes Tokyo.

@tar-tar3269

6 ай бұрын

Go go Godzilla

akakabuto has placed madara, one-armed mosa, and other bears under his command. he is building a fortress in the mountains of ouu.

God bless all the people, and all the bears, in Japan. Praying Mother Nature gives them a break and there’s no more tsunamis.

@sawittwo

6 ай бұрын

Strong People.

@rob6365

6 ай бұрын

Global warming

That tiny bear was like tony montana mixed with the baby alien from Alien Romulus.

Am I the only one that’s not surprised that Japan has bears?

The bear is extremely lucky Sato didnt bring his katana

I had an encounter with one this year in Miyazu . Eating my kaki . Stood up . Looked at me and decided not to attack. Ran off.

It's a shame that people have been hurt, but bears are a good problem to have and conflict can be reduced by taking some precautions. Good luck with your bears from Ontario.

@galacticdirt2925

6 ай бұрын

i mean humans could make bears extinct REAL quick if we wanted to...

@ryanbuckley3314

6 ай бұрын

@@galacticdirt2925 We did that by accident in southern Ontario. As soon as we started serious conservation and preservation of green belts and county forests, the bears came back. Further south every year. If you have bears, it means your surroundings are not sick. Enjoy your bears and be careful.

@galacticdirt2925

6 ай бұрын

@@ryanbuckley3314 live laugh bear

That was a well-made news report. I think the fellow who left enough food for the bears made the right decision. The bears are agressive because they’re hungry, and this guy has plenty of food. Yes, it will probably draw more bears, but if the bears aren’t hungry, they will probably be fine AND bears are smart! The bears will see that this fellow is the food provider, so, they will almost certainly give him space.

@cerovk6000

6 ай бұрын

Animals are animals it’s very important to remember that. Ppl have built good relationships with animals and still been attacked by them.

@jamess7576

6 ай бұрын

Yeah no. You don't want bears associating humans with food. That will lead to future conflict and dead bears and humans.

@ryanquinn1257

6 ай бұрын

Feeding them is bad but leaving food away from ppl trying to not touch it much to leave scent on and associate ppl with food.

@mahuk.

6 ай бұрын

no, it is a terrible solution. There is a long record of bad consequences of feeding bears. They'll associate the human with having food, and if the bear doesn't get it, the farmer may end up dead by an angry and hungry bear. Albeit, I don't blame the farmer, this is a terrible solution but still a solution to having bears inside the barn and possibly his home, so he did what he could do, but authorities should intervene with a proper solution before more bears show up and it goes beyond the farmer's control. That's a time bomb in his own property.

@michellelester243

6 ай бұрын

😂

I always forget that brown bears live in Japan and it suprises me for a moment everytime I hear it

@maymeg6777

Ай бұрын

How come is it surprising? Bear is quite the only familiar large wild animal for Japanese. In Japan it’s dangerous to go hiking without bear bells（熊鈴）

I honestly didn't know japan had bears lol

Had no idea japan had bears

The situation has gotten beary bad.

Japan urgently needs Canadian expertise on this matter.

@will7its

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, take away the few guns they have right Justine......???

@brandonfj5811

6 ай бұрын

@@will7its what guns?

@KMDragonS

6 ай бұрын

@@brandonfj5811 if I remember correctly Japan has a strict gun policy. You need a license and training

@brandonfj5811

6 ай бұрын

@@KMDragonS Even then I think it would only amount to certain types of guns like rifles(hunting rifles to be specific)I don't think the average licensed and trained Japanese citizen can walk around with a .45

@turtsable

6 ай бұрын

@@brandonfj5811that right there is why I love the good ole USA!

Looks like bear is back on the menu boys!

I thought Hokkaido bears 🐻 supposed to be as big as brown bears in Russia, but that mother bear was so small that I thought she was a cub.

@jeanieinjapan

6 ай бұрын

The bears in Hokkaido are brown bears, but that one is on the main island - it's the smaller Asian Black Bear - they are a lot smaller but also known to be aggressive.

I didn't know Japan had bears. Did they come over with a fleet of ships?

212 victims and only 6 died. Those are great odds, considering it's a freaking bear.

I was surprised about a year ago to find out that Japan has wild bears.

1:23 no disrespect but he looks like he goes hard asf now

That was a small bear that came at him. Imagine if it was a normal adult.

@ThaDeep

6 ай бұрын

From my understanding that was the mother bear that charged him thats what the reporter said.

@inquisitvem6723

6 ай бұрын

@@ThaDeep reporter was wrong…look at that video again. A tiny bear

@SPACE.KITTY.

6 ай бұрын

Someone in the comments said they live in Japan and the bears are really small there. That’s probably why there were only 6 deaths out of all those attacks.

@bustavonnutz

6 ай бұрын

@@inquisitvem6723You're wrong fam, Japanese Black Bears are one of the smallest species of Asiatic Black Bear. Most never get beyond 90kg.

@inquisitvem6723

6 ай бұрын

@@bustavonnutz either way that bear was small compared to the ones that charge those hunters in alaska

The bear in the video looked so small to me so now I'm just confused

I didn't even know Japan had bears lol

At least they look rather small bears.

@lifesajoke6965

6 ай бұрын

The black bears are small but in Hokkaido the Ezo brown bears are huge like Kodiaks

We need Ginga Gin!

That bear was so small..

In the eastern USA Bears have increased 4x by more intense hunting. Makes them smarter, safer to be around and increases their numbers. Great success story but not in the news not pc.

I didn’t even know Japan had bears

How did bears ever get to Japan ? And how long have they been there? How big do they get ??

@simonj3413

6 ай бұрын

Japan was connected to the Asian mainland during the ice age, so they’ve been there since prehistoric times. The brown bears are slightly smaller than a grizzly, and the black bears, being Asiatic black bears, are somewhat smaller than their American cousins.

LOL "bear", that thing was barely the size of a dog, guy would have been dinner to an American black bear...

I had no idea they had bears in japan

@deinsilverdrac8695

6 ай бұрын

they also used to have two subspecies of wolves, a subspecies of eurasian lynx too, as well as river otter and sea lion. all of them were exterminated throught the 19-20th century, except the lynx, which was genocided well before and probably leopard and tiger but thats way way back in time.

Are we sure that wasn't the cub attacking? That bear looked tiny.

I'm surprised. Bear they don't eat over there?!😂

Japan are you okay? Floods, Earthquakes, and now bears what the hell

I had an encounter with a black bear in mount Fuji. It was the scariest experience of my life!

Wait this isn't a jre clip..

“It got close enough to rip your pants!” Hi

It looked like the first guy was attacked by a little cub...unless that is how big they get out there.

@deinsilverdrac8695

6 ай бұрын

probably a subadult or very small female. those are japenese asiatic black bear, a small subsecies of asiatic black bear aka moon bear. They tend to 40-120kg only. so yeah small female

I always notice in these videos that no matter where in the world it takes place, every man makes the exact same yell while fighting off a bear with a crude weapon 😂

Yeah I find this really crazy I mean there’s a video of a guy in Japan mountains getting attacked by a bear for the obvious reason of protecting its cubs I didn’t know this was a problem

I would also be scared of a baby bear attack because that means the mama bear is near.

I cannot bear this anymore!

0:34 baby bear 🍼

@videojeff01

6 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking.

I had no idea bears lived in Japan

@andylyon3867

6 ай бұрын

Japan is like the eastern USA, the mountains are full of bear and deer. The land is vertical and can not be developed. I think only 30% of Japan is developable. Wild deer is sold in stores. Most caught with snares as high human population makes guns and archery unsafe.

Is that mushroom picker sure that the bear which attacked him wasn't a cub also?

@mogulme6190

6 ай бұрын

Had to be, that bear was tiny

@brandonfj5811

6 ай бұрын

@@mogulme6190 The black bears there in Japan aren't as big as everywhere else like in North America

@kohort1

6 ай бұрын

Probably still bigger than a large dog.

@wolfman2.055

6 ай бұрын

Most mammalian predators ( amongst some other animals) in Japan are smaller compared to their relatives elsewhere ( for example the boars are smaller than those found in Europe).

@mogulme6190

6 ай бұрын

@@brandonfj5811 Ik, but that looked like a chunky medium sized dog

Hey at least it’s not Godzilla this time

Am happy that am living in a country without bears!

0:37 a Bear? For real? A gummibear?

Glad the wildlife is returning. Humans be safe

@jacked6

6 ай бұрын

I hate bears though

@mission_new-earth

6 ай бұрын

@@jacked6 oh, but why?

never knew japan had bears.

Mushroom foraging in the U.P. Of Michigan i watch my back for bears

As Japanese, we usually don't bother bears, if they attack us then that means we disturb them or they see us as a threat. I’ve seen a lot of tourists getting into our clinic similar to these as a nurse.

There are bears in Japan?

Oh wow

Never run from a bear they’re as fast as a horse.

This will be what it takes for Japan to legalize revolvers lol

A bell and a whistle? What's that guy thinking anyway?

@axelaugust5552

4 ай бұрын

its supposed to let the bear know that you're there so it can go away, they do tend to go out of your way most of the time.

I can’t bear watching this video 😂

Bell and a Whistle instead of a gun. Oh Japan.

Now you know japan had bears now go celebrate the new year

Or the bear population grew, it seems that wasnt mention. and likely is the reason.

@GamerplayerWT

6 ай бұрын

2:51 listen.

@davidterrell1242

6 ай бұрын

Exhibit A on why more people should watch videos in their entirety before commenting.

@CJFripp

9 күн бұрын

@@davidterrell1242 "But there has been a recent boom in numbers, with one estimate putting Japan's black bear population at 44,000, three times what it was in 2012. The brown bear population has doubled since 1990 to around 11,700"

Bears bought the ps5 slim and couldn’t get a refund.

This is a sign of the time s!

Didnt know Japan have bears

I didn't even know Japan had bears.. let alone big ones like grizzlies

He summoned the samurai within him

TLDR: Growing bear population is the reason

The bears may like Japanese Food.

What a forager 👌🏽

LOL taking it back haha , Amazing Rise Of The Bears !

Bears are just finding out Japanese people taste good.