Man attacked by a bear seriously injured Gifu Takayama October 19, 17:35

On the morning of 19th, a man from the hunting society was attacked by a bear in the grass of Takayama City, Gifu, and seriously injured.

Around 7:30 am, a 43-year-old man from the hunting association who came to see a wild boar trap to prevent damage to crops in the grass of Shingu Town, Takayama City attacked a bear that suddenly jumped out I was broken.

The bear scratches the man's thigh and bites the calf and then runs away to the forest, and the man reports to the fire department with a mobile phone and is taken to the hospital but is seriously injured.

According to Takayama City, a bear that attacked a man is seen as an adult black bear about 1 meter in size.
The site is a mountainous area dotted with houses about 5 km west of JR Takayama Station.

In Gifu Prefecture, the number of people who have been injured by being injured by bears since the beginning of 2004 was the largest number of people who were injured.

Takayama City is patrolling by hunting associations and fire fighters, calling on the public to be careful not to enter the forests carelessly, and to carry sound-producing items such as bells and radio when going out. It is.