On the morning of the 2nd, a bear was found at a hot spring facility in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, where bears have been frequently seen, entering a garbage collection area and breaking the door. The bear fled into the mountains and no one was injured, but police are patrolling the area and asking residents to be cautious.
Around 5:30 a.m. on the 2nd, an employee of Osawa Onsen in Yuguchi, Hanamaki City reported to the police that the door to the garbage collection area had been broken into.
There were scratches on the door that looked like it had been broken by a bear, so when the police contacted the hunting club and set off firecrackers nearby, a bear jumped out of the garbage dumpster and into the mountains. That means he ran away.
No one was injured.
According to the hot spring facility, the door of this garbage collection site was damaged by a bear on the 26th and 30th of last month, and a trap was set up nearby to catch the bear.
Police suspect that the bear is looking for food, so they are asking people not to leave food and other garbage outside for long periods of time, and are patrolling the area and asking residents to be cautious.
There have been a number of bear sightings in Iwate Prefecture since last month.
neighbor's story
According to neighbors, the bear appears to have broken a wooden door into the garbage collection area used by the hot spring facility early on the 2nd morning, and then members of the hunting club rushed in and chased it away. .
An 81-year-old man who lives nearby said, ``When a member of the hunting association was banging on the door of the collection point with a stick, he went outside and ran away.''
Bears often appear in this area, so a trap was set behind the collection point, but there were no signs that the bear approached the trap.