Walking down the street in a busy city isn’t where people expect to encounter wild animals, but people in Japan have learned to expect the unexpected. The Associated Press recently shared terrifying surveillance footage of an encounter between a man just walking down the street and a bear ready to attack. The bear appeared out of nowhere and chased the man in a residential area before running away. According to the AP, this wasn’t the first bear attack.
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“A bear injured four people in a Japanese residential area on Tuesday in the latest case of an attack by the animals in an area of the country where bears have increasingly encroached on the human population in recent years,” according to a social media post.
The Bear Attack Got People Talking
Seeing the bear running up to the man in broad daylight caused mixed reactions online.
Some thought the video was funny. Like this person who wrote. “Hahah. It’s kind of like he was playing. It was really scary, but once he pushed the guy, he just ran away. I think the guy wearing all black made the bear think he was a pal.”
Others think the humans are the problem and the bear wouldn’t attack if we hadn’t moved into their home.
“My favorite part is the statement saying ‘bears have increasingly encroached on human populations,’” a comment reads. “I assure you….that is backwards.”
“Don’t they mean ‘where the humans have encroached on the bear population?’” Another person agreed.
Then, of course, people couldn’t help but give a bit of advice to follow in the event of a bear attack.
“Don’t ever run! Throw your arms up and out to appear bigger and yell. Running makes them chase and attack,” a follower suggested.
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