By TERUTO UNUMA/ Staff Writer
August 10, 2023 at 18:18 JST
A male brown bear captured in June 2021 in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, was estimated to be 13 years old and weighed 280 kilograms. (Provided by Farming Support Hokkaido)
ICHINOHE, Iwate Prefecture--An 83-year-old woman died after apparently being attacked by a bear on Aug. 9.
A local mushroom hunter found the bleeding woman around 4:50 p.m., lying by a dirt road near a forest.
The woman had suffered head injuries but was still conscious enough to say the word “bear,” police said.
The mushroom hunter contacted the woman’s son, who called an ambulance. The woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead.
Local authorities believe she was attacked by a bear.
Iwate Prefecture has one of the highest rates of bear attacks in the country.
There were 15 reports of bear attacks on humans in the four months following April 1, according to prefectural officials.
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