A 74-year-old man and his 72-year-old wife were injured by a bear in their home in in Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture, early Friday.
According to police, the incident happened at around 12:20 a.m. Local media reported that a woman called 119 and said that her husband had been injured by a bear.
Police said the man told them that he and his wife were asleep but that he was awakened by a noise at the door. When he opened the sliding door, a bear entered the house and attacked him, scratching his head with its claws.
The man's wife was also attacked by the bear while trying to save her husband, and fell, breaking her right arm.
The bear, which was estimated by the couple to be about one meter long, is on the run. Police and local hunters patrolled the area Friday.
© Japan Today
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nandakandamanda
Must have been hungry, if it was knocking at the door.
timeon
That's one tough obachan
forgeddabowtit
They missed a trick there: rather, the bear is on the 'lam(b)'.
CAPTAIN
The poor bear just wanted to ask for directions by knocking on the door. The couple must have started him.
Gene Hennigh
Aw, but bears are cute. We shouldn't shoot them. This one was just fooling around. Release him back into society.
zibala
Police said the man told them that her and his wife were asleep but that he was awakened by a noise at the door. When he opened the sliding door, a bear entered the house and attacked him, scratching his head with its claws.
I would also open the door past midnight if I hear a noise.
Pieter Reyneke
He was looking for 'bear' necessities.
I hope the couple will be well soon. Must have been a horrible experience.
borscht
Police said the man told them that her and his wife were asleep
Who is this ‘her’? The bear?
kurisupisu
And now the local hunters are trying to trap the bear and no doubt kill it…
OssanAmerica
Another reason to sign a SECOM contract.
nandakandamanda
Just looking at recorded bear sightings throughout Japan, I was surprised at their high numbers each year, in the thousands, even as far south-east as Hiroshima and Yamaguchi.
Seesaw7
Why opened the door knowing that it was a bear?