12-year-old girl fights off bear in Hokkaido
HOKKAIDO —
A 12-year-old girl on Monday fought off a brown bear at a campsite in Rausu, Hokkaido. Nobody was hurt, the campsite manager said Tuesday. According to reports, a 1.5-meter-tall young brown bear entered a tent where the girl and four members of her family were sleeping around 4 a.m. The 12-year-old girl woke up first and kicked the bear which fled right away.
The girl said, “I felt something touching my legs and I thought my 10-year-old sister was teasing me. I got such a fright when I saw it was a bear and just kept kicking at it.”
The campsite has been closed since the incident as other bears have been spotted in the area.
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Altria
She beat off a 1.5m brown bear? Brave girl!
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rajakumar
Good news,bears and human interacting more in Hokkaido. Should be better,if they saw them, while awake.
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timorborder
Brave kid, well done.
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akaguma
the bear was probably only looking for a late night snack and a warm bed. camping in an area that is well known for its bear population is probably not that smart
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Alphaape
pooh was in search of his honey.
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Alphaape
I guess the bear had an "un-bearalbe" urge for some "bare necessities" for the night. I had to get that out.
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Hughgarse
schoolkids won`t be picking on this tough little nugget anytime soon.. good lass.
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shayouzoku
the family reported a stolen pic-a-nic basket a few hours later
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thepro
She's lucky it ran away and didn't maul her.
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Betting
Another one of these reports, I can't BEAR it anymore hahahaha!!!! Mabe she'll give one of those bare all reports for newspapers? I can bearly ... err barely wait!!
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hikikomori08
Has anybody consulted the bear and how he or she feels about it?
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zzonkerr
Put her in the next K-1 round. Bet she could kick Akebono's butt, too!
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dennis0bauer
So her new nickname is Kumahime? It is good to read some good news!
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tkoind2
The bear has filed assault charges on the little girl claiming wreckless endangerment, trespassing in bear teritory and mental anguish. He was unavailable for comment at the recommendation of council. Sources close to the bear indicate that the bear is suffering from mental and emotional trauma over being beaten by a little girl and the potential negative impact upon his career as a forest preditor.
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hikikomori08
The bear might also care to sue for libel, as numerous reports indicate the innocent little fun-loving cutey never entered the tent, as reported above.
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presto345
Thought this was an English forum.
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hikikomori08
It is. But sometimes it also helps to get the facts straight. Where I chose to highlight this is a bit frivilous, but such misreporting is all over the place.
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Sarge
That girl was lucky - that bear could well have taken off her head with one swipe of its massive paw. But she might very well kick Akebono's butt!
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usaexpat
lucky girl, even brown bears can do some damage if they decide to maul someone.
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OssanULTRA
Good thing it was a bear. If it was really the girl's 10 year old sister she would probably be in a hospital now.
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Nessie
That area has the highest concentration of bears in Japan.
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Hikikomori08
I read the same thing, she didn't at the time see it or know it was a bear & just felt something pushing her through the ten, so hit it & then kicked it. Or could this a totally different story, it sounds like one. Or did someone feel like adding a little colour
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hikikomori08
It's the same story with most of the facts having been conveyed in a proper manner, but with some coloring and preservatives added just for fun. JT should wake up to the fact that some of its audience is not living in an English bubble, and try to report more accurately for those who do.
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Mato99
Well good for her, I mean most people you ask here will say that you should "play dead" if you see a bear. Bears hate noise, so its a good idea to be very noisy should you see one. It is really lucky that she wasn't killed since it came at here while she was asleep. There must have been candy or something in her tent. In any event, seems like all things ended up for the best for the family and, the bear.
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TheguyNextdoor
thought the bear was outside the tent and she just kicked it back. don't remember reading or hearing it was inside?
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