Mountain Akita

Mt. Mahiru

18 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 6 months ago

Location

Nearby Incidents

Official

Witness moving east along the town road spotted two bears on the road near an intersection, presumed parent and offspring. Later movement unknown. Parent: about 1.2 m; cub: about 50 cm. About 220 m to a house.

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Witness looked outside and saw a bear walking in the western paddy fields. It may have crossed the southern side of the fields to a town road; details unclear. About 1.2 m long; about 60 m to the nearest house.

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Witness driving east on a town road; spotted a bear in a south-side paddy field. The bear left into the south wooded area. Length about 50 cm. About 40 m to the Osaka Life Environment Center.

Misato, Akita

7 months ago

News

Bears were reported in Kanazawa Higashine and Rokugo Higashine areas of Misato Town.

Kanazawa Higashine, Misato Town, Akita

7 months ago

Official

While working in a farm shed, I stepped outside and was attacked by a bear that was outside the shed.

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Posted: From inside my car, I witnessed it walking in front of a house as I was returning home.

Misato, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Witness traveling north on Mizuho-no-Sato Road toward Ota, saw a bear in the river; subsequent movements unknown. Size unknown. About 60 m to a house.

Misato, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Witness looked west from the Hakodate mountain Akakura trailhead and saw two bears heading toward the east wooded area (listed as a single or family in some records, but believed to be two small bears). Length about 50 cm each. About 560 m to the nearest house.

Misato 浪花, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Witness moving east along the town road spotted two bears on the road near an intersection, presumed parent and offspring. Later movement unknown. Parent: about 1.2 m; cub: about 50 cm. About 220 m to a house.

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Witness looked outside and saw a bear walking in the western paddy fields. It may have crossed the southern side of the fields to a town road; details unclear. About 1.2 m long; about 60 m to the nearest house.

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Witness driving east on a town road; spotted a bear in a south-side paddy field. The bear left into the south wooded area. Length about 50 cm. About 40 m to the Osaka Life Environment Center.

Misato, Akita

7 months ago

News

Bears were reported in Kanazawa Higashine and Rokugo Higashine areas of Misato Town.

Kanazawa Higashine, Misato Town, Akita

7 months ago

Official

While working in a farm shed, I stepped outside and was attacked by a bear that was outside the shed.

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Posted: From inside my car, I witnessed it walking in front of a house as I was returning home.

Misato, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Witness traveling north on Mizuho-no-Sato Road toward Ota, saw a bear in the river; subsequent movements unknown. Size unknown. About 60 m to a house.

Misato, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Witness looked west from the Hakodate mountain Akakura trailhead and saw two bears heading toward the east wooded area (listed as a single or family in some records, but believed to be two small bears). Length about 50 cm each. About 560 m to the nearest house.

Misato 浪花, Akita

7 months ago

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