Okoppe 불곰 출몰 정보

Okoppe saw its most recent brown bear trouble on May 11, 2026, when a single bear about 2 meters long was filmed walking along a sidewalk beside a national highway, then moved onto farm property after being recorded. That same day in Okoppe, another bear of roughly the same size was seen on the outskirts of the urban area and along a national highway, and a separate report mentioned as many as 5 bears moving through the area before heading back toward the mountains.

Most of the activity has clustered around Okoppe town and the neighboring Okoppe Utsu area, with the busiest stretch coming in June 2025, when reports jumped to 18 incidents and then eased through late summer and autumn. The town has now logged 104 brown bear sightings overall, and the recent reports fit a pattern of bears appearing along roads, near pasture land, and at the edge of settled ground.