GPS Watch of Hiker Killed by a Bear in Japan Reveals Harrowing Details of His Final Moments

The watch of a Japanese hiker killed by a bear has revealed harrowing details of his last moments, including how the animal returned to his body the next day, a newspaper report said.

Bears killed a record 13 people In Japan this year it injured more than 200 others, and reports of the creatures roaming near schools and growing supermarkets have increased, especially in the rural regions of the North.

The GPS tracker, which uses satellite signals for logging and heart rate monitoring, was discovered after the deadly attack on August 14, Asahi Shimbun said.

Data from the device showed that at about 11 a.m. it suddenly veered off the hiking trail in Hokkaido and landed on a deserted beach, said the daily.

In a dense brush area, it progressed over and over again over the same area.

The watch also shows that the man’s heart stopped beating about 100 to 130 yards into the trail, indicating that he died there.

The watch stayed in the same spot all night but moved again around 9am the next morning, traveling a few hundred meters through the brush.

This suggests that the brown bear had returned and dragged away the human body, Asahi said.

Three days later, on August 15, a bear with two cubs was found dragging his body in its mouth. All three animals were killed.

An Earth stick made from a bear was found nearby and following the man – who was engaged to be married – was found, and a report was filed.

The victim’s parents were asked to identify the body, but the police asked to only look at his face due to the severity of the injuries.

Bear Stotted at a Japanese ski resort in the latest incident

Meanwhile, a ski resort in Japan said on Friday it had received reports of a bear sighting while a snowmobiler explained that one of the animals had chased him down the piste.

“We have been walking Paill gor to check for foot ropes every day since we received two sighting reports on Sunday,” Kazuya Shirakawa of Hakuba47 Mountain Sports Park in Nagano Prefecture told AFP.

Ski Resort staff have not seen any sign of bears since the reports, Shirakawa said.

It usually covers the winter, but a man was attacked earlier this month in the region while clearing snow near his home.

Meanwhile, the ski manager who posted a video on Instagram of his encounter with the bear told the media that the animal “kicked” him off the ski slope.

“When I turned around there was a bear. I was surprised,” he told private broadcaster TVI.

A video he posted online four days ago showed him running under the course in Nagano.

It was not clear if the ski resort was the same as it was reported when the other posts were written.

“It almost collided with me… And our eyes met.”

The bear gave up and returned to the mountain, he said.

“An opportunity to expand their range”

Sticking with starvation due to food shortages such as acorns – blamed on climate change – is making more inroads into cities where the population is aging and shrinking.

Experts say the warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of the animals, which in the case of brown bears can expect to weigh 1,100 pounds and leave a person.

Japan has two species of bear: Asiatic black bears – also known as moon bears – and giant brown bears that live on the northern main island of Hokkaido.

Thousands of animals are shot every year.

The impacts of climate change on Bears’ food sources and hibernation cycles have been identified by experts as significant, but there are also consequences as Japan’s aging population shrinks and people leave more rural areas.

That the depopaling left the bears “an opportunity to expand their range,” biologist Koji Yamazaki, from the Tokyo University of Agriculture, he told CBS news‘Elizabeth Palmer in 2023.