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Kesagake

Kesakage

Sankebetsu brown bear

Kesagake
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Rampage:
Kesagake is a brown bear that was well know to the areas of Rokusensawa, Sankebetsu, Tomamae, Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Kesagake went on to kill about 7 settlers, but it's the most brutal rampage a bear has ever done in Japan. Kesagake was known to be a tricky bear that attacked people directly and invaded family homes. Kesagake has survived gun fire and traps by bear hunters for about 5 days until after being wounded by a sniper, Yamamoto Heikichi and a guide tracked it down and killed the beast. In the Bear they found pieces of his victim and the food he ransacked.
Tale of the tape
Type of animal: Ussuri brown bear
Length: 8.85 feet tall
Weight: 749 lbs
Time of rampage: December 1915
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