On the morning of August 22, a foreign man was attacked and injured by a bear near the “Kankodai” observation deck on the shore of Lake Towada. On 5ch’s News Speed+ board, alongside messages wishing the injured man well, there were notable comments worrying about the risk of rabies from a bear bite, and warnings like “Don’t underestimate Japanese bears.”
August 22, 2026, 19:18
This morning, a foreign man was attacked by a bear near an observation deck on the shore of Lake Towada.
According to the city and fire department, a 119 emergency call reporting that “a foreign man has been attacked by a bear” came in at around 10:30 this morning near the Kankodai observation deck on the shore of Lake Towada.
Source: news.ntv.co.jp / Original article here
3Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:16:15.51ID:87r9/rMs0
Maybe it took a taste and decided he wasn't tasty?
4Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:16:33.81ID:EKWueK6C0
Lmao
even the bear must've been freaked out wwwww
5Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:17:04.24ID:JLw1WEEP0
Heard that if a bear bites you, you get rabies 100% of the time
44Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:29:36.82ID:rg37vVyf0
>>5
That's North America you're thinking of
Over there you're basically eaten to death before the rabies even has time to kick in
It's not just bears either — raccoons, skunks, coyotes, pretty much every carnivore big or small carries the rabies virus
No way you could sleep outdoors there
86Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:47:54.56ID:jtwb++IP0
>>5
>>44
Huh, didn't know that
And yet people still keep their dogs off-leash over there
8Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:17:17.87ID:XrcYR3Y70
Oh, he's American
Just leave him be then
9Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:17:31.60ID:QQNxe6+90
Don't underestimate Japanese bears
10Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:17:42.16ID:nUMtVUxA0
So we've finally got a foreign bear-attack victim, huh
135Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 21:47:41.89ID:TyjvfaSB0
>>10
There have been attacks reported at Shirakawa-go in Gifu and Goshikinuma in Fukushima too
12Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:18:08.10ID:grOEnF1g0
Brrr, trembling (ブルブル also reads as "bull bull," as in a stock-market bull run)
Stocks?
79Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:42:40.20ID:q158rflS0
>>12
Guess I'd better go pray at Dazaifu Tenmangu then (the shrine is famous for its bull/ox statues, playing on the "bull" joke)
25Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:22:27.60ID:7lOHu0/E0
Me, channeling the boss: "Shut up! We can't afford a wage hike!" (word play: "bear" sounds like ベア, Japanese shorthand for a "base-up" pay raise)
31Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:23:37.56ID:wsBZazNT0
If it's just an Asian black bear a foreigner should be able to win, don't be such a wimp
32Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:24:03.32ID:P1p6SHxb0
I've been to that observation deck before
yeah, bears would definitely show up there
34Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:25:13.19ID:ows6HGU50
I'm not saying I want to see a bear!
35Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:25:32.08ID:HQVrBgW60
If it's an American victim, Trump's gonna be like "Remember Towada!" and declare war on the bear, fuming
43Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:29:35.00ID:HSwVkpS80
Japanese guy: "Is it 1360? 1580?"
Foreigner: "119" (the actual emergency number)
51Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:32:37.24ID:0H+xGy430
(bear-face emoticon)(bear-face emoticon)
Thought it said "pair pair" for a second
52Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:33:12.99ID:+O52SVhZ0
City office: "We will install warning signs, with a real sense of urgency"
53Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:33:25.10ID:KEEyHbAK0
Let's just wipe out the bears already
I'm too scared to go on trips now
58Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:34:44.54ID:y4toOmC20
Bear bear, kuma, beaaar (still riffing on ベア, the "base-up" pay-raise pun)
67Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:36:45.30ID:nO735mM30
>>58
Guess that one can never be broadcast again lol
59Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:34:57.91ID:Ml2YESgR0
A base-up pay raise?
It's not shunto (spring wage negotiation) season though?
62Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 20:35:38.82ID:bl3+MA7X0
Sorry, the thread title alone had me laughing
really sorry
wishing him a speedy recovery
163Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 22:55:43.48ID:6i3T0u6I0
Wonder which side the animal rights crowd will back — the bear or the injured foreigner
181Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 23:45:28.81ID:w9DV1cLF0
>>163
The bear, obviously
the bear didn't do anything wrong
it's just living the way nature intended
175Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 23:40:41.62ID:IBL0qpJQ0
Go Bears! (nod to "Ganbare! Bears," the Japanese title of The Bad News Bears)
185Anonymous2026/08/22(土) 23:48:32.10ID:+ESYvomj0
My bet is they won't take it seriously until a kid or a celebrity actually gets eaten
a dozen-odd old folks dying every year is about as "deadly" as tripping on a curb, statistically speaking
193Anonymous2026/08/23(日) 00:08:41.74ID:tB1KhjbB0
>>185
so what?
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “[Aomori] “Bear Bear!” Foreign man bitten and injured by bear near Lake Towada observation deck.”
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