The Sankebetsu brown bear incident (三毛別羆事件, Sankebetsu Higuma jiken?), also referred to as the Rokusensawa bear attack (六線沢熊害事件, Rokusensawa yūgai jiken?) or the Tomamae brown bear incident (苫前羆事件, Tomamae Higuma jiken?) was the worst bear attack in Japanese history, killing seven settlers in Rokusensawa, Sankebetsu, Tomamae, Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan.
The incident took place between December 9 and 14, 1915 after a large brown bear woke up from hibernation and repeatedly attacked several houses in the area.
Read more about Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident: Prelude, December 9: Ōta Family, December 11, December 12, December 13, December 14, Aftermath, Record of The Case, Analysis of The Case, Memory of The Case, See Also, Reference Books
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