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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Three bears found at private residence..[ 1909 ]

Another 3 bears found in tree at private residence

The bears climb down the tree at the private residence in the Yamagata Prefectural town of Iide at 11:11 a.m. on Oct. 21 (Mainichi)

The bears climb down the tree at the private residence in the Yamagata Prefectural town of Iide at 11:11 a.m. on Oct. 21 (Mainichi)

(Mainichi Japan) October 21, 2010

YAMAGATA -- Three bears that were found in a tree at a private residence in the Yamagata Prefectural town of Iide have fled into a grove, police said.

Shortly after 6 a.m. on Oct. 21, a local resident spotted the three bears -- believed to be a parent and cubs -- in a 20-meter-tall cedar tree in his yard, which is located some 50 meters north of Iide Municipal Second Elementary School. The school instructed its 87 students to stay inside their houses, while the municipal office recommended that a total of eight households in the area evacuate.

"My dog started barking violently at around 6.a.m., so I looked in the yard. I then heard a crunching noise from the cedar tree and noticed the bears. I had never seen bears so close; it was terrifying," said the owner of the residence.

The cubs -- about 70 to 80 centimeters long -- were found some 15 meters up the tree, while the adult bear -- about 1.2 meters long -- was at some 7 to 8 meters below them.

Police and town workers tried capturing the animals using tranquilizer darts while poking branches with a 3-meter-long pole from a crane. The three bears climbed down the tree at around 11:10 a.m. and fled into the nearby woods when police used water cannons on them.

"The bears could enter the school premises, it's dangerous," said a senior school official.

In a similar incident on Oct. 18, three bears were found in a tree at a residence in Fukushima Prefecture.

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(Mainichi Japan) October 21, 2010

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