12-year-old girl fights off bear in Hokkaido

She beat off a 1.5m brown bear? Brave girl!

Good news,bears and human interacting more in Hokkaido. Should be better,if they saw them, while awake.

Brave kid, well done.

the bear was probably only looking for a late night snack and a warm bed. camping in an area that is well known for its bear population is probably not that smart

pooh was in search of his honey.

I guess the bear had an "un-bearalbe" urge for some "bare necessities" for the night. I had to get that out.

schoolkids won`t be picking on this tough little nugget anytime soon.. good lass.

the family reported a stolen pic-a-nic basket a few hours later

She's lucky it ran away and didn't maul her.

Another one of these reports, I can't BEAR it anymore hahahaha!!!! Mabe she'll give one of those bare all reports for newspapers? I can bearly ... err barely wait!!

Nobody was hurt

Has anybody consulted the bear and how he or she feels about it?

Put her in the next K-1 round. Bet she could kick Akebono's butt, too!

So her new nickname is Kumahime? It is good to read some good news!

The bear has filed assault charges on the little girl claiming wreckless endangerment, trespassing in bear teritory and mental anguish. He was unavailable for comment at the recommendation of council. Sources close to the bear indicate that the bear is suffering from mental and emotional trauma over being beaten by a little girl and the potential negative impact upon his career as a forest preditor.

The bear might also care to sue for libel, as numerous reports indicate the innocent little fun-loving cutey never entered the tent, as reported above.

中標津署によると、ヒグマは外からテントを押し続けたが、長女の中学生（１２）が足蹴りなどで反撃。クマはそのまま退散したという。

ヒグマはテントを外から押し続け、中学生が内側からキックで応戦すると、ささやぶに逃げたという。

同町などによると、家族５人でキャンプに来た中学生は寝ぼけていて、テントを押すヒグマを妹（１０）のいたずらと勘違い。手で押し返していたが、あまりにしつこいのでキックしたという。そばにいた母（４０）の目には、テントのシートの向こうにヒグマの影が見えていたという。

Thought this was an English forum.

Thought this was an English forum.

It is. But sometimes it also helps to get the facts straight. Where I chose to highlight this is a bit frivilous, but such misreporting is all over the place.

That girl was lucky - that bear could well have taken off her head with one swipe of its massive paw. But she might very well kick Akebono's butt!

lucky girl, even brown bears can do some damage if they decide to maul someone.

Good thing it was a bear. If it was really the girl's 10 year old sister she would probably be in a hospital now.

That area has the highest concentration of bears in Japan.

Hikikomori08

I read the same thing, she didn't at the time see it or know it was a bear & just felt something pushing her through the ten, so hit it & then kicked it. Or could this a totally different story, it sounds like one. Or did someone feel like adding a little colour

I read the same thing, she didn't at the time see it or know it was a bear & just felt something pushing her through the ten, so hit it & then kicked it. Or could this a totally different story, it sounds like one. Or did someone feel like adding a little colour

It's the same story with most of the facts having been conveyed in a proper manner, but with some coloring and preservatives added just for fun. JT should wake up to the fact that some of its audience is not living in an English bubble, and try to report more accurately for those who do.

Well good for her, I mean most people you ask here will say that you should "play dead" if you see a bear. Bears hate noise, so its a good idea to be very noisy should you see one. It is really lucky that she wasn't killed since it came at here while she was asleep. There must have been candy or something in her tent. In any event, seems like all things ended up for the best for the family and, the bear.

thought the bear was outside the tent and she just kicked it back. don't remember reading or hearing it was inside?