鳥吉英伸 Dr. Hidenobu Toriyoshi, Ph.D, DVM
福岡大ワンダーフォーゲル部羆襲撃事件。 「お～熊がいるぜ。すげー、石投げてみようよ。」大学生が熊を刺激し5人中3人死亡。腹部をえぐった爪痕。逃げても逃げてもヒグマは追いかけて来た。３日間で６回襲撃の惨劇。 1970年7月、日高山系で福岡大学ワンダーフォーゲル部の学生3人がヒグマに襲われ死亡しました。この事件は以下のように展開しました。 7月25日、5人の学生はテントを設営中にヒグマが現れました。学生たちは食料をあさるヒグマからザックを取り返しましたが、その後もヒグマは何度か襲撃を繰り返しました。26日の朝、撤収中に再びヒグマが現れ、学生はヒグマとテントを引っ張り合いました。その後、2人が救援を求めて下山し、残った3人と合流しましたが、夕方に再びヒグマに襲われ1人が死亡。残った3人は岩場でビバークしました。 翌27日の朝、霧の中で再びヒグマが現れ、リーダーのA君が追われて死亡。他の2人は八の沢に逃れ、無事保護されました。孤独に夜を過ごしたC君は、27日の午後まで生存していたが、その後ヒグマに襲われました。 この事故は、ヒグマが一度手に入れた食料を取り返したことが原因で、ヒグマが攻撃的になったと分析されています。また、複数の人が固まって行動することが重要とされています。事故後、ヒグマは射殺されました。 この事故から学ぶべき教訓は、ヒグマに対する正しい対処法の重要性です。ヒグマに遭遇した場合は、落ち着いて後ずさりしながら遠ざかり、決して背を向けて逃げないことが基本です。また、ザックを取り返す行動は自殺行為であるため避けるべきです。 ヒグマに遭遇した際の対処が誤っていた点については以下の通りです。 ヒグマがあさった荷物を取り返したため、ヒグマに敵と見なされました。ヒグマは執着心が強く、一度手に入れたものを取り返すのは非常に危険です。 ヒグマに遭遇しても直ちに下山せず、物珍しさから登山を続けたことも問題でした。下山せずに留まったために危険を避ける機会を逃してしまいました。
Fukuoka University Wander Vogel Club Bear Attack Incident.
"Oh, there's a bear. Awesome, let's throw a rock at it." Provoked by the university students, the bear ended up killing three out of the five. It left claw marks that gouged their abdomens. No matter how much they ran, the bear kept chasing them. Over three days, there were six horrific attacks.
In July 1970, three students from the Fukuoka University Wander Vogel Club were killed by a brown bear in the Hidaka Mountains. The incident unfolded as follows:
On July 25, five students were setting up their tent when a brown bear appeared. The students retrieved their backpacks from the bear that was rummaging through their food, but the bear continued to attack them multiple times afterward. On the morning of the 26th, while they were packing up to leave, the bear appeared again, and the students struggled with the bear over the tent. Subsequently, two students went down the mountain to seek help, rejoining the remaining three later. However, in the evening, the bear attacked again, killing one student. The remaining three bivouacked on a rocky area.
On the morning of the 27th, the bear appeared again in the fog, and the leader, A, was chased and killed. The other two escaped to Hachinosawa and were safely rescued. C, who spent the night alone, survived until the afternoon of the 27th but was later attacked by the bear.
The incident was analyzed to have been caused by the students taking back food that the bear had once obtained, making the bear aggressive. Additionally, it was emphasized that it is important for multiple people to stick together. After the incident, the bear was shot and killed.
The lessons to be learned from this incident highlight the importance of proper bear encounter procedures. If you encounter a brown bear, it is essential to stay calm, back away slowly, and never turn your back and run. Also, trying to retrieve a backpack from a bear is suicidal and should be avoided.
The mistakes made in handling the bear encounter are as follows:
By retrieving the belongings that the bear rummaged through, the bear saw them as enemies. Brown bears are very tenacious, and it is extremely dangerous to try to take back something they have obtained.
Continuing the climb out of curiosity instead of descending immediately upon encountering the bear was also problematic. By not descending, they missed the opportunity to avoid danger.
Turning their back to the bear while fleeing stimulated the bear's chasing instinct. It is extremely dangerous to turn your back.
They had not reviewed proper bear encounter procedures beforehand. Being climbers from Kyushu, they were not familiar with brown bears, which prevented them from responding appropriately.
They misunderstood that the bear's actions would be limited by time or bad weather. They did not anticipate that the bear would be active even in thick fog, which led to their predicament.
This incident emphasized the importance of correct understanding and procedures for dealing with brown bears.