Bear keeps returning to raid the same house in Japan

A 70-year-old man made an emergency call on July 11, reporting that a bear had entered the sunken floor area of his house in the town of Shizukuishi, Iwate prefecture.



The bear fled, and neither the man nor his family were injured. A window next to the entrance was broken.



According to the Iwate prefectural police, the bear was likely an adult and is believed to have broken the window to enter. This marks the fourth time a bear has entered this residence in seven days.



The authorities believe it may be the same bear.



The bear ate cat food and pickled turnips on two separate occasions on June 5.



It then returned to eat snacks in the man’s kitchen on July 10.



The prefectural government and the town have installed an electric fence around the house as well as set up a box trap in an attempt to capture the bear.