The Beast That Devoured an Entire Japanese Village

A demon stalked a small town in Japan for 6 days, killing 7 people and wounding others in what has become Japan's worst animal attack in history. Today we bring you the story of the demon bear of Japan.

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[diversejoe]

I need a part 2 on this, the story is just too compelling. Infographics is just S tier at storytelling I love it. The way this story abruptly ended was so interesting it makes you wanna see the ending fr, love this.

[Stoneface-SD]

Now make videos on:-
1. Tsavo Man eating lions
2. Panar leopard
3. Leopard of Rudraprayag
4. Two-toed Tom
5. Mfuwe Man eating lion
6. Chiengi Charlie
7. Beast of Gevaudan
8. Ramree Island Massacre


It's not an order (who am I to order you), but just a request. Please create a series of man eating animals too as you have done on serial killers. There were numerous man eaters in the history but you did only 3 of

[gothambillionaire]

The Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident… this is an interesting attack to say the least!

[itsme_yaboy]

My god this would make a great horror movie. Because when I hear “demon bear” I think of the bear from “Annihilation”. I would watch this in the dark

[patrioticspartan]

This story is beyond belief. Ive seen big brown bears in alaska i couldnt imagine one attacking my loved ones. They are amazing creature but can be very deadly.

[LoneTiger]

And some years later, Japan will have to deal with a giant radioactive lizard rampaging through the shores and cities.

[ChellBaker]

In Ainu culture, the bear god, Kim-un-kamuy, is a kamuy, or god, who is believed to take the form of a bear when he enters the human world. Kim-un-kamuy is also known as Metotush Kamuy and Nuparikor Kamuy, and literally translates to "god of the mountains". The Ainu people of Hokkaido have a great reverence for bears, especially the brown bear, and consider Kim-un-kamuy to be one of the mightiest beings in the spirit homeland of Kamuy Mosir.
The Ainu believe that after death, bears travel to Kamuy Mosir and give their meat and fur to the people. To honor this generosity, the Ainu perform a ceremony called iyomante to send the bear's spirit back to its mountain home safely. The ceremony also allows the other gods to enjoy the ritual sacrifice. Iyomante can include shooting the bear with ceremonial arrows, making offerings, dancing, pouring wine on the corpse, and reciting words to send off the bear god. The festival can last for three days and three nights.
The Ainu also sometimes eat bear meat as part of iyomante. Some say that the Ainu hunt bears to maintain a reciprocal relationship with the kamuy, and that the bear ceremony is a symbolic representation of this relationship
A bear is particularly one of the gods of mountains (kimun-kamui), but he is head of the gods (sabane-kamui), and also he is the most careful god, who is called Chira-Mante-Kamui. But usually kamui, a god, means a bear.

[JasonNapier-vx]

Imagine being those poor terrified people 😢

[ebredenberg]

I love the way you tell these stories so much!

[BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, The Infographics Show..!! Amazing narration and animation as usual. The bear was 340 kg (750 lb), and 2.7 m (8.9 ft) tall..(?) That's a monster bear for sure. 🥶

[AnotherAverageAsian]

The way the story is told is like an episode of Demon Slayer.

[andrewtang]

More videos like this please! Great story telling of a horrific case

[Phil-D]

Modern weapons deal with "deamons" rather effectively. There was a similar lion story in Sub-Saharan Africa.

[Raccoon]

Fun fact bears are strong enough to survive headshots from calibers up to 7.62x54 or 308 just remember that next time you see one out in the wild

Source: call of duty zombies modded but every enemy is a grizzly bear

[burnedsmackdown]

My first vid I ever saw from you was about the Champawat Tigress, so seeing you do another infamous maneater animal is cool to see, hope you do more

[cloudtheavegner]

The mayor tried to pay Heikichi but he angrily turned it down. I'm guessing he didn't want to be paid for what he perceived to be his failure to protect the people and three women years earlier.

[LagunaL]

Scary how all our ancestors had to survive among those and much more ferocious old age beasts

[Whitehorseandryder]

so interresting, I never realised Japan had animals like this!

[jamesofficial]

Wow what a great story! I would love to hear more great stories like these!

[DLarus]

Reminds me of the robot bear from love death robots