Brown Bear Attack that Killed 7 People In Japan Turned Into Roadside Attraction

I never realized Japan even had such large brown bears much less one that killed 7 people until I read this article:

The scene of one of Japan’s worst bear attacks has been turned into a rather unique — and horrifying — roadside attraction.

In 1915 (Taisho 4) a Japanese brown bear (higuma, or Ursus arctos lasiotus) attacked a small hamlet of Rokusensawa in Sankebetsu, which is now incorporated into the municipality of Tomamae, about 100 kilometers northwest of Sapporo, the largest city on the island of Hokkaido.

The bear killed seven people in what came to be known as the Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident. The township of Tomamae has attempted to capitalize on this gruesome part of its past by creating a “bear road” and a detailed reconstruction of the bear attack itself.  [Global Voices]

You can read the rest at the link, but this has got to be one of the deadliest bear attacks ever.