Residents of the island of Hokkaido are afraid of "ninja bears" that attack people and devour livestock. They say that a group of clubfooted people are addicted to human flesh and even keep bones. 
For several years, the eastern part of Hokkaido Prefecture was feared by a brown bear named Oso 18. The media nicknamed him the ninja after he successfully avoided all the traps set by the authorities to capture him. Over four years, the 2.2 m tall beast attacked 66 cows in the vicinity of the cities of Sibet and Akkeshi. 
A bear named Oso18
Last year, a hunter shot and killed Oso 18, ending the reign of terror. Before the residents could breathe a sigh of relief, similar attacks began to recur.
Due to the similarity of attacks and places of their commission, bears began to be called ninjas.
Last month, a giant brown bear broke into a cattle barn and ate all the cows.
Just three days later, in Gunma province, a bear entered a house in the middle of the night and mauled an elderly couple.
And in Akita Prefecture, a bear killed a 64-year-old man on a farm.
A local government official commented: "I myself have seen about 40 bears. They are everywhere. Even if you set off firecrackers near them, they will not run away."
Clubfoot eats mostly plant matter, but experts fear the wild beasts developed a taste for flesh when hunters began leaving the remains of skinned deer in the mountains.
Yasushi Fujimoto, head of the hunting organization, said: "The lack of professional hunters, such as government-funded park rangers in Alaska, is a problem when it comes to bear numbers. The mountains are turning into a restaurant for these animals because of the remains from hunts." .
Over the past 12 months, 219 Japanese people have suffered from the paws of bears, 6 of them died.
