A 69‑year-old man narrowly escaped death after a wild bear launched a terrifying attack on him as he tried to exit a public toilet near a train station in Japan.
In the early hours of Friday, a security guard—identified only by his age—was using a public restroom outside JR Numata Station in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. As he was about to leave, he spotted a bear peering inside. 'The bear was prying inside while I was exiting the toilet,' he later told police, according to reports. He fell backwards when the bear attacked, but managed to fight back, kicking the animal with his legs until it retreated.
