Fujiwara Yoyoshi, 71, vanished from his Nishine home in Japan on Wednesday after foraging for mushrooms. Police would later find his decapitated body in the forest riddled with scratch marks View 2 Images Police believe the man was ambushed by a bear (Image: Getty Images)

A bear ripped off a man's head and left his body with horror "scratch marks" after ambushing him in a forest, police said. ‌

Fujiwara Yoyoshi, 71, vanished on Wednesday (October 8) from his home in Nishine, Japan, after leaving home to forage for mushrooms in Iwate prefecture. ‌

He was later found with his head torn off and his torso separated from his body, with police concluding he was attacked by a bear. An officer said the man had "scratch marks" on his body, leading investigators to believe he

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