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New details have emerged about the 26-year-old hiker in Japan who was attacked and dragged into a forest by a brown bear on Aug. 14

The man's GPS smart watch revealed where he was dragged by the animal and where he possibly died after the attack

At least 13 people have been killed, and more than 100 others have been injured, in bear attacks in Japan, per an October report from the country's Ministry of Environment

New details have emerged about the hiker who was attacked and killed by a brown bear in Japan in August — all due to his GPS smart watch.

The man — identified by NHK as 26-year-old Sota Keisuke — had been hiking on Mount Rausu in the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 14 when the animal attacked and dragged him into a forest.

A search party for Keisuke

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