The attacks - on 58 people since July 8 - are getting so bad Yamaguchi city hall hired a special unit to hunt the animals with tranquilizer guns.
The monkeys aren't interested in food, so traps haven't worked. They have targeted mostly children and the elderly.
When confronted by a monkey, the instructions are: Do not look them in the eye, make yourself look as big as possible, such as by spreading open your coat, then back away as quietly as possible without making sudden moves, according to Saito. The monkeys terrorizing the community are Japanese macaque, the kind often pictured peacefully bathing in hot springs.
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