Bear found under heated table in Japan home is captured

A bear measuring about 90 centimeters from head to tail was tranquilized and captured Tuesday, a day after it was found under a traditional Japanese "kotatsu" blanketed table in a living room in northeastern Japan, local police said.The resident, a man in his 60s, discovered the animal with its head under the table when he returned to his home in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Monday evening. The man escaped unharmed to a neighboring house and the police restricted access to the area.The police used crackers to force the bear, which had initially refused to leave the home, out to a smal…READ FULL ARTICLE