4 climbers rescued by helicopter after encountering bear in northern Japan

Four climbers were rescued by helicopter from a mountain in Hokkaido, northern Japan, after being stranded for about three and a half hours due to an encounter with a brown bear, police said Sunday.On Saturday at 2:30 p.m., a man in his 60s saw a bear around 50 meters ahead on the trail while climbing down a 2,141-meter mountain. According to the police, the bear was about 1.5 meters long.Three other climbers caught up with the man, and at around 4:50 p.m., one of them made an emergency call to report that they were unable to continue after seeing the bear. No one was injured.The latest inc…READ FULL ARTICLE