No fairy tale ending as three bears holed up in Japanese factory are captured

Town officials and police officers rushed to the site, each wearing a helmet and carrying a shield, and kept watch

The bears were captured using cages and taken away on a pick-up truck (Kyodo News via AP)

Three bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured, according to town officials.

A patrolling town official spotted the bears, believed to be a parent and two cubs, as they walked into a tatami factory on Wednesday morning in Misato, a town in Akita prefecture, where there has been a growing number of bear attacks reported in or near residential areas.