"The crew noticed a man during a flight from the city of Kotzebue (Alaska) to Nome," the TV channel reports, citing a statement from the Coast Guard.
It is noted that near Nome, the crew saw an SOS sign on the roof of a dilapidated building and a man waving his arms.
The crew landed and assessed the condition of the man, who, as it turned out, had a leg injury and a bruised torso.
Subsequently, the man told the crew that he asked for help, as he suffered from a bear chasing him every night for several days.
According to him, once the animal even dragged him to the river.
It is clarified that this man had a pistol, but by the time he was rescued, the man had only two cartridges left.
In July last year, a video appeared on the Internet of an American freeing a bear swimming across a lake from a plastic container.