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Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« on: September 23, 2010, 01:50:28 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_bear_attack_zucchini_1

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FRENCHTOWN, Mont. – Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon — a zucchini.

Missoula County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Maricelli says a 200-pound black bear attacked one of the woman's dogs just after midnight Wednesday on the back porch of her home about 15 miles west of Missoula.

When the woman, whom police did not name, tried to separate the animals, the bear bit her in the leg.

Maricelli says the woman reached for the nearest object at hand on the porch's railing — a large zucchini that she had harvested from her garden.

The woman flung the vegetable at the bear, striking it and forcing it to flee.

Maricelli says the woman did not need medical attention. Wildlife officials were tr
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2010, 02:39:51 PM »
Never bring a bear claw to a zucchini fight.
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 02:44:55 PM »
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Maricelli says the woman reached for the nearest object at hand on the porch's railing — a large zucchini that she had harvested from her garden.
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2010, 02:46:55 PM »
Great.......... now PeTA will have us fighting wild animals with veggies........ ::)
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2010, 02:48:38 PM »
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2010, 03:37:47 PM »
Just think of the damage she would've caused with a yellow squash!
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2010, 03:40:24 PM »
A spaghetti squash would be even MORE damaging.......
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2010, 05:07:13 PM »
If pumpkins are banned, only criminals will have pumpkins.
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2010, 05:13:16 PM »
That must have been a huge one to be able to do that
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2010, 05:19:52 PM »
Next time, bring a cat.
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2010, 05:39:30 PM »
This is the funniest *******ed thread all week.  :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Re: Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2010, 06:49:07 PM »
It was sure a pick me up today
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