Gun? She don't need no stinkin' gun!

[SwoopSJ]

Saturday September 25, 2010
 
FRENCHTOWN, Mont. — A Montana woman fended off a charging bear on her back porch early Thursday by using the first
weapon she could reach — a piece of zucchini.

The woman was stirred after midnight by a tussle in the backyard of her home near Frenchtown, Missoula County Sheriff's

Lt. Rich Maricelli said. She went to investigate and found a 200-pound black bear attacking one of her two dogs, a 12-year-old collie.

The woman stood at her back door and screamed to divert the bear's attention from the dog. She told police the bear then charged her.

"The bear growled and was very aggressive and tried to come inside of her back door," Maricelli said.

"She was able to stop the pursuing bear by improvising."

The bear took a swipe at her with its paw and tore her jeans. The woman jumped back and grasped the nearest object on her kitchen counter inside the doorway — a 12-inch-long zucchini she had harvested earlier from her garden.

She flung the zucchini at the bear from a distance she estimated to be 3 feet.

The vegetable bopped the bruin on the top of its head and the animal fled, Maricelli said.

State wildlife officials were searching for the bear on Thursday. Radio station KGVO in Missoula first reported on the attack.

The woman received only minor scratches that did not require medical attention, though she was going to get a tetanus shot on Thursday as a precaution, Maricelli said. Police did not release her name.




   The bear's name hasn't been released, either.  Police warn locals to be on the lookout for a bear with a pump knot and a very confused look on his face.   

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[fightingquaker13]

Vegan power! The bear probably thought he was goining to have to eat that crap, rather than well aged dog meat. I'd have run too. .Seriously, had she grabed a .454 cassul, the deputies would be looking no further than her porch, not wondering which neighbor will be hit next. Good for her, but sometimes carrying and using a weapon isn't just a right, its a responsibility. Your neighbors are depending on you.
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[PegLeg45]

The bear's name hasn't been released, either.  Police warn locals to be on the lookout for a bear with a pump knot and a very confused look on his face.   

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His name was Seymour Knotts.