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Mont. woman fends off bear attack with zucchini
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| Thu Sep 23, 11:19 am ET
| Staff
Posted on 09/23/2010 11:42:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
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 trying to locate the bear on Thursday.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: banglist; bear; montana; napl; zucchini
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To: Red Badger
Those Montana zuchinnis ain’t nothing like your wimpy east coast zuchinnis.
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:00:44 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
Well, they are not Saturday Night Special Zucchinis, either.............
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:02:04 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: IrishCatholic
Lima beans naturally produce the deadly poison cyanide.
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:03:02 PM PDT
by
donna
(Synonyms: Feminism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Islam-ism)
To: Red Badger
I wonder what kind of bear load a zucchini takes.
To: AU72
Being from Chicago I can guarantee you that the best was to keep bears away is just stay in the end zone.
45
posted on
09/23/2010 12:03:38 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Red Badger
It said she did not need medical attention but if it had been me I would have gotten it anyway. A bear bite needs to be cleaned well or she will get a massive infection.
46
posted on
09/23/2010 12:04:08 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: JustaDumbBlonde
Hey how was the hunting trip? If you were growing zukes you will need to use your four wheeler to drag them out of the garden after three weeks!
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:04:11 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red Badger
They can have my zucchini when they pry my dead hand off it.
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:04:13 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: Red Badger
Wildlife officials were trying to locate the bear on Thursday Why? To get its side of the story?
49
posted on
09/23/2010 12:04:24 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(GOP. Gutless Old Politicians :^))>>>)
To: I cannot think of a name
3:48 for another Pythonite to pick up on the reference. Make that respond to the reference. Most of us picked up on it immediately.
50
posted on
09/23/2010 12:04:35 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Fast Moving Angel
Depends on the caliber of the zucchini, I suppose..............
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:04:52 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: Red Badger
When I lived in Fla, many moons ago, there was a circus family that lived down the road. The name was......
...The Flying Zucchinis . I'm not kidding.
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:05:32 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
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To: donna
That’s not the only deadly gas they produce................
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:05:31 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: Red Badger
Two, of course. It was a camel, see?
54
posted on
09/23/2010 12:05:33 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
To: a fool in paradise
Some prefer throwing a potato - to avoid being mashed
(personally I prefer an ear of corn...wouldn’t want to get creamed)
To: Ditter
It said she did not need medical attention but if it had been me I would have gotten it anyway. A bear bite needs to be cleaned well or she will get a massive infection. Bear bites can be nasti.
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:06:05 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Red Badger
See? Even bears don’t like vegetables!
To: Red Badger
.........................When the woman, whom police did not name, tried to separate the animals, the bear bit her in the leg. .................Maricelli says the woman did not need medical attention. Wildlife officials were trying to locate the bear on Thursday. I would think that she would need some sort of meical attention.
To: Irish Eyes
Just rub some dirt on it. Those Montana women are tough!................
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:08:00 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/23/2010 12:09:03 PM PDT
by
Califreak
(A man is defined by the nature of his enemies-Preach it Rush!)
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