[null and void]

She was just feeding the bear...

[BertWheeler]

The absolute last creature I would ever want to bump into in the woods is a baby bear. Baby bear means mama bear is nearby and mama bear just ain’t reasonable.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Bears are large, incredibly strong apex predators, humans are small, physically weak prey.(with a few noteworthy exceptions)

This woman forgot she was little more than a snack, but the bear did not.

That’s just about all you will ever need to know about the ages long history of bear/human relationships.

[AreaMan]

Munson told her brother Thursday night that the older bear was back and said, "I'm going to chase it off with a broom."

There's your problem right there.

Now, if she had said, "I'm going to chase it off with a flame-thrower," (or a 12-gauge w/hardened slugs) we wouldn't be planning her funeral.

[End Times Sentinel]

"I'm going to chase it off with a broom."

I currently own a Mossberg 500 for home defense, but I think I'll switch over to a broom. It's a real multi-tasker.

[MarineBrat]

Never bring a broom to a bear fight!

[justkate]

The manner of death was ruled to be accidental.

It should be noted that the bear disagrees with this ruling.

[dog breath]

It was gruesome but there are much worse ways to die in this world. She made her decision and the bear made one too.

[Grizzled Bear]

Never bring a broom to a bear fight.

[nina0113]

The manner of death was ruled to be accidental.

I think I'd have to vote for 'suicide'.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

...she really munsoned that one.

[Jeff Chandler]

“Hold my strawberry daiquiri.”

[snowsislander]

There's a good book called Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance that I think is well worth reading. (And let me a quick acknowledgement of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods where I learned of this book.)

[Question_Assumptions]

The problem with these people, all other things aside, is that they wind up getting the animals they are trying to help killed. In this case, the 250 pound bear sniffing her was probably the bear she tried to help so she not only got herself and the bear that killed her killed but also the bear that she was trying to help. But good intentions are all that matter to some poeple, even if they pave a road to Hell with them.