Montana woman wields zucchini against marauding bear

This is too funny not to post on a Friday. When this story aired on Yellowstone Public Radio this morning it made coffee come out my nose.

From the Missoulian:

"A woman in the Huson area warded off a charging black bear with a garden fresh zucchini early Thursday after the 200-pound bruin attacked her dog and swiped at the woman's leg.

The woman reported the bear had its head and one paw through the threshold of her back door when she threw the squash at it. She threw the vegetable at the bear's head and the animal retreated, running back up the the hill and into the darkness.

The bear had not been located as of Thursday afternoon, though wildlife officials were setting a trap in an attempt to catch the animal..."

A zucchini is, of course, not a vegetable at all, but a fruit.