A woman fended off a bear attack on her back porch today by using the first weapon she could reach – a courgette. The woman was stirred by midnight noises in her garden near Frenchtown, Montana. She went to investigate and found a 90kg (14st) black bear attacking her 12-year-old collie. She screamed to divert the bear's attention but it charged her. "The bear growled and was very aggressive and tried to come inside her back door," said Sheriff Lieutenant Rich Maricelli of Missoula County. "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 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Click to reveal.. <input type="button" class="form-button" value="Show me!" onclick="toggle_spoiler(this, 'Yikes, my eyes!', 'Show me!')" /></div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div style="display: none;">30cm long </div></div></div>courgette. She threw the courgette at the bear from a distance she estimated to be about a metre, The<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Click to reveal.. <input type="button" class="form-button" value="Show me!" onclick="toggle_spoiler(this, 'Yikes, my eyes!', 'Show me!')" /></div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div style="display: none;"> vegetable </div></div></div>hit the bear on the top of its head and the animal fled, Maricelli said.
State wildlife officials started a search for the bear.
The woman received only minor scratches that did not require medical attention. Police did not release her name.
The dog didn't appear to have any bite wounds, but was a bit shaky.
"I don't know if it tried to bite him, but it rolled him around a little," said Maricelli.
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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 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Click to reveal.. <input type="button" class="form-button" value="Show me!" onclick="toggle_spoiler(this, 'Yikes, my eyes!', 'Show me!')" /></div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div style="display: none;">30cm long </div></div></div>courgette. She threw the courgette at the bear from a distance she estimated to be about a metre, The<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Click to reveal.. <input type="button" class="form-button" value="Show me!" onclick="toggle_spoiler(this, 'Yikes, my eyes!', 'Show me!')" /></div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div style="display: none;"> vegetable </div></div></div>hit the bear on the top of its head and the animal fled, Maricelli said.
State wildlife officials started a search for the bear.
The woman received only minor scratches that did not require medical attention. Police did not release her name.
The dog didn't appear to have any bite wounds, but was a bit shaky.
"I don't know if it tried to bite him, but it rolled him around a little," said Maricelli.

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