Woman fends off bear with zucchini

Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon - a zucchini.

Missoula County sheriff's lieutenant Rich Maricelli said a 90kg black bear attacked one of the woman's dogs just after midnight on Wednesday on the back porch of her home near Missoula.

When the woman tried to separate the animals, the bear bit her in the leg.

Lieutenant Maricelli said the woman reached for the nearest object at hand on the porch's railing - a large zucchini she had harvested from her garden.

The woman flung the vegetable at the bear, striking it and forcing it to flee.

Lieutenant Maricelli said the woman did not need medical attention.
 

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