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Home Clippings Finally, a use for those overgrown zucchini…

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Finally, a use for those overgrown zucchini…

September 25, 2010   •   

This story gave us a chuckle when we heard it on NPR yesterday morning…

A Montana woman fended off a bear trying to muscle its way into her home Thursday by pelting the animal with a large piece of zucchini from her garden.

Read the full story here at NPR.

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