Granny Pulls a CuddleFail

Ever wonder what you get when a crazy cat lady moves from the suburbs into the Colorado Backwoods? You get a crazed granny that feeds the skunks, elk and bears. Eventually the bears stop asking nicely for the handouts.

From the DenverPost here:

Donna Munson liked to sit in front of her picture window and watch the bears amble toward her Ouray County log cabin for dinner.

The 74-year-old woman — who stocked her backyard with dog food, fruit and yogurt — was found dead outside her home Friday, being eaten by a bear.

It was still unknown Saturday whether a bear killed Munson or whether one or more animals consumed part of her body after her death. But people who knew her said she was an eccentric wildlife lover who had been feeding bears, elk, skunks and raccoons for years.

Munson, who rented half of her home in southwestern Colorado to several people over the years, told one of them that “when the time came, she wanted to go out with the bears.”

Awww. Wanted to go with the bears? Ain’t that sweet? Well this lady may have well been a suicide bomber, cause it seems like she is taking quite a few bears with her. From the same article, let’s count how many bears she has caused to die:

Two of the bruins were shot and killed by Ouray County sheriff’s deputies Friday while they investigated Munson’s death. Deputies said the animals were threatening and had no fear of people. Two other bears were captured and euthanized in July after a caretaker at Munson’s cabin complained they were too aggressive.

“These bears are now not going to be fed and they are going to go to other houses looking for food,” said Kate Singer, owner of Kate’s Place, a cafe in downtown Ridgway. “More bears are going to be killed because of what this woman did. It’s a bad situation, and people are not happy about it.”

And to wrap up this cuddlefail, let’s find out exactly what this insane old bat did for her to wind up having her guts eaten out by a bruin- Again, from the article:

The night before her death, Munson planned to feed an injured baby bear hard-boiled eggs and yogurt. And she had planned to swat a large bear that was bothering the baby bear with a broom.

To read a previous cuddlefail, click here.