While jogging the Crazy Canyon trail near Missoula, Montana, former U.S. ski team member Ani Haas got between a mama black bear and her cubs. Uh-oh. The bear charged and, rather than trying to foolishly out run the beast, she confronted the angry Mama bear and started punching it in the face. She told the story on "The Today Show" this morning and it's all kinds of badass. Check it out.

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