Freepers have bested bears in the past, as in the case of freeper Kanawa, who was forced to stab a stalking bear to death to save his loyal pooch, caught in the jaws of the beast.
The Free Republic posting telling the story from 2006 is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1670661/posts
Black bear in New Brunswick are very numerous this year, it seems.
Kanawa