Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Myth dispelled as kangaroo spotted in Austria

A Viennese man was surprised to stumble upon a kangaroo during a break in Upper Austria’s Mühlviertel region - dispelling the myth that “there are no kangaroos in Austria”.



At first Martin Helmstedt thought he was being pranked by local youths but realised the kangaroo was real and very much alive after he almost tripped over it whilst walking in a field of corn in St. Oswald bei Haslach.



The kangaroo hopped off and then sat looking at him from a distance of around ten metres, he said, adding that it seemed very tame.



A team from Radio Upper Austria then made enquiries with the local police and fire departments but nobody had reported a runaway kangaroo and no marsupials are missing from the local zoo.

2 comments:

Barbwire said...

Maybe the kangaroo is dyslexic, and couldn't tell Austria from Australia.

Tapejara said...

I wouldn't want to pour cold water on the ironic narrative (aside: yes, i would) but it looks more like a wallaby, to me :-D