“It may seem odd, but the locals swear it’s true. People in a Japanese mountain region have reported a number of kangaroo sightings, and journalists are now trying to stalk the marsupials.
The descriptions given by the apparent eyewitnesses seem close enough. For years they have spoken of a beige animal with large ears, one to 1.5 metres (three to five feet) tall, that stands by the roadside and then hops away.
The sightings were all reported in the Mayama mountain district of Osaki city in Miyagi prefecture, a community of 441 households, located about 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of Tokyo.
The city has received about 30 reports of ‘kangaroo-like animals,’ including three cases since December, when the mountain area was often covered in snow, said local official Tetsuya Sasaki.”
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Which bright spark at the DFAT issued Skippy with a passport?
Or, maybe, it’s the more bizarre Chupacabra?
That would be more “Freaky Deaky”. (:
Wonderful! The world needs more incongruous kangaroos.
OMG! loren coleman wrote about this phenom in his book \”mysterious america\”. it happens more often than you would think. in fact, i believe i\’ve even seen one myself. hard to tell from a distance.
So rather than boxing, would Japanese kangaroos do kung-fu?
Pretty weird. Possibilities could be escapees, some form of kangaroo or wallaby native to Japan…or, of course, pissed Australian tourists dressing up to frighten the locals.
Escaped pets, I’d guess. We had a wallaby hit by a car in Kielder Forest just lately. That was an escapee from a legit outfit, people who have exotic pets without the right permits may well not report escapes.