“I just saw a kangaroo hop past my window.”
Call to Platte City, Missouri Police
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Photo by Fayes4Art |
Residents of Platte City, Missouri (population 4,947) glancing out their windows on Thanksgiving had to rub their eyes and look twice to figure out if what they were seeing was real, or a really elaborate hoax. A wallaby, which looks like a kangaroo and is more at home in the Australian Outback than in a Missouri backyard, was spotted hopping through their neighborhood. Police were called, and they cornered the wallaby on the grounds of a nearby nursing home. The mystery was solved when a local family came forward to claim their pet wallaby, named Noah. They were hoping to take Noah home, but he’s behind bars—at the Kansas City Zoo—while officials determine whether he’s an “exotic animal.” If he is, under Missouri law, Noah won’t be hopping home.
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