Enraged 7-foot-tall kangaroo puts farmer in a headlock in brutal attack after knocking him off his bike
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An angry 2.1 meter kangaroo put a farmer in a headlock after dragging him from his motorbike.
Brian O’Donnell, from St Arnaud in country Victoria, was driving his Honda across his farmland to check on a cow about to give birth when he noticed the huge marsupial chasing him.
Instead of jumping away — as most kangaroos would do — “the creature started growling and jumping up and down,” 74-year-old O’Donnell told the ABC.
Brian O’Donnell, from St Arnaud in country Victoria, was driving his Honda across his farmland to check on a cow about to give birth when he noticed the huge marsupial chasing him.
The kangaroo left Mr O’Donnell with nasty scratches on his neck and back
“Before I knew it, he was on top of me.”
The farmer said the kangaroo put him in a headlock and tore at his clothing, leaving cuts on his neck and back.
‘He had his upper legs right around my back. We almost headbutted each other,” he said.
“I just kept hitting him until he let me go and (the kangaroo) jumped away, about 50 feet.”
Mr O’Donnell clambered back onto his motorbike as the kangaroo attacked again, with the farmer narrowly escaping.
Kangaroos do not normally attack and it is possible that the chamber in question may have viewed Mr O’Donnell’s actions as a threat (file photo)
His wife, Sue, was enjoying a glass of wine when Mr O’Donnell returned covered in cuts and bruises.
She took him to a local medical center for stitches and antibiotic treatment.
Kangaroos do not normally attack and it is possible that the chamber in question may have viewed Mr O’Donnell’s actions as a threat.
The cow that the farmer checked has yet to give birth.