A kangaroo met an unlikely death after it bounded into the surf and was mauled by a shark, according to eyewitnesses.
Daniel Hurst, who says he saw the incident while out walking his dogs, was accused of being drunk or on drugs after he told the story to friends.
But the emergence of a second witness and the discovery of mangled kangaroo remains appear to confirm his story.
Experts say kangaroos will take to the sea only if they are ill or in danger.
Mr Hurst said he was walking along Torquay beach when he saw the marsupial behind scrubland next to the dunes.
"It just headed down towards the water and in it went," he told News Reporters.
"There's a bit of a rip in that area so... the kangaroo could have been dragged out, but I could still see its head, and that's when the shark leapt out of the water on its side.
"The kangaroo disappeared after that. I stayed around for a while, just very interested, and hoping the shark jumped again, but it never eventuated."
The unlikely tale appears to have been backed up by local officials, who discovered a kangaroo carcass on the beach.
4 comments:
Thanks God it was not a child
That was last year sometime. Most people don't realise roos can actually swim.
It was, of course the Torquay in Victoria, Australia. Whilst we do have sharks in our Torbay (including many a two legged one) we don't have Roos, unless of course they escaped from Paignton Zoo.
Yes, I thought that was the case, not UK. I read the article in our paper too. - Dave
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