Kangaroo ‘tries to drown’ man in Australia Floodwater

A “really muscular” kangaroo “tried” to drown a man in Australia after the two had come in a punch.

It is said of Don James that he fought for his life while the marsupine held him in flood water that was on the side of the road near Port Macquarie – only escaped after the animal seemed to be lorving.

Kristy read, who saw the battle in her rear -view mirror, said to the BBC: “It is not every day that a large, male kangaroo decides to accept you … You don’t expect to see it even in Australia.”

She suspects that the “very worried” kangaroo in the area had been imprisoned after the floods of the record that hit New South Wales this week, making five people dead.

Mrs. Read was first warned about the presence of the Kangaroo when she drove down to check the water levels in the North Shore of Port Macquarie with her husband, at around 09:00 local time on Friday (23:00 GMT on Thursday).

Two men – of whom was later identified as Don James by Australian News Network ABC – warned them that there was a “really big” kangaroo, just around the next parked car.

And yes, there was the kangaroo – “as big as the car” was next to it.

The next thing that Madam read, the kangaroo was launched to her car, which she had delayed to a crawl in order not to scare the animal and started to attack.

But while he walked to her side of the car, the kangaroo seemed to recognize another target: Mr. James, who was still walking on the road.

The kangaroo gave pursuit.

“They literally came in a boxing match,” said Kristy. “I look in the rearview mirror and they throw bumps.”

Mr James then ran backwards before he stumbled and fell on the side of the road in a piece of flood water.

The following that Kristy knew, the “kangaroo held him”.

“The kangaroo tried to drown the man,” she said. “I realized what happened and my husband (who couldn’t see the fight from his chair) to get out of the car and help.”

But then the kangaroo seems to have been shocked – perhaps by the approaching car driven by Mr James’ friend – so that he can escape down to Mrs. Read, who has since tried to warn as many neighbors as possible.

“The kangaroo tried to drown me,” he said read, who could say she had seen it all.

“I just remember that I was under water and kicking and screaming and continuing,” Mr James later told ABC.

It was, he said, “there for a while pretty traumatic.”

Kangaroos is known to try to drown their enemies – although these are usually animals the size of dogs.

Kangaroo -Ecologist Graeme Coulson, from the University of Melbourne, revealed to ABC that his neighbor had lost two dogs in this way.

“There is a very strong instinct – Kangaroos goes to water if they are threatened by a predator,” he told the news network.

However, he said, the behavior is probably more about protecting itself than drowning their enemy.

That is unlikely that Mr James will make himself feel better about Friday morning’s void – especially because he read Mrs. reading that he had deterred a different attack only 12 months ago, that time by a big white shark.

“I feel they are trying to kill me, all these animals,” he said.

The BBC has tried to contact Mr James for comment.