Attack of the Ninja Kangaroo
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Written by Rio Denali - Garran, Australia
- Imagine lying in your bed beside your spouse when the most unthinkable happens: a home invasion.
- At 2:00 am a suburban Australian couple were awoken to a night they would never forget. Their bedroom window was smashed as an intruder came barreling through. A dark figure landed on their bed and began trampling them with such force that one side collapsed under the weight.
Beat was initially relieved to discover it was "only" a kangaroo, but that relief was short-lived.
The kangaroo had apparently been in the couple's backyard, which butts up to a wildlife preserve, and gotten scared by the family dog's bark. It jumped into black space, trying to escape - however that black space 5 feet off the ground was the couple's bedroom window.
The kangaroo jumped on the bed and nightstand, gouging the headboard and wall, and smearing blood everywhere before seeing the open bedroom door as an escape, and headed down the hall. The instantaneous relief Beat felt to see the kangaroo go -- quickly turned to horror has he heard his terrified son screaming down the hall: "There's a 'roo in my room!"
“That was enough for me,” Ettlin said, “I thought I have to do something about it. There is no way I can let him jump in there and hurt my son."
A kangaroo attack is no laughing matter. Kangaroos can be deadly. While human attack is rare, a kangaroo can easily kill a human with their powerful hind legs or even disembowel them with razor-sharp claws. Any Australian will know, a man should never take on a kangaroo.Good thing Beat wasn't from Australia. He's a Swiss-born chef, who could think of nothing but the screams of his 10-year old boy. So, the 5 foot 9 inch father, clad only in his underwear, ran down the hall and jumped on the back of the 6 foot mad marsupial.
Beat wrestled the animal to the floor. After putting Roo in a choke hold, Beat kept it low to the ground and pulled it toward the front door. "He knew that kangaroos carry their strength on their hind legs," Beman said.
“I had to push with my full body weight and I got him as low as I could. It was quite aggressive and tried to escape of course. I could feel how powerful it was," said Beat.
Ettlin was able to open the front door with one hand and push the animal outside. It was then the kangaroo bolted away and vanished into the bushes.
So, what do you do if a kangaroo goes after your kid in his bed? If you're Beat Ettlin, you wrestle the marsupial into a headlock, drag it down your hallway and toss it out your front door. You save your kid and you do it in your underpants.
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