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STIR IN EAST ALABAMA. YEAH. NOW POLICE OFFICERS HAD TO SHUT DOWN INTERSTATE 85 EAST OF MONTGOMERY AFTER A CRASH BECAUSE A KANGAROO DECIDED TO MAKE A JUMP FOR IT. YEAH. FIRST WARNING, METEOROLOGIST JORDAN WEST IS JOINING US NOW. JORDAN, THIS SEEMS UNUSUAL, BUT SHOCKINGLY, IT’S ACTUALLY NOT THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE STATE. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THIS PARTICULAR KANGAROO HAPPENED TO BE MOVING ALONG I-85, HOPPING AROUND. AND WHERE IT IS THE KANGAROOS NAME IS SHEILA. SHE EVENTUALLY MADE IT OFF INTO THE THE GRASSLAND AREA. BUT I MEAN, SHE SHUT DOWN TRAFFIC FOR BOTH LANES ON I-85. SO THIS WAS A SERIOUS EVENT. BUT EVENTUALLY THE MACON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, THEY DID FIND HER AND THE OWNER, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY TRANQUILIZED HER BEFORE PICKING HER UP AND THEN CARRY HER DOWN THE FIELD AND EVENTUALLY PUTTING HER IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. SO SHE IS FINE. AS OF THIS POINT. BUT ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN MACON COUNTY, RIGHT THERE ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR BETWEEN TUSKEGEE AND AUBURN. AND THE BIG QUESTION IS, ARE THEY EVEN KANGAROOS, EVEN NATIVE TO ALABAMA OR THE UNITED STATES? AND THAT’S SIMPLY NOT THE CASE. IN FACT, THEY’RE NATIVE TO A COUNTRY 10,000 MILES AWAY. IT’S ALSO A CONTINENT. AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA. SO KANGAROOS IN ALABAMA MAY NOT BE A NORMAL SIGHT, BUT WE HAVE SEEN THEM QUITE SOME TIME IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT WE DID ASK THE OWNER OF SHEILA TO SEE IF SHE’S DOING OKAY. EVERY ANIMAL HERE HAS A PERSONALITY, AND SO I WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL THAT YESTERDAY TURNED OUT AS WELL AS IT WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING SHEILA THE KANGAROO BACK HOME. AND WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY INJURIES, AND WE’VE CHECKED ON HER ALREADY THIS MORNING, AND SHE’S COMPLETELY FINE. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY AREN’T NATIVE TO ALABAMA, THIS ISN’T THE FIRST KANGAROO SIGHTING IN 2021. A KANGAROO NAMED JACK WAS ON THE RUN FOR A FEW DAYS IN WINFIELD. HE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TO ITS NEW HOME IN TENNESSEE WHEN HE GOT LOOSE. HE WAS THEN EVENTUALLY CAUGHT ON THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 63 AND COUNTY ROAD 129. MICHAELA MICHELLE MYA CALEB MITCHELL SENT IN THIS VIDEO SAYING NO WORRIES, JACK HAS BEEN CAPTURED. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE LASSOED IT, WHILE ALSO TACKLING THE BEAST. THIS ALL WENT DOWN IN WINFIELD, BY THE WAY. AND THEN LASTLY, ANOTHER KANGAROO WAS SPOTTED IN BESSEMER LAST YEAR, HOPPING AROUND BIRSTALL NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS MAN WAS SEEN SHOT TAKING A VIDEO SAYING THAT HE LOOKED UP AND SAW IT STANDING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND STARTED RECORDING. THE KANGAROO WAS EVENTUALLY REUNITED WITH ITS OWNER. IF YOU HAPPEN TO ENCOUNTER ANY KANGAROOS IN ALABAMA, AVOID CONTACT