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VIDEO: Escaped kangaroo back at home in Bessemer

VIDEO: Escaped kangaroo back at home in Bessemer
HAS BEEN CHARGED IN HIS DEATH. WELL, SOME BESSEMER RESIDENTS SAW SOMETHING VERY STRANGE LAST NIGHT. AN ANIMAL. BUT WHAT KIND? AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM? 米兰体育 13 LISA CRANE LIVE IN LOCAL AND BESSEMER TONIGHT. LISA DID YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MYSTERY? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. WE鈥橵E NARROWED IT DOWN ANYWAY, SO IT WAS EITHER A KANGAROO OR A. WALLABY. THAT鈥橲 KIND OF UP FOR DEBATE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WAS SEEN RIGHT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT YOU SEE RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE. THIS IS JUST OFF OF WELLINGTON STREET. TAKE A LOOK AT. THE FEW SECONDS OF VIDEO MILLER WAS ABLE TO SHOOT SUNDAY NIGHT. HE SAYS IF YOU HADN鈥橳 CAPTURED THESE IMAGES, HE MIGHT NOT BELIEVE IT HIMSELF. AT THAT POINT, THEY WERE STANDING RIGHT HERE AT THIS TREE, RIGHT HERE, JUST STANDING, JUST KIND OF LIKE A WHERE JUST TRYING TO, I GUESS. LOST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SHE FLIPPED THE LIGHTS AND THERE IT WAS, A KANGAROO. MILLER WAS IN THE CAR WITH HIS MOM NEAR HIS BESSEMER HOME WHEN HE SAW IT. AND HE WASN鈥橳 THE ONLY ONE. BESSEMER POLICE SAY SEVERAL PEOPLE CALLED TO REPORT IT. THE FIRST THING WE DO IS SEND AN OFFICER OUT THERE TO INVESTIGATE, TO MAKE SURE IT WASN鈥橳 A DOG OR OTHER ANIMAL. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID FIND OUT, IN FACT, THAT THERE WAS A KANGAROO THAT WAS ON THE LOOSE LAST NIGHT, OFFICERS SPOTTED THE MARSUPIAL, BUT DID NOT TRY TO CATCH IT. I DON鈥橳 KNOW IF THEY IF THEY COME TO FOOD OR TREATS OR IF THEY IF THEY HAVE A NAME. I HAVE NO IDEA. I SAW THE VIDEO AND THAT THING LOOKED LIKE IT COULD RUN WAY FASTER THAN ME, SO I DON鈥橳 KNOW HOW TO CATCH IT. MILLER SAYS HE DIDN鈥橳 TRY TO WRANGLE THE ANIMAL EITHER. HE STEERED CLEAR. OH, I DIDN鈥橳 GET CLOSE TO IT AT ALL. I KNOW NOT TO GET CLOSE TO THOSE. I AIN鈥橳 REALLY I AIN鈥橳 I AIN鈥橳 REALLY FEEL LIKE PUTTING ON MY FIGHTING, MY FIGHTING, MY BOXING GLOVES OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. NOW HERE鈥橲 THE GOOD NEWS. THE MISSING MARSUPIAL IS NOW BACK AT HOME. POLICE SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING, THOUGH, TO MAKE SURE IT IS LEGAL TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF SPECIES OF
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VIDEO: Escaped kangaroo back at home in Bessemer
A kangaroo spotted hopping along a street in a Bessemer neighborhood Sunday night, is back with its owner.Dee Miller happened to catch the critter on video in the Burstall neighborhood around 7 p.m. Bessemer police said they received calls about a kangaroo seen on the loose, but they did not have information about its owner.>> SHARE WITH US: Upload your photos and videos via uLocalMiller said he looked up and saw it standing in the middle of the road and did a double take to make sure of what he was seeing.Watch the full video below.That's he when he grabbed his phone and started recording because he knew no one would believe him without proof. Then it took off at a pretty fast pace.>> FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube By Monday morning, the animal was reported to be back with its owner.

A kangaroo spotted hopping along a street in a Bessemer neighborhood Sunday night, is back with its owner.

Dee Miller happened to catch the critter on video in the Burstall neighborhood around 7 p.m.

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Bessemer police said they received calls about a kangaroo seen on the loose, but they did not have information about its owner.

>> SHARE WITH US: Upload your photos and videos via uLocal

Miller said he looked up and saw it standing in the middle of the road and did a double take to make sure of what he was seeing.

Watch the full video below.

That's he when he grabbed his phone and started recording because he knew no one would believe him without proof. Then it took off at a pretty fast pace.

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By Monday morning, the animal was reported to be back with its owner.