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Escaped Kangaroo perplexes residents, police in Lufkin

Kangaroo got out of an open gate in neighborhood

LUFKIN, Texas – Lufkin police gave chase to an unlikely suspect last week: a kangaroo.

Police received a phone call from a resident who observed a Kangaroo hopping down a residential street.

A dashcam video from officers responding shows the Kangaroo jumping in front of a police car and down a nearby driveway.

You can watch the video in the player at the top of this story.

The caller’s wife jokingly mistook the animal for a dog in the road.

“Does it look like it might belong there?” a puzzled-sounding operator is heard asking.

Police said the Kangaroo got out of an open gate along Fuller Springs Drive in Lufkin. It was later safely returned to its owner.


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Mason Hickok is a digital journalist at KSAT. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a communication degree and a minor in film studies. He also spent two years working at The Paisano, the independent student newspaper at UTSA. Outside of the newsroom, he enjoys the outdoors, reading and watching movies.

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