Rambunctious kangaroo, dubbed Sheila, disrupts Alabama highway traffic on the run.
Wayward Wallaby Causes Whopping Traffic Jam in Alabama
It wasn't a typical Tuesday in Tuskegee, Alabama. A daring escapee named Sheila, a runaway kangaroo, decided to hop down Interstate 85, leaving motorists in a spin.
On the departed plains of Macon County, nestled between the bustling cities of Montgomery and Auburn, an unusual suspect was on the loose. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency disclosed that Sheila, a kangaroo, was taking a leisurely hop along the sides of the interstate.
The sight of a kangaroo roaming free in Alabama snarled traffic, prompting the staatstroopers to shut down both sides of the interstate to ensure safety, as Capt. Jeremy J. Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reported.
Sheriff Andre Brunson, Macon County's law enforcer, shared the captivating moment of the animal's capture via a Facebook live video. "Is that a kangaroo?" his grandmother exclaimed, and yes, it was; even hard-boiled sheriffs are known to doubt their eyes at times.
Armed with a tranquilizer dart, the animal's owner and troopers managed to capture the drugged marsupial. The animal was returned to its home, safe and sound, after the thrilling ordeal.
You might wonder how a kangaroo ended up on an Alabama stretch of highway. Well, it seems Sheila had taken a leap of faith after escaping her enclosure. Pat Starr, her owner, confirmed her identity and shared her return to well-deserved comfort and food.
"It's not every day you see a kangaroo hopping across a busy interstate," Austin Price, a bystander who captured the strange sight on video, said. "I had to double-check because I wasn't certain if I was seeing things."
Although incidents of runaway kangaroos causing traffic disruptions are extremely rare in Alabama, with no prior reports mentioned in recent history, they do make for a peculiar tale! Enjoy the journey of this Australian escape artist who temporarily turned an Alabama highway into a hopscotch game.
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*In a surprising detour from the norm, a kangaroo named Sheila, originating from Seattle, found herself in the heart of Alabama, causing quite a stir.* The unconventional traffic jam, caused by a kangaroo's leisurely hop down I-85, was not a typical events in Macon, generally associated with entertainment or general-news, but rather a testament to the general-news-worthy disharmony between man-made infrastructure and the wild.* Probably due to her homesickness or evolutionary instincts, Sheila managed to wrangle her way out of captivity, mirroring a scene one might expect from an Australian outback.* Despite the unusual nature of this event, it is unlikely that this incident will greatly alter the future of traffic operations in the area or change the perception of Alabama's wildlife, serving as a brief - yet memorable - foray into the extraordinary among the everyday.
