- A Texas woman driving home spotted a kangaroo jump across the highway
- Mother-of-two Cindy Kaut White, 51, thought she was seeing things
- The local police department received several calls about the animal
- It took several hours for it to be captured but the owner eventually caught it
A woman from Texas thought she was seeing things when a kangaroo ended up jumping across the road she was driving along.
Cindy Kaut White, 51, got quite the surprise after the marsupial ended up bouncing across Highway 69 in the town of Lumberton on Sunday morning.
‘I knew I wasn’t drinking cause I just came from church,’ Cindy told DailyMail.com. ‘I was driving home when this kangaroo ran out in front of me, or hopped!’
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A Texas woman who was driving home from church ended up seeing a kangaroo jump across the highway
A number of people in the town of Lumberton, Texas saw the kangaroo and took pictures
The police were called but it took several hours before they came out to capture the animal
She was driving her truck with her 19-year-old son Triston who knew immediately what they had both just seen.
Cindy wasn’t the only person who spotted the unusual animal.
Lumberton Police Chief Danny Sullins said the department got calls from several people who had seen it hopping down the highway with many posting videos online.
Cindy waited at the side the road keeping track of the animal until help arrived.
Her main worry was that the animal could run back onto the highway and be injured, so she tried to keep it off the road.
The marsupial was seen hopping around people’s homes and back yards
Cindy says the main worry was that the animal would run back out onto the busy highway
‘We kept going up and down the street beside we were afraid she would get back on the main highway,’ she explained. ‘They should rename that street kangaroo run!’ Cindy joked.
Police ended up chasing after the animal for more than an hour before its owner realized what was going on and that his beloved pet had escaped.
He was able to tranquilize the kangaroo and bring it back home.
The animal usually lives in a special enclosure at a home in Lumberton but was somehow able to jump over the fence, which now clearly needs to be made higher.
Harding County Deputies and Lumberton Police were chasing after the animal for over an hour before the owner was able to tranquilize the kangaroo and bring it home safely