Raging 7ft-tall kangaroo puts farmer in a headlock during vicious attack after knocking him off his motorbike
A raging 7ft (2.1-metre) kangaroo put a farmer in a headlock after dragging him off his motorbike.
Brian O’Donnell, from St Arnaud in country Victoria, was riding his Honda across his farmland to check on a cow that was due to give birth when he noticed the massive marsupial stalking him.
Instead of hopping away – as most kangaroos would – the creature ‘started growling and jumping up and down’, Mr O’Donnell, 74, told the ABC.
Brian O’Donnell, from St Arnaud in country Victoria, was riding his Honda across his farmland to check on a cow that was due to give birth when he noticed the massive marsupial stalking him
![The kangaroo left Mr O'Donnell with nasty scratches on his neck and back](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/05/16/76211341-12598547-image-m-3_1696519706032.jpg)
The kangaroo left Mr O’Donnell with nasty scratches on his neck and back
‘Next thing I know he was on top of me.’
The farmer said the kangaroo put him in a headlock and tore at his clothing, leaving with him gashes on his neck and back.
‘He had his top paws right around my back. We were almost headbutting each other,’ he said.
‘I just kept punching him until he let me go and [the kangaroo] jumped away, about 15 metres.’
Mr O’Donnell scrambled back onto his motorbike as the kangaroo charged again, with the farmer narrowly making an escape.
![Kangaroos do not normally attack and it is possible the roo in question mistook Mr O'Donnell's actions as a threat (file picture)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/05/16/76211415-12598547-image-a-13_1696519836834.jpg)
Kangaroos do not normally attack and it is possible the roo in question mistook Mr O’Donnell’s actions as a threat (file picture)
His wife, Sue, was enjoying a glass of wine when Mr O’Donnell returned covered in cuts and bruises.
She took him to a local medical centre for stitches and to be treated with antibiotics.
Kangaroos do not normally attack and it is possible the roo in question mistook Mr O’Donnell’s actions as a threat.
The cow the farmer was checking on is still yet to give birth.
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