‘Is that a kangaroo?': Runaway Sheila causes chaos on US highway
Tuskegee, Alabama: A runaway kangaroo named Sheila shut down a stretch of highway before state troopers and the animal's owner captured her.
The state law enforcement agency said the kangaroo was spotted on Tuesday, Alabama time, hopping along the side of Interstate 85 in Macon County, which is between Montgomery and Auburn.
The sight snarled traffic, and state troopers shut down both sides of the highway for the safety of motorists.
The animal's owner and troopers were able to capture it, Captain Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.
'When somebody said there was a kangaroo, of course I didn't believe it, and nobody believed it. But I'm looking at him,' Macon County Sheriff Andre Brunson said in a Facebook video as the animal was captured.
The owner used a dart to tranquillise the animal.
Brunson's video showed the drugged kangaroo being carried to a vehicle to be returned to its home. The animal was captured on the side of the highway between Tuskegee and Auburn, the sheriff said.
'We see a little bit of everything here,' the sheriff said.
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