Cyclist films 'terrifying' encounter with 'kangaroo apocalypse'

Cyclist films 'terrifying' encounter with 'zombie kangaroos'
Cyclist films 'terrifying' encounter with 'zombie kangaroos'




A cyclist has filmed the moment he rode through a park in Melbourne - and was confronted by a rather scary sight of a huge group of silent kangaroos staring right at him.

Ben Vezina caught the footage on camera at Hawkstowe Park on Sunday.

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He uploaded the video to YouTube, and says: "Alright, so this has been a really unnerving experience.

"I feel like it's... [turns to see a huge group of kangaroos] Oh my god... instead of zombie apocalypse it's a f****** kangaroo.

I mean look at them just standing there, should I be going down here?

"I'm kind of terrified. I've got to be honest I'm a little terrified.

The tongue in cheek video caption reads: "We uploaded this cool video showing the safety of cyclist Ben who is safe and unharmed. Kangaroos are nice animals who don't gather like hordes and attack people, they coexist with people and never attack them. This video is proof. More cyclists and pedestrians should come alone to Hawkstowe Park.

"We promise Ben is safe and we kangaroos don't know how to type, even if there is lots of blood on the phone."

Lorraine Jolly, Australian bush manager at Melbourne Zoo, said Ben was "completely safe" and that the eastern grey kangaroos were just quite used to people.

Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, she said: "If people were a rare sight, the kangaroos would move away earlier when they saw someone approaching.

"However, note that all roos did move off once they felt the cyclist did get too close.

According to Wikipedia, the eastern grey kangaroo is a marsupial found in southern and eastern Australia, with a population of several million. It is also known as the great grey kangaroo and the Forester kangaroo.

The eastern grey kangaroo is the second largest and heaviest living marsupial and native land mammal in Australia - an adult male will commonly weigh around 50 to 66 kg (110 to 146lb).



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