Residents of a small Florida town were told to keep an eye out for the rarest of lost animals: kangaroos.
“Just when you think you've seen it all, the town of Pearson bursts into life tonight,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote in an Oct. 17 post to X.
Ms Chitwood shared a screenshot of the kangaroo hopping along the road on her Facebook page, Pearson Community Page. Pearson is located in Volusia County, Florida, north of Orlando.
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Mr Chitwood followed up the post by saying the kangaroo “reportedly escaped after a bear entered its enclosure” and has not yet been recovered.
“We have been in contact with the owner and are monitoring closely,” Chitwood wrote.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Volusia County Sheriff's Office were called in to respond after a kangaroo was seen jumping around Pearson, Florida. (FOX 35 Orlando)
A woman who lives in Pearson told Fox 35 Orlando that she was “stunned” to see the Australian marsupial jumping around.
“So we live in the forest. We see bears and deer, but we don't see kangaroos. We're supposed to be in a zoo,” the woman told Fox 35.
“I mean, it's kind of cool that there's someone here who owns exotic animals, right?” she added.
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Kangaroos are legal to keep as personal pets in Florida with the proper permits, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's website.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office for an update on the kangaroo's welfare.
The kangaroo was spotted in the small town of Pearson, Florida. (Google Maps)
Anyone who spots a kangaroo should call the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission's Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (888-404-3922) or text the keyword “FWC” and location details to 847411 ( Please send a text message to Tip411).
This isn't the first time a ferocious pet kangaroo has made headlines in recent months.
In May, police officers in the town of Lufkin, Texas, responded to a perplexing call about two kangaroos on the loose.
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In the call, which was shared on Facebook, a man can be heard saying, “Ma'am, I don't know who to call,” and that he cannot find an animal control number that is currently open.
Kangaroos are kept as pets in many states in the United States. (St. Petersburg)
“I'm here on Fuller Springs Drive…and a kangaroo comes from the road and runs across here,” he said.
Confused, the dispatcher asked the man if the kangaroo “appeared to be there.”
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The man added that his wife initially said, I thought a kangaroo was a dogI can hear laughter during the call.
The Texas kangaroo was eventually captured and safely returned to its enclosure.
In July, a German kangaroo was safely captured after being on the run for six months.
