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[bobbys]

Saw this and thought I would post - Canberra has become a dangerous place to run in.....

Jogger knocked out by boxing kangaroo March 19, 2010 - 4:07PM

Even after years playing football, David Striegl had never got into a fight - until he was knocked out cold by a rogue kangaroo.

Mr Striegl, 25, was running up Canberra's Mount Ainslie during his lunchbreak on Thursday and did not think twice when he spotted one of the resident roos nearby.

The bushland reserve in the nation's capital is popular with joggers and cyclists, and assaults by the marsupials who share the mountain are rare.

Mr Striegl was knocked unconscious and remembers little about the attack.

"I turned around and before I knew it, it took a swipe at my face," he said.

A passing motorist roused the dazed and bloody victim and took him to hospital.

After x-rays and a tetanus shot he was able to go home with only a black eye to show for the encounter.

But he has now become something of legend at his corporate real estate office, where he returned to work the next day to discover he had a new nickname - "Skippy".

"I didn't want to wait til Monday to face the music," he said.

"The main thing they've been asking is whether I got one (punch) back on the roo.

"I can't even say that, because one punch and it put me to the floor.

"All my years of playing football and never a fight, and then I have a fight with a kangaroo."

So will Mr Striegl be running back to the area any time soon and risk a second round?

"Yeah, a few guys from work said they might come with me though," he laughed.

The attack comes a year after a crazed kangaroo crashed through a sleeping family's window at Garran, in Canberra's south, before going on a rampage through their home.

Beat Ettlin, his partner Verity Beman and their nine-year-old daughter Beatrix hid under blankets as the two-metre high animal jumped on top of them and gouged holes and their furniture.

Mr Ettlin eventually wrestled the thrashing animal and dragged it out of the house, saving his family from serious injury.

[Coogee1979M]

Bizarre.  

And other one from the 'strange but true' files ... runner wearing iPod hit by plane

Sorry Bellthorpe, couldn't help myself

Edited by Coogee1979M, 19 March 2010 - 03:22 PM.

[MargotS]

I thought this was a joke and had to google it!!!

And here am I, only terrified of swooping magpies

LOL

[mgi11a]

No mention of him wearing an ipod,

Surely you would hear a bloody kangaroo coming up behind you making that noise skippy used to make.

Runners in Canberra just can't take a trick can they

mgilla

[johnno]

Jogger Knocked Out By Boxing Kangaroo
Jogger Jumps Off Cliff To Flee Attacker
Jogger Mauled To Death By Wolves In Alaska
Jogger Dies Listening To Ipod

*yawn*

[MargotS]

Seems to be one constant there!!!

Anyone would think jogging is dangerous!

[sunny1]

MargotS, on Mar 19 2010, 04:14 PM, said:

Seems to be one constant there!!!

Anyone would think jogging is dangerous!

That's 'cause joggers actually get 'out' there.  

[wombatoutofhell]

Thank God I'm a runner-it's only Joggers who have problems!

[Waverider12]

wombatoutofhell, on Mar 19 2010, 06:53 PM, said:

Thank God I'm a runner-it's only Joggers who have problems!

[Easy Tiger]

I did some running in the Belanglo Forest over Xmas, stupidly i ran late in the afternoon. I was definitely under threat from a group of about a dozen very territorial Roos, i grabbed the biggest stick i could find, sprinted like a madman and hoped for the best.

Also, a few years back had a stand off with an angry roo on the golf course. I was hiding behind the tree waving my trusty 7 iron like Tiger Woods' wife, the club pro came past on his cart yelling and screaming to save the day. If he hadn't come along, i reckon one of us was going down.

[redbackrun]

alligator that killed a woman jogger - jogger killed by alligator

[chilliman]

[felisaffie]

isn't it funny how all these bad things seem to happen to joggers. Are they not running fast enough to avoid being knocked out by boxing kangaroos or knocked over by  planes.  (Not  meaning to step on that bullants nest of definition about jogger and runner just thinking it interesting how all the reports of things happening seem to refer to it hapening to a jogger never a runner.) well ok it is a generalisation from two reports so too small a sample size but  it just seems a trend.

Edited by felisaffie, 20 March 2010 - 01:09 AM.

[johnno]

Easy Tiger, on Mar 19 2010, 06:25 PM, said:

Also, a few years back had a stand off with an angry roo on the golf course. I was hiding behind the tree waving my trusty 7 iron like Tiger Woods' wife, the club pro came past on his cart yelling and screaming to save the day. If he hadn't come along, i reckon one of us was going down.

you were probably between an angry roo and his missus. from experience, when a roo grunts at you, run faster.

[chilliman]

I was chased down a trail by an angry wombat once, no joke he was grunting and snorting and gaining on me at 4:30k pace, not a happy chappy, middle of the day too.

[antil]

wombatoutofhell, on Mar 19 2010, 06:53 PM, said:

Thank God I'm a runner-it's only Joggers who have problems!

There you go, you already said what crossed my mind when I saw this.

[johnno]

chilliman, on Mar 20 2010, 01:24 PM, said:

I was chased down a trail by an angry wombat once, no joke he was grunting and snorting and gaining on me at 4:30k pace, not a happy chappy, middle of the day too.

Well, I'll be damned.

I was warned about wombats chasing me near Port Arthur and I thought someone was taking the mickey.

The boxing kangaroo is BS. When Eastern Greys attack, first they stand tall, then grunt, then chase you, and finally they kick.

[antil]

chilliman, on Mar 20 2010, 02:24 PM, said:

I was chased down a trail by an angry wombat once, no joke he was grunting and snorting and gaining on me at 4:30k pace, not a happy chappy, middle of the day too.

Not sure if this was the same wombat. Maybe there is some truth to this story after all.

[Debz]

I've had a few encounters with Roos while running around our property.  You have to watch some of the BIG ones .. and if they look agressive, you turn and go the other way.

I've been lucky so far..