Hero in underpants tackles a ‘roo

Whew! What a relief. When I read the headlines I thought “Oh no, what have my friends done in Australia? Fighting with a kangaroo?? ” They have been known to go after such delightful animals as skunks…..But after reading the article, I was relieved to find out my friends were NOT involved in the kangaroo incident.

Here’s the story..

‘I felt the kangaroo jumping on top of us’

A man in Australia suffered scratched buttocks and shredded underpants wrestling with a kangaroo after it smashed through his bedroom window.

Beat Ettlin, his wife and daughter cowered beneath their blankets as it jumped on their bed.

But it then bounded into the room of the Ettlins’ young son, who screamed, and Mr Ettlin was forced to act.

Mr Ettlin struggled to get the hopping marsupial into a headlock and drag it to the front door.

Shoved outside, wounded, it disappeared into a nearby reserve outside Canberra.

Inside, the animal – which Mr Ettlin said was about his own height, 5 ft 9 in (175cm) – had gouged holes in the furniture and smeared blood over the walls as it bounced around the house.

“I just kept holding the covers over my head and felt the kangaroo jumping on top of us,” recalled Mr Ettlin’s wife, Verity Beman.

She described her husband as “a hero: a hero in Bonds undies” – referring to a brand of underwear popular in Australia.

Mr Ettlin, who is 42 and originally from Switzerland, described himself as a lucky man.

“My initial thought when I was half awake was, ‘it’s a lunatic ninja coming through the window’,” he said.

Kangaroos are common around the outskirts of Canberra, but only rarely invade homes, experts say.