NationStates Jolt Archive

Hero in underpants tackles a 'roo

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.

Linky (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7932870.stm)

Clearly, his underwear saved him as it has before and will again.

Have you ever been attacked by an animal, or seen someone else get attacked? Or sent your trained Weasel Attack Squad (WAS) to fight off an intruder?

Have you ever been attacked by an animal, or seen someone else get attacked?
Aye, bastard seagulls -_-

I've been nipped at by seals when SCUBA diving although they didn't do any particular damage so can't really count it I guess

Aye, bastard seagulls -_-
*empathises*

That's no kangaroo it is a Warrior of Virtue

I have been attacked by a sheep that tried to butt me with its head - it failed to take into account the fence between us.

A goose once stole a welly boot when I was a young child.

Traumatising...

I'm Yootopia and a duck bit my finger in the big park in Oxford when I was much younger :(

There seems to be a bird theme emerging. Something must be done

That's no kangaroo it is a Warrior of Virtue

YES! I understand your obscure reference!

Seriously though, when I was at the San Francisco zoo years ago, my little brother and I were eating hotdogs at the food court. All of a sudden, a huge seagull swoops down out of nowhere, lands on my little brother (5 yrs old or younger at the time), and pulls the hotdog right out of the bun (which was in his hand)!

Nowadays, they have a huge chain-link cage surrounding the food court so the birds can't get in.

I haven't been attacked by wild animals... though, Seagulls have contemplated my demise. Then again, I did deserve it. I was practicing my driving skills in a parking lot that was empty aside from a large flock. I made a point of driving near them and making them scatter. Then when my dad and I changed places, I swear the flock collectively looked at me and would have attacked if I hadn't immediately got into the passenger side...

I was attacked by my cat once. Then again, I was holding a kitten that had previously tried to attack my cat and my cat was rightfully pissed. Human flesh was not meant to be used for climbing using claws...

There seems to be a bird theme emerging. Something must be done
Pitchfork and torch, anyone?

Cripes, it seems that along with Islamic terrorism, gannets are the main threat to everything western civilisation holds dear.

A calf headbutted me once. And there was the time when I was chased by 2 bulls. My granddads farm was a dangerous place...

A friend of mine was walking with her boyfriend through some fields of a farm open for public viewing, when the flock of sheep started following her, surrounded her as she backed up against the fence, and gently nuzzled her in a very threatening manner. Her boyfriend just stood back and laughed his head off. :D

Oh...I'm almost wishing the title was instead "When Kangaroos Attack!" said in an over dramatic way and dramatic music in the background.

Cripes, it seems that along with Islamic terrorism, gannets are the main threat to everything western civilisation holds dear.
At least terrorists don't shit on you from above.

At least terrorists don't shit on you from above.

I just had an image of Osama Bin Laden exposing his ass to the world from a plane door and shitting while giving the finger.


I'm going to hell but I still demand someone make this picture!

Oh...I'm almost wishing the title was instead "When Kangaroos Attack!" said in an over dramatic way and dramatic music in the background.

I had the same thought...

I got kicked in the groin by a cow. :(

I got kicked in the groin by a cow. :(

Cows are the most passive creatures on earth. What in the world did you do to it that it kicked you?

Cows are the most passive creatures on earth. What in the world did you do to it that it kicked you?

Cows are not passive. Cows are evil. Evil!!! Don't let their big dumb eyes fool you; the lion's share of their limited brain capacity is reserved for one thing; contemplating how to kill us all.

Cows are not passive. Cows are evil. Evil!!! Don't let their big dumb eyes fool you; the lion's share of their limited brain capacity is reserved for one thing; contemplating how to kill us all.

Ever seen a plane crash into a pasture? The cows watch and chew their cud. They don't even react to the flames and screams. They just watch.

Ever seen a plane crash into a pasture? The cows watch and chew their cud. They don't even react to the flames and screams. They just watch.

...and giggle. :(

Cows are not passive. Cows are evil. Evil!!! Don't let their big dumb eyes fool you; the lion's share of their limited brain capacity is reserved for one thing; contemplating how to kill us all.

This why we have to eat them to keep their numbers down. If it wasn't for cows we would happily be munching on our natural prey the squirrel.

I had the same thought...

Hooray!

a hero: a hero in Bonds undies

Why didn't the wife video tape it? It would make the best Bond's ad ever.

A goose once stole a welly boot when I was a young child.

Traumatising...

When I was four a seagull swooped down and flew off with my cheeseburger in his mouth.

Cows are the most passive creatures on earth. What in the world did you do to it that it kicked you?

You have never tried to milk one have you?

Actually I have also been attacked by emu's, in order to escape we jumped in the car. We would have driven off but we left half our stuff outside so we waited until the lot of them stopped standing around the car and walked off.

You have never tried to milk one have you?

No, but I tried milking a girl one time.

No, but I tried milking a girl one time.

:) And did she kick you in the groin?

:) And did she kick you in the groin?

She liked it, but I don't think she completely understood what I was up to.

She liked it, but I don't think she completely understood what I was up to.

haha, so we can she she wasn't a cow then. :tongue:

on a farm near the apartments i lived at one time a herd of cattle we had pissed off chased us into the trees.

Dogs on several occassions, including one that required a visit to the ER.

My little bro managed to get head butted by a billy goat at a petting zoo when he was 4. Seems he was going around punching the animals and couldn't understand why one would hit back. LOL

Why didn't the wife video tape it? It would make the best Bond's ad ever.

*insterts obligatory bitching about Pacific Brands*

Anyway, go this guy. I've been attacked by a magpie and a crab. That's about it though.

EDIT:
"My initial thought when I was half awake was, 'it's a lunatic ninja coming through the window'," he said.
Methinks this man spends far too much time on the internet.

Methinks this man spends far too much time on the internet.

either that or his neighbors do

either that or his neighbors do

Touche.

Touche.

Que internal dialogue when the kangaroo came through the window I just though it was Bob being stupid again.

Oh...I'm almost wishing the title was instead "When Kangaroos Attack!" said in an over dramatic way and dramatic music in the background.

Feel free to think that, that was my intention.

Methinks this man spends far too much time on the internet.

Yeah I thought that as well. :D Surely ninjas are not that common in Australia?

That man is the reincarnation of Steve Irwin. Crikey! This roo's a beauty!

*insterts obligatory bitching about Pacific Brands*

Meh, I'll still be buying Bonds.

EDIT:

Methinks this man spends far too much time on the internet.

Ditto.

Yeah I thought that as well. :D Surely ninjas are not that common in Australia?

Not really, kangaroos are much more common.

It wasn't even a big kangaroo, only an average sized one compared to some of the big bastards you can see out these parts.

Must have been an Eastern grey.

Not really, kangaroos are much more common.

It wasn't even a big kangaroo, only an average sized one compared to some of the big bastards you can see out these parts.

Must have been an Eastern grey.

What about ninjas hiding in the kangaroo's pouch? This sounds like an unholy and frightening union :eek2:

A seagul stared at me once a made seagul noises at me until i threw food at him/her
i think he was calling me names or something, because if i were a seagul and wanted food, i would call a person names

What about ninjas hiding in the kangaroo's pouch? This sounds like an unholy and frightening union :eek2:

Oh shit I never thought of that. :eek:

My mom's pet kangaroo has bitten me once or twice, but he's trained now, so he doesn't bite anymore.

My mom's pet kangaroo has bitten me once or twice, but he's trained now, so he doesn't bite anymore.

You know, a moose once bit my sister...

My mom's pet kangaroo has bitten me once or twice, but he's trained now, so he doesn't bite anymore.

...and I thought my best friend was weird for keeping a squirrel in his room. A squirrel that all of his cats were afraid of...

And yes, I have had a squirrel jump on me. It was weird.

I've been attacked by a mockingbird (I walked to close to its nest).

...and I thought my best friend was weird for keeping a squirrel in his room. A squirrel that all of his cats were afraid of...

And yes, I have had a squirrel jump on me. It was weird.

As a child I had a pair of squirrels as pets.

...and I thought my best friend was weird for keeping a squirrel in his room. A squirrel that all of his cats were afraid of...

And yes, I have had a squirrel jump on me. It was weird.

lol, she doesn't really have a kangaroo. She has a Jack Russell Terrier with big, kangaroo-like ears, and he tends to hop up and down on his hind legs when he sees other dogs on TV (all the while growling and barking hysterically at them).