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Neighbors search for escaped pet kangaroo in Tennessee

Ollie, a one-year-old kangaroo, was reportedly spotted fifteen miles away near Columbia before being found safe on the same road he escaped from; no permit required.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA one-year-old pet kangaroo named Ollie bolted from a property in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, just as his owners were about to take him on his daily walk, UPI reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHis daily walk. He has a schedule. And apparently the Maury County Sheriff's Office got a call about it.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWSMV says he was spotted about fifteen miles away, near Columbia, before the sightings moved back toward Mount Pleasant.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFifteen miles out and then back again? That's a kangaroo changing his mind halfway down the A-road.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd in Tennessee a kangaroo is Class III wildlife, so the owners need no permit to keep one.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNo permit. So the only record of a fifteen-mile fugitive is a neighbor with a phone. Nobody even got his name.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe was found safe on Mack Benderman Road. The same road he got loose from.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo he's a shy, timid animal who ran off for a day, then came home tired and hungry. Same.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNeighbors spotted him at the end of the road and called the owners. Fifteen miles, and he's still on Mack Benderman Road.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the owners owe him the daily walk. He's done it.

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