Kentucky State Police got a peculiar call last Thursday morning. A red tail kangaroo was hopping loose somewhere between Richmond and Berea, Kentucky. His name was Hunter, and his owner had reached out to report him as missing.
According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Justin Kearney, the call came in just before 11 a.m. KSP responded with Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife officers to the Gibson Bay area of Richmond, the place where Hunter had last been spotted. They searched the area, but did not find him at the time. They had no choice but to resume searching another day in another area.
Hunter’s owner, Sara Phillips, took the search to community Facebook groups as the morning continued. Several people in those groups took the post for a prank and cracked jokes about Hunter, suggesting he’d turn up in an “IHOP” and offering other silly suggestions. Recent bobcat sightings in the area had been mischaracterized as mountain lions, and a missing kangaroo struck some readers as another in a string of unbelievable wildlife claims…