Last night on our loooooooong drive from Salt Lake to Reno, Jina let out a scream. I had about a millisecond to question her sanity before I started screaming, too. Instead of slamming the brakes, I swerved to the right at 85mph and barely missed hitting the ugly creature staring into my headlights.
Julie: OMG OMG OMG, what was that?!?! (completely stupefied)
Jina: (dying of laughter) OMG OMG OMG. I KNOW it's not a deer; it was way too furry and its legs were too short!
Julie: (barely able to continue driving) OMG. It jumped! I think it was a kangaroo.
Jina: Are you serious?! How can that be?! They're only in Australia!
Julie: I swear it was!
Jina: No, it wasn't that big! Maybe it was a fox but its tail wasn't that bushy. It could've been a wild dog.
Julie: Dude, there aren't wild dogs out here!! I think it was a hyena.
Jina: Yeah!!!! Wait, don't hyenas live in Africa?!
Julie: Seriously?! Dude, I'm turning off cruise control.
At this point, Jina thinks I'm crazy and I lose all credibility. But we're DYING of laughter and it made our night.
(In a half-hearted attempt to defend myself, I think missing that kangaroo/hyena by a hair made me a bit oafish. I'd like to think that I'm not completely clueless about the animal kingdom.) Eh.
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3 comments:
Hey Julie .. don't be so quick to apologize .. especially to Jina! I'm all into weird creatures so i did a little digging around. Guess what? You're not the only one whose had this experience. They're called Mystery Kangaroos aka Phantom Kangaroos, and many people have had similar sightings. Check out these links:
http://chuckstraub.com/Letterboxing/phantomkangaroos.htm
http://www.occultopedia.com/m/mystery_kangaroos.htm
http://www.socyberty.com/Paranormal/Phantom-Kangaroos-in-the-USA.30997
I believe you Julie! I believe in the HYegaroo!!
Weird the urls got chopped off for 2 of the links so I had to break them apart. I think its part of the phantom kangaroo conspiracy!
I guess the only way to use the links is to copy and paste them on notepad and then combine the link manually
Link1:
http://chuckstraub.com/
Letterboxing/phantomkangaroos.htm
link2:
http://www.occultopedia.com
/m/mystery_kangaroos.htm
Pedro, you're awesome! You crack me up, haha! Maybe there are hyena sightings, too???
How was the CFA exam?
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