November 16, 2007

Kangaroo Kryptid Too?

If the reportedly casual appearance of a reddish orangutan seen in trees in Baker County (see more on the first reports and the update) wasn’t enough excitement in Florida, now there are reports of another kind of cryptid: a kangaroo.

Actually, technically, due to the size stated, it seems to be a wallaby is on the loose in Brandon, Hillsborough County, Florida.

Several residents spied it, especially near the intersection of Bloomingdale and Watson roads, just after 5:00 PM, on Wednesday, November 14, 2007. No one could catch it.

Authorities said they don’t know from whence the animal came, but they know the local zoo is not missing any animals.

The reports on the sightings and the search have been filed by various area television stations, including WFTS-TV (ABC Action News), MyFox News, and Local6 News.

Thanks to S. Lewis for passing along the lead to this story.

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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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