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May 15, 2018 / 2:32 PM

South Carolina police capture loose kangaroo on rural road

May 15 (UPI) -- Police in South Carolina responded to a report of a loose animal in a road and arrived to find a surprising sight -- a kangaroo hopping through the street.

The McCormick County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit posted a photo to Facebook showing the kangaroo standing in front of a shocked deputy's patrol car early Tuesday morning.

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"When you get dispatched to an animal in the road and this is what you find," the deputy wrote. "I thought dispatch was joking."

The sheriff's office said they determined a man living nearby was licensed to keep kangaroos and they confirmed his pet had escaped. The marsupial was returned to its owner's home in the late morning.

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