Comments on: Missouri Mystery Kangaroos

By: whiteriverfisherman

whiteriverfisherman — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:13:08 +0000

It is not farfetched to accept that there could be a small breeding population of roos running around in the Midwest. I bet if you look at the climate and food sources they are very similar to the climate and food sources found in their native Australia. I find it hard to believe that someone would confuse another animal for a roo. I live in Indiana and there have been sightings here as well. The population probably started the same way ferrell pigs did. Some escaped and took the wild. When I hear about these sightings I don’t dismiss them due the likely hood that they could very well live in the wild here. What is odd about the alleged roos is that they tend to prefer the word Marion in the name of the places like to hang out. I cannot explain that one. I can say that the Indianapolis zoo in located in Marion county Indiana, whatever that’s worth.

By: Hapa

Hapa — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:34:19 +0000

Ah, okay. Just do’t be dissing the Easter Bunny now: I love them Cadbury eggs!

By: AreWeThereYeti

AreWeThereYeti — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:37:16 +0000

@ Hapa:

Just havin’ a little fun. But, if you insist in pinning me down, then I’m saying, “Happy Easter!”
No more, no less.

By: Hapa

Hapa — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:46:20 +0000

AreWeThereYeti

Are you saying that escaped exotic animals are as likely as the Easter Bunny?

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:46:12 +0000

Thank you, Travis, for beginning this to everyone’s attention, regarding the kangaroo “name game” linkages for “Marion.”

I suggest anyone who knows of any ‘roo, or for that matter, any cryptid reports for any of the many places named after, humm, the Swamp Fox, should forward them. If you all thought there was a lot of Fayettes, Lafayettes, and Fayettevilles, well, take a look at this.

List of places named for Francis Marion

This is a list of places named after Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. He had more places named after him than any other Revolutionary War soldier, with the exception of George Washington.

Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina
Fort Marion (Modern Day Castillo de San Marcos Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, FL)
Francis Marion Military Academy, Ocala, Florida
Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina
Francis Marion Intermediate School, Marion, Iowa
Francis Marion High School, Marion, Alabama
Marion, Alabama
Marion, Arkansas
Marion, Connecticut
Marion, Idaho
Marion, Illinois
Marion, Indiana
Marion, Iowa
Marion, Louisiana
Marion, Kentucky
Marion, Maine
Marion Station, Maryland
Marion, Massachusetts
Marion, Michigan
Marion, Minnesota
Marion, Mississippi
Marionville, Missouri
Marion, Montana
Marion, Nebraska
Marion, New Jersey
East Marion, New York
Marion, New York
Mount Marion, New York
Marion, North Carolina
Marion, North Dakota
Marion, Ohio
Marion, Oregon
Marion Center, Pennsylvania
Marion, Pennsylvania
Marion Heights, Pennsylvania
Point Marion, Pennsylvania
Marion, South Carolina
Marion, South Dakota
Marion, Virginia
Marion, Wisconsin
Marion County, Alabama
Marion County, Arkansas
Marion County, Florida
Marion County, Georgia
Marion County, Illinois
Marion County, Indiana
Marion County, Iowa
Marion County, Kentucky
Marion County, Mississippi
Marion County, Missouri
Marion County, Ohio
Marion County, Oregon
Marion County, South Carolina
Marion County, Tennessee
Marion County, Texas
Marion County, West Virginia
Marion Park, Washington, DC
Marion Square, Charleston, South Carolina
Marion Township, Arkansas
Marion Township, Michigan (5 different counties have a Marion Township)
Marion Township, Pennsylvania (4 different counties have a Marion Township)
Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Swamp Fox Roller Coaster, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Swamp Fox Hotel, now called Compass Cove, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Swamp Fox HWY, running from Tabor City, NC to Pireway, NC
Lake Marion, South Carolina
Marion Lake, Minnesota
Marion Lake, Oregon
(Note that Marion County, Kansas was not named directly after General Francis Marion, but from Marion County, Ohio, and therefore indirectly named after him.

By: Travis Vaughn

Travis Vaughn — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:15:55 +0000

The 1934 Tennessee “kangaroos” were in Marion County, Tennessee (South Pittsburg area).

These Missouri ‘roos were in Marion County, Missouri.

There’s some potential twilight language for you, Loren.

By: AreWeThereYeti

AreWeThereYeti — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:41:43 +0000

I’m surprised no one has figured-out the real culprits, here. Kangaroos? Bah! Please, people, let’s not go around tossing-out crazy speculations when a perfectly logical candidate exists – and I’m not talking about “deer” either – everyone knows THEY don’t exist! Clearly it was the Easter Bunny taking some well-deserved R&R with a couple friends. End of story.

By: Hapa

Hapa — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:07:42 +0000

Why is it that when something unusual is seen, skeptics try to explain it away half-rear? Saying that people mistook everyday Deer for kangaroos is almost as bad as saying that the people of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, mistook a common Barn Owl (repeat: COMMON) for a man-sized sinister Mothman.

What’s next? All Nessie witnesses mistook a TROUT for a PLESIOSAUR?
Has every bigfoot witness mistook SQUIRRELS for Giant Bipedal apes?
What about Sea Urchins for Sea Serpents?

By: Ragnar

Ragnar — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:18:05 +0000

People want to laugh and joke about sightings, but I’ve seen a kangaroo in Missouri.

I was stationed at Scott AFB from ’86-92 and used to visit my aunt’s farm near Owensville, MO on the weekends. One day heading back to St Louis in the eastbound lane of I-64 I swear I saw a kangaroo on the side of the highway, not quite in the trees. Probably 3-4 feet tall and tannish in color. Yeah, I’m a city boy, but I spent a lot of time on my aunt’s farm and hunting and fishing. I know what deer look like. And cows. And pigs. etc. And it was a roo. I told my story and everyone had a good laugh, but it turns out there really was a kangaroo on the loose. It had escaped from its pen at some guy’s farm/ranch/game park/museum/tourist trap.

By: David-Australia

David-Australia — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:28:19 +0000

Yeah, we get kangaroos in Australia also…..

One thing I learned is if it’s a wet, stormy night, you’re in your hiking tent in a public campground where there are semi-habituated kangaroos around (as there invariably is) on the scrounge for food, and you need to pee, don’t be lazy and do so under the fly of your tent as you will have several of them poking their noses underneath to get at and lick the salty taste – several whacks on the snout do not seem to deter them permanently. Probably also explains why I have sometimes seen them bounding along an ocean beach and plunging briefly into the surf.