GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) – A attainable wallaby was noticed in a Gastonia neighborhood on Monday.

A video despatched to WBTV reveals what seems to be like a wallaby or kangaroo hopping across the Lineberger Park neighborhood.

Gaston County Animal Care and Enforcement responded to the neighborhood and located the particular person accountable for the animal, who says it’s a wallaby. Officials will look to verify and comply with up on this.

Gaston County captain Matt Hensley mentioned specialists are ensuring they get the animal to a spot the place it belongs and is taken care of.

Hensley says the animal didn’t trigger any issues or hassle and was simply hanging out within the yard.

Bryan Southers lives within the neighborhood the place the wallaby was noticed. He spoke to WBTV about what he noticed Monday.

“It was a daggone wallaby or kangaroo or whatever it was sitting there and I just had to look at it, turn around real slow, and it looked back and I was like, ‘this can’t be real’. And all the sudden it started hopping off and I caught a bunch of live photos and videos of it. It was the trippiest thing I’ve seen,” defined Southers.

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