Wisconsin Driver Strikes, Kills Stray Kangaroo (Wisconsin)

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MAUSTON, Wis. -- A driver in Mauston, Wis., who thought he hit a coyote or fox still can't believe the victim was actually a 50-pound kangaroo.

Ralph Hamm was driving near Mauston. Hamm said that he saw something jump in the road right before he hit it. The roadkill turned out to be a kangaroo.

Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources has given Hamm permission to keep the animal so Hamm said that he'll get it stuffed so people will believe his story.

No one has claimed ownership of the kangaroo.

In January of this year, a live kangaroo was found in Dodgeville, Wis., and taken to the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison. The marsupial was never claimed and remains on permanent exhibit at the zoo.

http://www.wftv.com/news/5519469/detail.html

great place to stop to pee and refill the coffee cup. Though i've never actually stayed in Mauston.

But - seriousy - who the hell is bringing kangaroos into Wisconsin?

:wtf:

can't you pee in your coffee cup while driving?

And usually that was the point at which my first cup of coffee had gotten cold and/or was gone.

So, no sense filling the coffee mug with pee if I'm going to stop anyway.

:-)

But yes, I have peed in the car, though I do it into bottles, not into coffee cups. I keep a widemouth bottle handy just in case.

it say about me that when I heard this on the news I thought, "That's weird." I didn't think about it again until now.

Hey, Rabrrrrrr (had to stop to count the r's), do you ever stop for coffee in Wisconsin Dells?

Though when a child we went to the Dells a number of times (Story book Gardens and the Ski show), I studiously avoided the Dells like the plague. About 15 years ago we accidentally stopped there for gas in the summer - took close to an hour to get in and out. Then, one winter a few years ago when home for Christmas, I took my partner into the town to drive around a bit, though we didn't stop for anything.

It's just too awful a place, with too many FIBs, and too much traffic. Of course, I've been out of WI for centuries, but I know the Dells has grown a lot and it appears that it's no longer a summer place, but is cranking year round now.

You grew up in Mauston, huh? My stopping place was that little cheese shop and restaurant and gas station just to the east of the interstate. My dad always stopped there when i was a kid (used to drive between my hometown south of madison to lacrosse almost every weekend), and i kept up the habit as I got older. It's amazing how much more stuff there is there now. I went through a year or so ago, and it was chock full of new restaurants and gas stations on both sides of teh interstate.

cashier years ago. She was also a full-time school teacher, but after my dad died, she couldn't stand to be home alone. She was able to earn $ & be around people. I'll ask her if she remembers you.

I worked at Storybook Gardens for 1 day in the summer of '78 (I think).

I live in The Dells & you're right about the traffic. I avoid driving thru town in the summer. This place has become quite the tourist trap. We are now the "Waterpark Capital of the World." Yippee.

It would be like living in Door County or on Cape Cod - your home invaded every summer, making getting to work annoying and filling your restaurants and theaters...

I couldn't take living in a tourist town (unless it was really big, like NYC).

All the power to you!

Whether your mom would remember me, who knows? The last time I actually ate there was probably 25 years ago.

Why do you hate Frank Lloyd Wright?

It might be longer in miles, I don't know - but it's certainly shorter in time.

A lot of people from where I grew up have summer places there.

I've camped at Juneau County Park dozens of times.

of Castle Rock Lake at the Adams County Park. When I was a kid, many years ago, we'd camp at the Juneau Cty park practically every weekend in the summer.

We'd chase the mosquito fogger truck on our bikes. That was before anyone knew that was a bad idea.

as long as it isn't Jasper

:-)

I think it might have been RetroLounge. He's been driving with his head in a book of poetry lately.

to carry my books in its pouch.

Not my fault it hopped in front of the RetroMobile...

RL

must like Wisconsin, because this is the second one that has escaped. I'm staying away from that area!

Weird things happen in Wisconsin: Packer fans, Ed Gein, Jeff Dahmer. Just keep it on your side of the river. :evilgrin:

Superbowl victories. :P

Also to you: Governor Jesse Ventura, Senator Norm Coleman. :wtf:

re the Super Bowl. But I will gladly take Jesse over Pawlenty, or Tommy Thompson for that matter. ;)

But didn't the Vikings win a Superbowl in '78 or thereabouts?

They have played in as many as the Pack (4), but they have won 3 fewer times.

We also had Fighting Bob LaFollette and John R. Commons.

Tommy Thompson? I cannot explain it. Does Minnesota have an answer for Rudy Perpich or Al Quie?

Rudy P was an old school Iron Range populist Dem. Rudy B was a craven Reagan bootlicker.

The '78 election was a weird one. Mondale had been elected Veep in 76, and when he took office, Governor Wendell Anderson resigned his office. He was succeeded by Rudy P (Lt. Gov.) who then appointed Wendy to the US Senate. That rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Wendy could have wone easily had he appointed a caretaker for a couple of years til the next election. So we had Quie running against Perpich and Boschwitz running against Anderson (who Boschwitz always referred to as the senator who appointed himself). Handed the 'pukes a bonanze. BTW, Quie only served one term, faced huge fiscal problems, and didn't run again. Rudy P was handily elected in '82 and again in '86.