© Dean MartinMargaret Acton was attacked and badly injured by a kangaroo while walking her dog "Jess" on the family property in the Adelaide Hills.
Her towering attacker showed no hesitation as he struck and scratched violently at her head, face, upper body and legs dozens of times.
But Mrs Acton's attacker wasn't an intruder in her home. Astonishingly, it was a two-metre tall kangaroo that lives in scrubland on her Adelaide Hills property.
When the blows from the huge male marsupial finally stopped — only after her dog Jess intervened — Mrs Acton could feel the warm blood gushing down her face and neck as it flowed freely from shocking wounds that had opened up her scalp.
While her initial fear was rapidly succumbing to blood loss, minutes later her torn oesophagus would present another life-threatening problem as her throat began to swell and obstruct her airway.
After initial treatment from paramedics, Mrs Acton, 55, was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for emergency surgery. She would spend eight days there recovering — the first two in intensive care because of the severity of her injuries.
Source: Sunday Herald Sun
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