13-Year-Old Australian Attacked Viciously by Kangaroos While Jogging

By Jobs & Hire Staff Reporter | Dec 19, 2013 12:22 PM EST

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A 13-year-old girl was attacked by two kangaroos for 25 minutes while out jogging in the Australian bushes, according to a report by The Guardian.

Kevin Henderson had taken her granddaughter Jae Bassett to the track for her 15-minute run. Henderson sat down on a bench and waited for her.

Jade was only 10 meters away from her grandfather when the kangaroo attack took place. Bassett said she was attacked by two kangaroos that were oddly large for their size, with one of them "really big" and the other slightly smaller, but still bigger than her.

Bassett ran towards the kangaroos and said the animals weren't moving at the time. When she ran past one of the kangaroos, it soon started to catch up.

"I thought it was weird but I kept running," she told The Guardian. "You usually don't see them beside you, they usually move away."

The next thing that ensued was a nightmare for the 13-year-old. She heard the kangaroos loudly grunting and hissing, and realized she can't outrun them she decided to run towards a dense scrub thinking the animals won't follow her.

"Then it hit me, I don't know if it was with its arms, its legs or its tail. I was just on the ground," she told The Guardian. "I looked up and thought 'oh my god, it's just so big'."

According to Bassett, the kangaroo attacked her with its front paws, scratching her and trying to bite her while baring its teeth and snarling. The young girl was traumatized and finds it difficult to sleep.

"I've never heard a noise like it," she told The Guardian. "I can't sleep, every time I close my eyes I hear it in my mind. I hate it."

When Bassett could no longer tolerate the pain, she started to shout for help. She said that she kept blacking out each time the kangaroos kicked, clawed and hit her. Henderson heard her scream and came running with a stick and scared the kangaroos away. Once back on the track, Bassett and Henderson were helped by two strangers.

Henderson told The Guardian that he wanted signs put up in the area, while Bassett said she wanted to warn people that kangaroos might be more aggressive in the area where the attack happened.

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