A dad was kicked and punched to the floor by an angry kangaroo while trying to protect his children on Christmas Day, it has been reported.
Per 7News, the incident occured at a property on the NSW mid north coast. The animal was digging holes and hanging around in the front yard when the man attempted to move it on.
“It was just staring at him and he picked up something to try and shoo it away and as soon as he did that you could see it was going to go at him,” a family friend told 7News.
You can watch the dramatic attack for yourself right here:
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“He was massive. He was a big male kangaroo - big chest,” she continued.
Dramatic footage shows the huge kangaroo jumping at the father and pushing him to the ground before exiting the scene. The man already had a broken arm, but thankfully sustained no serious injuries other than a scratch in the melee.
People are advised to leave the animals well alone if they do encounter them, as kangaroos can cause serious harm to humans -particularly if they feel scared or threatened.
Featherdale Wildlife Park zookeeper Chad Staples said of the animals:
"They have huge claws on their front hands that they will use to hold on with and then their back legs are all power for kicking, so they are covered with weapons."
Meanwhile a woman who was attacked in a frenzied attack by a kangaroo believes that the animal was incited by her Sarah Jessica Parker perfume.
Tracy Noonan was attacked by the powerful animal as she ran through the streets of Melbourne, Australia.
The mom said she was quickly flattened after feeling a "massive thump" in the middle of her back.
Watch Tracey recount her ordeal below:
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"As I was running along the road I saw the kangaroo out of the corner of my eye and I didn't think much of it," she told 7NEWS.
"It started to get closer and closer toward me and then it jumped a fence... that's when I started to panic and thought, 'What is this kangaroo doing'.
“I felt it hit me in the back and it actually knocked me to the ground."
Tracy later told the 3AW's breakfast show: "I put my head back down because I thought 'Oh my goodness, this is now going to claw me to death'.
"It all sort of happened so fast."