A grandfather in Heathcote, Victoria has been left battered and bruised after getting into a tussle with a kangaroo.
Cliff Dess went outside to shoo away a kangaroo that was near his dogs but the animal had other ideas.
"I was a good 30-40 feet away from it, but it stood back on its tail and hind legs and claws up and started making grunting noises," he told 7 News Australia.
The angry marsupial began to attack him, causing him to lose his balance and fall on his back.
Dess said he luckily landed next to a large stick which he used to defend himself.
"I was fortunate enough I landed, there was a big stick there, so I sort of started whacking it across the head and that and started defending myself but then the stick snapped like a carrot."
The Victorian man fought with the kangaroo for several minutes before he tackled the marsupial to the ground, using his weight to sit on it and stop it from fighting back.
The grandfather suffered several scratches and bites from the tussle as well as a back injury but he is glad it was him that was attacked and not someone else.
"There’s a lot of old people who walk past here and a lot of women with children and prams. It could’ve been worse. It could’ve been one of those."
Dess said he will think carefully about approaching a kangaroo again in the future.
