Wombat attacks man!

[floppit]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/wombat ... 5850478175

Bruce Kringle, 60, stepped outside his temporary accommodation just before 7am and was attacked by the wombat, which clawed and bit at his leg and brought him to the ground.

The wombat jumped onto Mr Kringle's chest to continue the mauling, but he was able to reach for an axe and deliver a fatal blow to the marauding marsupial.

Kelly Smith, who works at the Flowerdale Hotel, said the wombat had emerged from under Mr Kringle's caravan before attacking him.

"Bruce managed to find an axe and killed it,'' Ms Smith told AAP.

"It's bizarre what happened.

"He's okay but the wombat mauled his leg, got him to the ground and then started clawing at his chest.''

And they look so damn cuddly! It's hard to know where to place one's trust...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

His brother, Kris, has something worse happen to him. Gored by a reindeer last Dec. 24th.

[Valden]

[Gawdzilla Sama]

[Trolldor]

That's right, even the fattest and slowest things here will kill you given half a chance.
Welcome to Australia! You're now officially fucked.

[Rum]

I reserve the right to remain silent. ->

[Ele]

I suspect this is bullshit. Wombats don't attack people. This idiot was probably drunk and thought it would be fun sport to kick and wrestle a wombat. Of course it tried to defend itself. Giving him an excuse to raise his bar of blood sport fun to axe murder.

I went camping in Kangaroo Valley some years ago. The camping ground was full of wombat holes. The redneck brats running around our site were bragging about how their dad stabbed a wombat the night before and their uncle was going to have a go that night. We tried explaining to the snotty little runts that killing poor creatures minding their own business was wrong.... and they told us it was OK because wombats were stupid and it was funny.

Wombat stabbing. It's the Australian equivalent pasttime of cow tipping.

[JimC]

I suspect this is bullshit. Wombats don't attack people. This idiot was probably drunk and thought it would be fun sport to kick and wrestle a wombat. Of course it tried to defend itself. Giving him an excuse to raise his bar of blood sport fun to axe murder.

I went camping in Kangaroo Valley some years ago. The camping ground was full of wombat holes. The redneck brats running around our site were bragging about how their dad stabbed a wombat the night before and their uncle was going to have a go that night. We tried explaining to the snotty little runts that killing poor creatures minding their own business was wrong.... and they told us it was OK because wombats were stupid and it was funny.

Wombat stabbing. It's the Australian equivalent pasttime of cow tipping.

I read a more detailed report, and the guy is a nature lover who lived in the area because he loves the bush. Came across as bewildered as to why a wombat would attack him...

Certainly doesn't fit the normal behaviour pattern of the wombat, though...

[Ele]

Hmmm. Well... I would feel crappy to be casting aspersions on a peaceful nature lover who was not at all mean to wombats. It was very strange wonmbat behaviour. Maybe the animal was sick and in distress? (We don't have rabies in Australia, though.)

[normal]

But surely, cow tipping is fun, isn't it?

[JimC]

Hmmm. Well... I would feel crappy to be casting aspersions on a peaceful nature lover who was not at all mean to wombats. It was very strange wonmbat behaviour. Maybe the animal was sick and in distress? (We don't have rabies in Australia, though.)

I saw him on the TV tonight, and he seemed credible, and distressed by what had happened. He certainly had some nasty bite marks. He had lived through the black saturday fires in that area, and thought that maybe the wombat had been traumatised by those same events...

[Mung Bean]

That's the weirdest thing I've read in ages. Wombats are usually really laid back and just trundle around doing their own thing.

[Mysturji]

That must be the same wombat Animavore pissed off in his dream Australian trip.
The koala is still missing.

[Animavore]

I other news: Pensioner gets raped by a magpie.

[floppit]

I would feel crappy to be casting aspersions on a peaceful nature lover who was not at all mean to wombats.

That HAS to be quote of the week!

Edit:
Shit, this thread is full of them!