Tales of the road - retribution

Discover the urban legend of the morning the kangaroo struck back, with 'Tales of the Road - Retribution.' This black and white piece transports you to the late 1950's, with an 'International' semi trailer and a kangaroo at the wheel. A great piece for lovers of questionable Aussie folklore.

Subject: READ THE STORY down below.

Reproduced from an original artwork by Kent Barton.

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Tales of the road - Retribution

Legend or myth? The story goes, early one morning, late 1950s, at a truck stop on the southern end of a western town, a driver left his semi trailer briefly unattended. A call of nature he said. He left the motor running and the lights on. Whilst busy, he heard the truck click into gear and roll on to the road and drive south. 

Police attended and a northbound driver pulled up and advised of a semi trailer (the stolen one) ‘playing chicken’ and charging at oncoming traffic, forcing vehicles off the road, including one car that rolled over killing the driver. Three other cars swerved to the gravel causing minor injuries to the occupants, with one car stuck hard in a gully. A further report of another semi trailer which was fully loaded, swerved hard to avoid a head on collision. The driver had a tremendous fright as he thought the trailer was going to roll over at 60mph. Fortunately he managed to keep all wheels on the ground but did cop a nasty head knock on the inside of his cab. 

The witnesses told police they thought they saw a kangaroo driving the stolen truck. Later that morning, the semi was found about 5 miles south, stopped in a paddock, with the motor running and the lights on. The attending constable found no persons present but saw a large male red kangaroo grazing about 50 yards away, alone! 

Fearing humiliation from his superiors and peers, the Sergeant insisted there be no mention of a truck driving kangaroo in any reports. He dismissed the witness accounts to the Constable by saying they had all suffered a 'bump to the head'. Police never found the thief, dangerous driver, and murderer,  ... or did they?