{"id":475025,"date":"2026-02-14T19:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/475025\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:11:19","slug":"video-wallaby-on-the-run-makes-for-interesting-call-for-colorado-sheriffs-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/475025\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Wallaby on the run makes for interesting call for Colorado sheriff’s deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo.\u2013 Two sheriff’s deputies in Colorado<\/a> responded to a career-first call when a wallaby got loose from its home in a local neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Body camera video from the incident on Jan. 29 shows Douglas County deputies outside a home where the owners of the wallaby were trying to corral it back inside their house.<\/p>\n

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As the wallaby hopped back into the house, a sheriff’s deputy asked what the animal’s name was.<\/p>\n

\"Charlie<\/p>\n

Charlie the wallaby hops back into his house.<\/p>\n

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“Charlie!” both of the wallaby’s owners said simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Another sheriff’s deputy told the owners that one of their neighbors made the call, and the sheriff’s dispatch didn’t know how to categorize the call.<\/p>\n

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Inside the house, everyone is getting friendly with Charlie, petting the marsupial.<\/p>\n

“Charlie, you’re a little escape artist,” one of the deputies said.<\/p>\n

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One of the deputies pets the wallaby.<\/p>\n

One of the deputies pet Charlie, saying the wallaby was very soft.<\/p>\n

In another clip, one of the wallaby’s owners handed a piece of dried mango to one of the deputies.<\/p>\n

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“He cannot resist mango,” she told the deputy.<\/p>\n

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One of the owners handed the deputy some mango to feed Charlie.<\/p>\n

The deputy held out the mango to Charlie, who hopped over and ate it from his hand.<\/p>\n

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“Hopefully that was the most fun call you’ve had today,” the owner said to the deputies.<\/p>\n

“That’s one of the most unique calls I have been to in my entire career,” the deputy said in response.<\/p>\n

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The deputy gave the wallaby some mango.<\/p>\n

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Charlie has his own Instagram<\/a> and is very well-known.<\/p>\n

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“You really don\u2019t know what a day on patrol will bring at the Douglas County Sheriff\u2019s Office,” the office said in a social media post. “From routine calls to the unexpected (and occasionally adorable), our deputies are always ready\u2014no matter what hops their way.”<\/p>\n

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