Wallaby Liskeard video shows early-morning hop through town

A wallaby Liskeard video has captured an unlikely before-dawn visitor bouncing along a road in the Cornwall town. Scot Weller, who owns Original Cornish Pasties, recorded the animal while travelling to work at about 5:30 BST on Monday, according to the BBC and UPI.

Weller posted the footage through his business’s Facebook page. He initially took the dark-coloured animal with large ears for a dog, he told BBC Cornwall, before realising its hopping gave the game away.

He followed slowly with his hazard lights on to keep track of it, the BBC reported. Traffic began gathering behind his vehicle before the wallaby crossed the road and headed down a lane near the Co-op.

Weller said the animal appeared to be fine and reported the sighting by calling 101, according to the BBC. He eventually lost sight of it.

Did police find the wallaby seen in Liskeard?

No. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called after a report of a wallaby on Dean Street, but searches of the area did not locate the animal, the BBC reported. UPI also reported that police were unable to find it after responding to the neighbourhood.

What should people do if they see a wallaby?

The RSPCA advises people to watch from a distance and not try to approach a wallaby in the wild. If the animal is injured and needs help, the charity says to monitor it from afar and call its emergency line on 0300 1234 999.

The charity said wallabies are established in the wild in Britain after animals escaped from captivity over time, although they are not native to the UK. It said some are also kept in private collections, leaving open the possibility that the Liskeard animal was either a wild wanderer or a lost or escaped privately kept wallaby.

For now, its origins and where it went after leaving Dean Street remain unknown. The confirmed part is the short burst of footage: a wallaby hopping through Liskeard while the town was still waking up.

This story draws on original reporting from UPI.