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94-year-old Phyllis Johnson learnt this the hard way, after she was confronted by a rogue roo, the Courier-Mail reports.<\/p>\n
The Aussie creature came charging through her back yard as Ms Johnson was happily hanging out her washing in Charleville, Australia.<\/p>\n
She tried to fend him off with a broom and even bashed the blighter on the head, but the giant animal showed no let-up.<\/p>\n
"Not even the dog would help, it was too frightened," Ms Johnson says.<\/p>\n
Thankfully the elderly woman's son soon arrived to help out, but this still wasn't enough to scare away the critter and the police were called.<\/p>\n
Officers then had to use pepper spray to calm the attacker down and Ms Johnson was taken to hospital with cuts and bruises.<\/p>\n
The animals are much-loved by those visiting Australia and are considered a national treasure, but this might serve as a reminder that they really belong in the wild.<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams
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The elderly woman managed to fend off the large animal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n