Overview

• Eric State, 52, was found dead with multiple blunt force injuries inside a kangaroo and wallaby enclosure at 5 Star Farm near Loris, South Carolina.
• Horry County officials have launched an investigation and ordered an autopsy to determine the exact circumstances of the incident.
• Council member Dennis DiSabato stated that a kangaroo was directly involved in the fatal encounter.
• Experts highlight that while kangaroo attacks are rare, the animals can become aggressive if provoked or habituated to human feeding.
• This marks an extremely uncommon instance of a fatal kangaroo attack, with only one other recorded death since 1936, occurring in Western Australia in 2022.