Why You Should NEVER Eat Kangaroo

Summary

Key Points

• —In September 1956, 13-year-old Neri Morgan and his two younger brothers, members of the Martu Aboriginal tribe, were hunting kangaroos in the Marilinga desert of South Australia. 0:12
• —During their hunt, they experienced a blinding flash, a loud rumbling, and a hot gust of wind that knocked them to the ground. 0:47
• —Immediately after, they witnessed the kangaroos they were tracking floating in the air before dropping dead, which they initially interpreted as a gift from God. 0:58
• —The tribe celebrated that night, consuming the kangaroo meat, but the following day, everyone who had eaten it became violently ill. 1:21
• —Over the next few days, many tribe members died, leading them to connect the sickness directly to the consumption of the kangaroo meat. 1:35
• —It was later revealed in 1967 that the incident was caused by a secret British nuclear bomb test in Marilinga, with Neri and his brothers just outside the lethal zone and the kangaroos within it. 2:00
• —The tribe members who ate the irradiated kangaroo meat suffered from acute radiation sickness, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. 2:28
• —The British government took 11 years to begin cleaning up the nuclear waste, and the Australian government eventually paid $13.5 million in compensation to the affected Aboriginal tribes. 2:36
• —Neri Morgan survived the ordeal and, now in his 80s, continues to share his story with younger generations. 2:48