Go Radio bosses were left 'hopping mad' after their breakfast co-presenter Gary Muircroft was late for his show - because he was trying to catch a wallaby in Carluke.
'Crofty' who hosts the Go Radio breakfast show with wrestler and actor Grado, got roped into helping police catch the baby wallaby who was roaming the streets of the quiet village on Friday morning.
The presenter's late-coming excuse turned out to be true after he shared pictures of the marsupial hoping along the pavement on Twitter.
He wrote: "Late for the @thisisgoradio breakfast show with @gradowrestling this morning trying to rescue this wee guy…… #TheCarlukeWallaby!
Hope the guy at @policescotland managed to get someone out there! #vegan @ScottishSPCA #veganradiopresenter #clydevalleyfamilypark @rickygervais."
Grado also commented: "He left me in here flapping at the thought of having to run this radio show myself. He still hasn't shown me how to use the button."
Bosses at the station confirmed to the Daily Record it was one of the weirdest 'excuses' they'd ever heard and were fuming when Crofty didn't show up on time.
But all was well when he turned up armed with photographic evidence.
It is thought that the Wallaby escaped from Clyde Family Valley Park but Scotland does boast some feral wallaby's.
The wallabies of Inchconnahan were introduced to the area in 1940 when they were brought to the area by Lady Arran.
The eccentric lady whose real name was Fiona Bryde Colquhoun also owned llamas and pigs.
