This is the bizarre moment a WALLABY is spotted hopping down a residential street near Newcastle. Schoolgirl Cia Christie, 13, filmed the cheeky marsupial jumping around outside her home on Wednesday (19/10) morning. In the video, the wallaby can be seen hopping behind a fence in Valley Dene, Chopwell, Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear. Cia said: “I was in car after getting ready for school and just looked out of the window and saw this wallaby. “I couldn’t believe my eyes. “It was 8.30am and I had to rub my eyes to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. “I grabbed my phone and just started filming. It was hopping all over a grass verge outside the house. “It was quite big and then it jumped off behind a fence.” Cia posted the video on Facebook and received a message from an animal welfare charity saying it had bounded into nearby Chopwell woods. Cia's mum Anna Gibson, 52, said: “We got a message saying it was last seen in the woods. We haven’t seen it since but we hope it’s alright. “We haven’t got a clue where it came from because there’s not any zoos or farm parks nearby so it could be someone’s pet which has got out. “It’s certainly not what you expect to see hopping down the street in Gateshead.”