--- description: No arrests have been made title: Stop and Look at This Koala Trying to Steal a Land Rover image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stop and Look at This Koala Trying to Steal a Land Rover by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2015 9:23 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2015 9:23 PM CUT A 15-year-old Australian boy came home from school yesterday to a terrifying sight. His family’s Land Rover was in the process of getting carjacked — by a koala. > [](https://twitter.com/aqbastian/status/570187740748193792) Sam Box, who lives on a sheep farm in Victoria, told [9news.com.au](http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/02/24/08/03/australian-schoolboy-finds-koala-trying-to-drive-a-car "undefined") that he got off the school bus and was greeted by a koala holding tight to the driver’s wheel, “trying to drive.” > [](https://twitter.com/DailyMailAU/status/570231770362159104) “It was checking me out as much as I was checking him out,” he said. “I opened the door and he just got out and walked away.” No arrests have been made. \[[9 News](http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/02/24/08/03/australian-schoolboy-finds-koala-trying-to-drive-a-car "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3720311/australia-koala-land-rover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3720311/australia-koala-land-rover/"},"headline":"Stop and Look at This Koala Trying to Steal a Land Rover","datePublished":"2015-02-24T21:23:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:09.484Z","description":"No arrests have been made","url":"https://time.com/3720311/australia-koala-land-rover/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3720311/australia-koala-land-rover/","name":"Stop and Look at This Koala Trying to Steal a Land Rover"}}]}] ```