What the devil? Woman mistakes real Tasmanian marsupial for dog toy in Hobart home

Kirsten Lynch says the Tasmanian devil - who was gently shooed outside - likely followed their golden retriever puppy into the house

Hobart woman Kirsten Lynch got the fright of her life on Wednesday night when she went to pick up her golden retriever's Tasmanian devil plush toy and it ran away.

I went to reach for it, the devil shot underneath the couch," she said.

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