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Residents of a Montana city got an unexpected preview of a visiting circus' show when one of the attraction's elephants managed to escape from its enclosure and wound up wandering through traffic. According to a local media report, the wild incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the community of Butte when the sizeable creature, dubbed Viola, popped out of her pen after a backfiring truck startled her. No doubt intoxicated by the taste of freedom, she set out on the road and began exploring the busy city center to the astonishment of motorists who caught sight of the pachyderm wandering around in the middle of the day.
More on this story, including footage of the elephant roaming the streets of Butte, at the Coast to Coast AM website.