Video: Elephant breaks free in Montana after car backfires
by KHON2
KHON2— Viola, an Asian elephant with the Jordan World Circus, still participated in two performances Tuesday after her time on the lam in the southwestern Montana city of about 35,000 people that in the late 1800s was the world's largest copper-producing area.
CafeMom—Elephant on the Loose After Escaping Circus in Montana — See the Video. An elephant got loose on Tuesday in Butte, Montana, after escaping the traveling circus, Jordan World Circus, which was performing at Butte Civic Center.
Click2Houston—A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Monday. The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana.
Reading Eagle—A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Tuesday. The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana. The pachyderm broke through a fence and stopped noontime traffic on the city's busiest street before eventually being loaded back into a trailer. Viola is an Asian elephant with the Jordan World Circus and performed Tuesday evening. The elephant escaped just after noon and walked about half a block on the street before turning into a convenience store and casino's parking lot. She...