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An elephant escaped the confines of a traveling circus and roamed the streets of Butte, Montana, on Tuesday before it was recaptured without incident, NBC Montana reported. Sheriff Ed Lester of the Butte-Silver Bow Law Enforcement Department said by email that the elephant was “spooked by a vehicle and escaped briefly.” Images from Butte showed the animal walking around Harrison Avenue, dwarfing vehicles in town.
' NBC Montana reported that Viola escaped a traveling circus called Jordan World Circus when she was spooked by the sound of a vehicle. Viola was getting a bath at the time, the station said. Jordan World Circus did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 'The elephant was walking in the street for a block or two but was then loaded into a trailer by circus staff,' Lester said.
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