An elephant named Viola recently caused chaos in Butte, Montana, after escaping a circus and roaming the streets on her own. Astonishing video shows the Asian elephant casually walking through a ...

A Montana city got the show of a lifetime Tuesday when a show elephant broke free from her pen and tore down a busy street. Thrilling video shows the gentle giant thundering down Butte’s Harrison ...

The elephant reportedly got loose after being scared by a truck backfiring Butte, Montana had a surprise visitor this week. On April 16, videos on social media showed an elephant roaming the streets ...

BUTTE, Montana — A 58-year-old circus elephant managed to briefly taste freedom Tuesday when it escaped and wandered through the streets of Butte, Montana. The Asian elephant named Viola was in town ...

An elephant got loose on Tuesday in Butte, Montana after escaping a traveling circus. The animal, reportedly named Viola, left the Jordan World Circus, which was set up at the Butte Civic Center, and ...

An escaped circus elephant named Viola was seen weaving through traffic and striding across parking lots in Butte, Mont., on Tuesday, a getaway that was captured in several videos shared widely on ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a ...

The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk, stopping ...