Talk about an unforgettable storm!
I'm pretty sure two circus elephants in Kansas will never forget the night of June 5th,and neither will a few residents in the town of WaKeeney.
A huge thunderstorm rolled through the city Thursday night, spooking a pair of circus elephants that escaped their enclosure and roamed the town before being captured.
One of the animals entered a backyard less than a mile from the fairgrounds in WaKeeney and was blocked off by fire trucks until trainers could coax it onto a truck, Trego County Sheriff Richard Schneider said.
"I guess it got tired of walking around," he said.
The second elephant was tranquilized in another backyard, coaxed into a truck and returned to the circus, which was already packing up to head to the next town, Schneider said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A huge thunderstorm rolled through the city Thursday night, spooking a pair of circus elephants that escaped their enclosure and roamed the town before being captured.
One of the animals entered a backyard less than a mile from the fairgrounds in WaKeeney and was blocked off by fire trucks until trainers could coax it onto a truck, Trego County Sheriff Richard Schneider said.
"I guess it got tired of walking around," he said.
The second elephant was tranquilized in another backyard, coaxed into a truck and returned to the circus, which was already packing up to head to the next town, Schneider said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
