An elephant named Viola recently ran away from a circus after being frightened by a vehicle and went on a short escapade in Butte, Montana, before being captured.

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.

An elephant roamed the streets of Butte, Montana on Tuesday, April 17, after reportedly escaping from the Jordan World Circus.

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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 ...

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.

The elephant escaped the Jordan World Circus and was captured on video wandering around the town of Butte, Montana.

The elephant named Viola escaped from the Jordan World Circus on April 16 and proceeded to run across lanes of traffic in Montana.

Escaped circus elephant, Viola, stops traffic in Montana city A circus elephant named Viola gave the performance of her life on Tuesday – a grand disappearing act.

An elephant escaped from a traveling circus and wandered through the streets of Butte, Montana, on Tuesday, stopping traffic, knocking over a fence, and defecating in someone’s yard.

BUTTE, Mont. (KECI/KTVM) - Lots of folks in a Montana city couldn’t believe what they were seeing when a circus elephant got loose and wandered the streets. Viola the Asian elephant was getting ...