BUTTE, Mont. (CNN) - Lots of folks in Butte, Montana, couldn't believe what they were seeing on Tuesday. A circus elephant got loose and was wandering the streets.

Butte, Montana had a surprise visitor this week. On April 16, videos on social media showed an elephant roaming the streets after escaping from the Jordan World Circus.

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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 ...

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.

Construction work reaps the unexpected By Leslie McCartney of The Montana Standard - 04/29/2006 Apr 28, 2006 Apr 28, 2006 0 Construction crews installing new traffic signals at Utah and Arizona ...

Elephants performed as part of the Cole Bros. Circus in 2014. Essdras M. Suarez A normal day in Montana took a turn when locals reported an unusual sighting: an elephant on the loose in Butte.

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 ...