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 reportedly escaping from the Jordan World Circus.

Residents in Butte, Montana may be more used to seeing bison, but an escaped circus elephant was a surprise when she was captured on video walking through the town streets. Viola, the 58-year-old ...

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.

BUTTE, Montana — A circus elephant put on a real show when she took a short stroll through town. The pachyderm named Viola was visiting Butte, Montana, Tuesday as part of the Jordan World Circus.

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. Sheriff Ed Lester of ...

The 26-inch by 40-inch "Butte, Montana, Richest Hill on Earth: 100 Years of Underground Mining" map is available in the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology's publications office in Room 200 of ...

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 ...