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. (Brittany McGinnis via Storyful) ...

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.

Viola, an Asian elephant with the Jordan World Circus, still participated in two performances Tuesday after her time on the lam in the southwestern Montana city of about 35,000 people.

When the circus stopped in Butte, one of Montana’s largest cities, on Tuesday the elephant named Viola took to the streets and roamed the city at whim and will.

An elephant recently surprised those on a Montana road after running away from a nearby circus. It has now come to light that it is the third time this female pachyderm has fled its circumstances ...

A circus elephant escaped after she was spooked by a backfiring car — and was spotted thundering through traffic in the streets of a Montana town, according to media reports and video. So where does ...

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 ...

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.