John
02-20-2010, 08:57 AM
Police chased a runaway zebra though rush hour traffic in Atlanta, Georgia, after it escaped from a circus.
Several police cars and motorcycles pursued the scared animal for several miles before it was eventually captured.
The animal, named Lima, which was spotted all over town, had escaped from an outdoor enclosure of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Motorists and pedestrians where treated to unusual scenes, the local Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
"It was wild," Prapik Jani, a restaurant manager, said. "I thought I was seeing things."
"All of a sudden, a freaking zebra comes running down the street like a car," another witness was quoted as saying.
"Five or six police cars were in hot pursuit. And a bunch of officers on foot. But then I got scared, thinking... what else is loose?"
Several police cars and motorcycles pursued the scared animal for several miles before it was eventually captured.
The animal, named Lima, which was spotted all over town, had escaped from an outdoor enclosure of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Motorists and pedestrians where treated to unusual scenes, the local Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
"It was wild," Prapik Jani, a restaurant manager, said. "I thought I was seeing things."
"All of a sudden, a freaking zebra comes running down the street like a car," another witness was quoted as saying.
"Five or six police cars were in hot pursuit. And a bunch of officers on foot. But then I got scared, thinking... what else is loose?"