Llamas On the Loose: Two Escaped Llamas Lead Arizona Residents And Authorities On Wild Chase Before Being Captured [Video]
From the archive: published Feb 27, 2015, 11 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Two llamas found internet fame yesterday when they escaped from their owner and went on the lam in a West Valley retirement community.
The spirit duo dodged cars, avoided lassoes, and evaded grabby humans all before the afternoon started. If that wasn’t enough, the llamas even had time to set up a Twitter account, which sought to provide a little insight into their showy antics.
Wow. We’re famous. #LlamasonTheLoose pic.twitter.com/k43JK4BYBD
— SunCityLlamas (@SunCityLlamas) February 26, 2015
Nope, don’t think so fast, buddy.
View the skillfull dodging employed here.
And the #llamadrama continues.
According to ABC15, the llamas were brought to the Carillons Assisted Living center for a special event, but when they were packing up to leave, they got spooked and went on the run.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials said they received the first 911 call about the llamas being on the loose at 11:55 a.m., with the caller reporting that they’d already been trying to catch the pair for an hour.
Unfortunately, the dynamic twosome’s freedom run was short lived, and they were eventually caught and lassoed.
That, however, did not stop the internet from going a little crazy, and a social media storm of llama proportion ensued.
Llama drama. pic.twitter.com/lt6RZNURWZ
— Disney (@Disney) February 26, 2015
Our entire office is currently live streaming llamas on the loose. #BreakingNews #LlamasOnTheLam pic.twitter.com/eSdcuI6DW6 — kj (@Katie__J) February 26, 2015
The #AZCardinals have agreed to one-year deals with the #llamasontheloose. Each llama will earn 2,340 lbs of hay. Steve Keim does it again.
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) February 26, 2015
@julianbarnes Llama had no known connections to ISIS. Appears to have self-radicalized. — NORAD & USNORTHCOM (@NoradNorthcom) February 26, 2015
Bull, bear or llama market? #llamadrama pic.twitter.com/v0lo4nJOFu
— Bloomberg LP (@Bloomberg) February 26, 2015
make peace with your gods and pray for death RT @michellebvd: CNN Interviews Celebrity Llama Named Pierre On Live TV pic.twitter.com/1oLdeYJ7gt
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashfein) February 27, 2015
— drew olanoff (@drew) February 26, 2015