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From today's Tulsa World:
A couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.
"Didn't have time to hit the brakes. The elephant blended in with the road," driver Bill Carpenter said Thursday. "At the very last second I said 'elephant!'"
Carpenter, 68, said he swerved his SUV at the last second and ended up sideswiping the 29-year-old female elephant on U.S. 81 in Enid, about 80 miles north of Oklahoma City.
Carpenter and his wife, Deena, were not injured. Their SUV was damaged, however.
Fortunately, the animal was not seriously hurt. It was treated at the scene for a wounded leg, received painkillers, and then was transported to the veterinary school at Oklahoma State University.
The elephant escaped as it was being loaded onto a transporter. Handlers believed something spooked the animal.
I would love to hear the conversation when Bill Carpenter tries to explain the damage to his insurance agent.
