Mystery of Gracie the giraffe deepens as sheriff calls recapture claims a tall story
Gracie the giraffe was missing for nearly two weeks. Photograph: Real County Animal Rescue-ShelterView image in fullscreenGracie the giraffe was missing for nearly two weeks. It even provided a detail-heavy list of the animal’s distinguishing features in its “be on the lookout” advisory, presumably to avoid confusion with any wandering long-necked, non-native game animals people might encounter.“They gave a description, ‘Gracie has rounded ears,’” one observer posted on X.
- ▪Gracie the giraffe was missing for nearly two weeks.
- ▪Photograph: Real County Animal Rescue-ShelterView image in fullscreenGracie the giraffe was missing for nearly two weeks.
- ▪It even provided a detail-heavy list of the animal’s distinguishing features in its “be on the lookout” advisory, presumably to avoid confusion with any wandering long-necked, non-native game animals people might encounter.“They gave a desc
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Gracie the giraffe was missing for nearly two weeks. Photograph: Real County Animal Rescue-ShelterView image in fullscreenGracie the giraffe was missing for nearly two weeks. Photograph: Real County Animal Rescue-ShelterTexasMystery of Gracie the giraffe deepens as sheriff calls recapture claims a tall storySheriff in rural Texas says ‘it’s still at large’ after claim Gracie had been located after wandering off private ranchRichard LuscombeWed 24 Jun 2026 22.09 EDTFirst published on Wed 24 Jun 2026 09.22 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleFor almost two weeks, residents of a rural Texas county have been looking, mostly up, for a missing giraffe called Gracie that wandered off from a private game ranch.On Wednesday, the mystery of the free-roaming mammal’s odyssey deepened further, when…
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