The quiet streets in Old Town on November 9th of 2016 didn’t last very long. The streets were filled with people scattering as an elephant ran loose. The “Wrongling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus” had lost their entertainment elephant, Fluffy, to the the city. This incident occurred as the circus was on their way to George Mason University for a performance. Fitzwilliam Darcy, a 55 year old man whom is the manager of the circus, stated to us that this is very unusual for the elephant to act out the way he did, “He has never done anything like this before.” King Street was packed, bumper to bumper while Fluffy was on the loose, but as he made his way down the town he paid a visit to the employees at Hard Times Cafe. Attracted by the fresh
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Yet there did seem to be quite a surprise to fellow pedestrians, “I have never been so scared in my life.” said Gracebelle O’Bequiet who fainted as Fluffy passed by. Alexandria’s local police met up with the circus manager to discuss how they will escort Fluffy back to the circus with no harm. Darcy, not knowing the streets of Old Town, had to fully rely on Sheriff Dana Lawhorne. Fire officials and many police officers gathered to get the elephant’s attention by following the lead of Fluffy’s caretaker, Bobby Joe Cafruni. Cafruni eventually was able to lure the elephant back to the circus train. As a final statement, Sheriff Lawhorne said, “Everyone likes circuses, but the Wrongling Brothers should be more careful.” A concern did arise while looking into the incident. Trainer Cafruni was not found until two hours AFTER Fluffy’s escape. Cafruni seemed disoriented when confronted about the situation as he was then given a sobriety test which score at an .80. Darcy’s reaction to the result of Cafruni not being capable of holding on to responsibilities led to a statement of regret,” That Cafruni always looked shift to me. We never should’ve hired …show more content…
As that was looked into, information about Cafruni’s past popped up which could lead to another charge, an arrest warrant for not paying income taxes in Michigan. Wrongling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus manager Fitzwilliam Darcy said, “We have never had an elephant escape in Alexandria before.” The statement seemed off as the he mentioned only not having an escape in ALEXANDRIA before. Once it was looked into, it was revealed the circus has had four escapes in the last three months. This incident was not ended on a positive note. The escape of Fluffy led Cafruni and Darcy into a heated, there is no justification for what Cafruni did not do, argument. A man at the scene pf the argument overheard Cafruni yelling at Darcy saying, “I quit, THis circus is run by a bunch of clowns.” It does not end there, at the end of the incident Cafruni decided to switch things up a bit and turn the whole incident onto Darcy with a blame of, “Darcy released Fluffy because my sister turned him down for a date.” Now the question is who is the actual one who decided to forget all their responsibilities and throw them out the
Yet there did seem to be quite a surprise to fellow pedestrians, “I have never been so scared in my life.” said Gracebelle O’Bequiet who fainted as Fluffy passed by. Alexandria’s local police met up with the circus manager to discuss how they will escort Fluffy back to the circus with no harm. Darcy, not knowing the streets of Old Town, had to fully rely on Sheriff Dana Lawhorne. Fire officials and many police officers gathered to get the elephant’s attention by following the lead of Fluffy’s caretaker, Bobby Joe Cafruni. Cafruni eventually was able to lure the elephant back to the circus train. As a final statement, Sheriff Lawhorne said, “Everyone likes circuses, but the Wrongling Brothers should be more careful.” A concern did arise while looking into the incident. Trainer Cafruni was not found until two hours AFTER Fluffy’s escape. Cafruni seemed disoriented when confronted about the situation as he was then given a sobriety test which score at an .80. Darcy’s reaction to the result of Cafruni not being capable of holding on to responsibilities led to a statement of regret,” That Cafruni always looked shift to me. We never should’ve hired …show more content…
As that was looked into, information about Cafruni’s past popped up which could lead to another charge, an arrest warrant for not paying income taxes in Michigan. Wrongling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus manager Fitzwilliam Darcy said, “We have never had an elephant escape in Alexandria before.” The statement seemed off as the he mentioned only not having an escape in ALEXANDRIA before. Once it was looked into, it was revealed the circus has had four escapes in the last three months. This incident was not ended on a positive note. The escape of Fluffy led Cafruni and Darcy into a heated, there is no justification for what Cafruni did not do, argument. A man at the scene pf the argument overheard Cafruni yelling at Darcy saying, “I quit, THis circus is run by a bunch of clowns.” It does not end there, at the end of the incident Cafruni decided to switch things up a bit and turn the whole incident onto Darcy with a blame of, “Darcy released Fluffy because my sister turned him down for a date.” Now the question is who is the actual one who decided to forget all their responsibilities and throw them out the