Somewhere in Wyoming a North American pronghorn might still be wearing a man’s shoe on its horns.
The accompanying footage, captured recently by Jaymie Litzel, shows the pronghorn with its front legs tangled in barbed wire, and two men participating in what they expected to be a smooth rescue effort.
“Careful boys,” Litzel cautions, as the men approach the animal. “Careful of its prongs.”
As one man bends to cut the wire, the other uses his foot to hold the pronghorn’s head still. But as soon as the wire is cut, the pronghorn springs to its feet, knocking one man off-balance and fleeing with his shoe on one horn.
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A good laugh is enjoyed as the pronghorn vanishes into the prairie.
North American pronghorn, which inhabit portions of Wyoming, including Yellowstone National Park, can sprint 45-50 mph. They could seemingly leap over any short fencing but prefer to crawl under and sometimes become entangled.
Pronghorn are commonly referred to as antelope, but they’re not true antelope like those that inhabit Africa and Southeast Asia.