Man, can't believe it's been 17 yrs & this fugitive's still on the run & ALIVE!!

[theking]

Per Sacramento Bee :

Fugitive flamingo seen on Texas coast 17 years after escaping Kansas zoo during storm

Flamingo No. 492 broke free from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita alongside another African flamingo during an evening storm on June 27, 2005, the Wichita Eagle reported. The birds had succeeded in combining their not-yet-trimmed feathers and strong winds when making the great escape. “No. 492, and the other flamingo who escaped, both went separate ways,” the Eagle reported. “No. 492 went to the Gulf Coast, and the other went up north. The Eagle reported in 2009 that no one has seen the northern bird since August 2005,” adding that zoo officials believe the two got separated during the storm.
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article259861105.html#storylink=cpy