Watch: Escaped Hippo Roams Streets of South African Community

Residents of a South African community were forced to shelter in place after a hippopotamus managed to escape a neighboring nature reserve and took to the streets. According to a local media report, the wild incident occurred early Saturday morning in the Cape Town suburb of Grassy Park. During a skirmish between two hippos at the Rondevlei Nature Reserve, one of the monstrous creatures attempted to flee the fracas and, in doing so, barreled through a fence to freedom. The enormous animal subsequently set off on something of an adventure, strolling down the streets of Grassy Park to the uneasiness of people living in the community.

Check out footage of the hippo on the run and find out more on this story at the Coast to Coast AM website.