Wise County Messenger

West Wise? More like West Africa: Wildebeest chase ends without drama


It wasn’t a mirage. For a moment Tuesday night, West Wise met West Africa when a full-grown wildebeest made a run for it down Farm Road 2123. Around 6:40 p.m., concerned 911 callers reported a large, horned animal hoofing it along the pavement near Paradise and Cottondale. The fugitive — a wildebeest bull — reportedly escaped from a trailer on […]

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