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In Video: The Great Llama Drama Of 2015

A pair of llamas were on the run in Sun City, Ariz., for about an hour.
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A pair of llamas were on the run in Sun City, Ariz., for about an hour.

A pair of llamas on the loose in Sun City, Ariz., riveted the nation this afternoon.

The major cable news networks — CNN, Fox, MSNBC — broke into their news coverage for chopper footage showing a black llama and a white llama running through parking lots and boulevards while being chased by a bunch of guys:

Eventually, more men with lassos joined the chase:

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And the black llama was cornered and, much to the dismay of Twitter, was captured:

But the white llama was still holding on to the dream:

The llama escaped a few lasso attempts from men on foot. But then, they brought in the pick up truck and the "Great Llama Drama of 2015" came to an end:

And everybody thought:

(By the way: Per the AP, this all happened in Maricopa County. There's no word on whether these llamas were pets.)

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