--- --- # Runaway Unicorn Leads Highway Patrol on Wild Chase  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 26, 2016 6:02 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 26, 2016 6:02 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/703105801578090499) A [white pony](http://time.com/3989108/my-little-pony-kristin-chenoweth/) dressed as a unicorn ran through the streets of Madera County, Calif., for over three hours on Wednesday night before she was caught by police. The [costumed pony](http://time.com/4215689/horses-recognize-human-emotion/), named Juliet, first escaped from a child’s birthday party at about 2:30 p.m., but was soon recaptured. However, she got loose again around 5:30 p.m. and proceeded to lead California Highway Patrol on a long chase as she wove in and out of traffic. “We got a call of a unicorn running in the roadway on 12th avenue near Road 32,” Officer Justin Perry told [KTUL](http://ktul.com/news/local/unicorn-leads-chp-officers-on-chase). “I’ve been doing this for 14 years and this is my first call for a unicorn.” **Read More:** [A Brief History of the Unicorn](http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1814227,00.html) Authorities were forced to employ a helicopter with heat-seeking radar to track down Juliet in an orchard. A nearby resident then used her own [horse](http://time.com/4030091/horse-boyfriend-girlfriend-hay/) to lead the mythically dressed runaway into a pen where she was finally apprehended. Runaway Unicorn Leads Highway Patrol on Wild Chase ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4239011/runaway-unicorn-highway-patrol-wild-chase/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4239011/runaway-unicorn-highway-patrol-wild-chase/"},"headline":"Runaway Unicorn Leads Highway Patrol on Wild Chase","datePublished":"2016-02-26T18:02:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:31.813Z","description":"She couldn't be reigned in","url":"https://time.com/4239011/runaway-unicorn-highway-patrol-wild-chase/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Weird News","horses"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4239011/runaway-unicorn-highway-patrol-wild-chase/","name":"Runaway Unicorn Leads Highway Patrol on Wild Chase"}}]}] ```