Taylor and Laura Ford had just gotten the zebra on Friday, May 30. But then, the very next morning, on Saturday, May 31, Ed went missing. “I was in the pool,” Taylor said about where he found out their exotic pet went missing.

Ed escaped on May 30, just hours after arriving at his new home in Middle Tennessee. The animal jumped a fence and began a journey that took him along I-24, through suburban neighborhoods, and across rural backyards— caught on trail cameras grazing freely and frolicking in a stream, evading capture along the way.