Donkeys Bust Out of Nativity Scene

A living nativity scene near the Colorado ski resort of Vail almost had to go without two key actors when two donkeys escaped. The nativity scene is an annual tradition for Eagle River Presbyterian Church. Pastor Rob Wilson says two borrowed donkeys were being held in a fenced-in pen for the event Wednesday night, but the animals had their own ideas and pushed their way through it, the Vail Daily reports.

A church member who stopped by the church Wednesday morning noticed the donkeys were gone. He and a sheriff's deputy followed footprints in the snow and eventually caught up with them. The donkeys had wandered near some railroad tracks but were OK. (More donkey stories.)