Pony dressed as a Unicorn leads cops on a 3-Hour Car Chase

What should have been a magical encounter went wrong when a pony dressed as a unicorn escaped from a children’s party.

Police nab runaway unicorn. Wait, what? https://t.co/Gy8UAOtiKl (photo: DJ Becker) pic.twitter.com/kCo2Dn4fQg

— WGRZ (@WGRZ) February 26, 2016

The horse evaded California Highway Patrol officers  as it trotted through traffic, sporting a pink halter and horn. 

The fugitive, named Juliet, led the California Highway Patrol on an intense, 3-hour chase.

According to local KTVU News  ‘Some motorists were surprised and hesitant to report the pony with the pink halter and the horn in the roadway as a unicorn, but others were quite sure they had actually seen one,’ 

Sandra Boos, the owner, said Juliet often plays a unicorn at parties and escaped during a photo shoot with the horn and pink halter still attached to her head.

“I’m a photographer here in the Fresno area and a lot of little girls have had their dreams come true taking pictures with Juliet the unicorn,” Boos said. “She threw her head up … [and] ran off and the more we pursued her the further she ran.”

UPI reports ‘At one point involved the CHP’s H40 helicopter using heat-seeking FLIR radar to track Juliet.’