Horse Escapes Transport to Check Out Old Orchard Mall

SKOKIE, IL - A horse who escaped from the Glen Grove Equestrian Center in Morton Grove Saturday night was found wandering the streets of Skokie near Old Orchard Mall Saturday night.

Skokie Police Officer Eric Swaback told the Skokie Review he’s never heard of anything like this in the more than two decades he’s been an officer in the village.

"We had this brown horse running through our town," said Swaback, noting that an escaped horse is an unusual occurrence in Skokie.

The horse was found at the intersection of Skokie Boulevard and Old Orchard Road near the mall. She escaped from the Morton Grove equestrian center at Golf and Harms roads, where she was only being held temporarily.

A manager there said the horse “just went for a walk and had no idea where she was going."

She was unharmed and escorted back to Morton Grove by police.

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