Escape Games Go Wild: 5 Craziest Animal Escapes

Think escape games are only for clever human types? Think again! Animals are masters of the genre, and as long as we humans have been putting them into corporals and cages, they’ve been—well—escaping them.

For their daring, ingenuity, and sheer determination, we have no doubt the animal escape artists listed below could crack any one of our Vancouver escape rooms.

5. A Mob of Emus in Texas

Emus are native to Australia, which means they don’t really belong in Texas—and they most definitely don’t belong in the suburbs. That didn’t stop four emus from making a break for it in Round Rock, Texas, in October of last year.

Emmitt, Huey, Dewey, and Louie were eventually apprehended by slightly amused police (who filmed the entire thing) and were returned to their owner’s garden.

4. The Toronto IKEA Monkey

How did he get out of his owner’s car? Does he know how to work locks? Did he choose that coat himself? We may never know, but the Toronto IKEA monkey—aka Darwin—will forever remain in our hearts for his totally relaxed and casual approach to escape. Darwin now lives in an animal sanctuary, and probably has no further plans to go on the lam.

3. The Calgary Zoo Hippos

The most terrifying animal escape on the list is definitely the hippos who managed to slip out of their enclosure at the Calgary Zoo, thanks to rising flood waters in 2013. Luckily, that’s as far as they got on their unexpected escape run, though they were in danger of making a clear break into the nearby Elbow River.

2. The Swiss Elephant

Perhaps even more strange than emus in Texas is an elephant in the Alps. Back in 2010, the 10-foot tall elephant Sabu made a break for it from his circus handlers, spending two hours calmly wandering around the city, taking in the sites. Sabu was calm through the entire jaunt, and there was no recorded damage.

1. Evelyn and Jim take LA

The Los Angeles Zoo had to take serious measures to keep tabs on Evelyn and Jim, a pair of gorillas. The clever escape masterminds broke out of their enclosure not once, not twice, but five times—that we know of—using teamwork to make their multiple breaks.

While there might not be any animals at Krakit Vancouver Escape Game (except maybe the occasional werewolf), they’re still plenty of fun to play. Book here: http://bookeo.com/krakit