Mystery of Gracie the giraffe deepens as sheriff calls recapture claims a tall story

Sheriff in rural Texas says it's still at large' after claim Gracie had been located after wandering off private ranch

For almost two weeks, residents of a rural Texas county have been looking, mostly up, for a missing giraffe called Gracie that wandered off from a private game ranch.

On Wednesday, the mystery of the free-roaming mammal's odyssey deepened further, when a local sheriff disputed an account that it was reportedly found safe a little farther out than expected" from its hill country home, and said the search was most definitely still on.