An American buffalo, named 'Tyson the Bison,' spotted casually roaming the Chicago suburbs

An American buffalo is on the loose, casually roaming around Chicago's suburbs looking for a new home. 

The Lake County (Illinois) Sheriff's Office said in a social media message that the family-owned buffalo – known as "Tyson the Bison" – fled its home in September and has continued to graze in Lake and McHenry counties of the Chicago suburbs. There have been known spottings of the buffalo before, most recently when a photographer captured Tyson in Cary, Ill., vaulting the buffalo into local stardom. 

The owners of the buffalo are hoping for a snowfall so that they can track the animal and bring it home safely. The animal had just been delivered from a different farm before going on the loose. 

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The Lake County Sheriff's Office is strongly urging pedestrians not to approach the buffalo and to notify authorities. 

On its Facebook page, the sheriff's office wrote: "Tyson means you no 'farm!' We 'hoof' talked to the owners who are hoping for a snowfall, so they can track her and take her into 'cowstody' safely."

"You won't be able to wrangle her with 'handcalfs,' and she can be a bit 'imbullsive' so if you see her, please don't approach her – you can call your local police agency, and we will call the owners for a 'smooooth' apprehension!"

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