Michigan State Troopers, probably expecting a standard Tuesday, suddenly got called out to locate Dolly Parton. Not the legendary singer, actress, philanthropist. Dolly Parton the donkey. Seriously, a “missing donkey” situation. Dolly apparently decided she’d had enough farm life and went full outlaw, strutting right out through an open gate like, “See y’all later.”
Troopers eventually spot her just moseying down a local road, totally unbothered. No drama, no wild chase — just Dolly taking her country walk. They wrangled her up, got her home safe, and called it a day.
Her owner, bless him, told reporters he’s learned an important lesson: “Close. The. Gate.”
Honestly, sounds like the troopers got a free rodeo lesson, Dolly got her adventure, and Michigan got the most wholesome crime story of the week.