July 25 (UPI) -- A tortoise who escaped from her family's home in England was found more than two weeks later outside an ice cream parlor nearly 3 miles from home.
Shelley, a 20-year-old leopard tortoise, escaped from outside her family's home in Shillingford Abbot, near Exeter, on July 9.
The tortoise was spotted 16 days later in a field outside the Orange Elephant ice cream parlor in Kenneford, about 2.8 miles from home.
"She was spotted by the farmer who thought she was a big rock," owner Nick Phillips told the BBC. "Luckily, he realized rocks don't usually move and gave us a call."
The Orange Elephant celebrated Shelley's return on social media.
