HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Like any classic jail break story, the wild tale of Thelma and Louise had to end eventually -- although this one is a cliffhanger. Months after the emus broke free from their enclosures in the Green Sea area, one of the birds was peacefully captured seemingly no worse for the wear aside from a glancing buckshot wound that left a mark on its neck. The animal's owner, Sam Morace, said in a Loris community Facebook group that his emu was herded into a pasture Monday night and fed for safekeeping. The property owner and Morace's father then loaded the bird onto a trailer and got her back home. "One down!!! One more to go!!!," Morace said. Morace didn't specify in his post whether it was Thelma or Louise, but did confirm that she was struck by a buckshot pellet. On the prowl since summertime, the freedom-craving birds vaulted into the national spotlight earlier this month after Horry County police confirmed social media reports around the same time news broke of more than 40 monkeys escaping from a Beaufort County research facility. Wrangling the creatures is no easy feat: The large, flightless birds can be up to six feet tall and weigh 120 pounds, with maximum running speeds of 30 mph, according to the Smithsonian Institution. They’re also intelligent, curious and brave — making them difficult to wrangle once they break free. “If the emus were that easy to catch, they would be home already,” Morace said on Facebook.