Enchanting a buffalo ... A buffalo that escaped from an auction in Rapid City, S.D., ended up in a dressing room at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center where it spent a couple of hours gazing into a mirror. The animal had jumped over a steel panel and gone down an alley into the area reserved for visiting sports teams. Sales staff decided to leave the buffalo alone with its thoughts until the auction was over. Afterward, it was coaxed back into captivity. -- The Globe and Mail, 3 February 2005, p. A 16.