Despite reports to the contrary - and dozens, if not hundreds, of AI-generated "sightings" shared by area residents and businesses - Gracie the giraffe is still missing and continuing her tour of the Hill Country.

(Photo courtesy of the Real County Sheriff's Office.) Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson said June 24 the giraffe is "still out and about on a fling" after leaving Cedar Hollow Ranch near Leakey on June 12.

Cedar Hollow Ranch is an exotic breeding facility, not a hunting ranch, and has kept giraffes for more than 30 years.