In August 1943, Old Pitt, an ele­phant who was part of the Cole Broth­ers Cir­cus, was struck by light­ning dur­ing a severe storm dur­ing a mati­nee per­for­mance in Dil­lon, Mon­tana, USA. The 102-year-old ele­phant was buried right where she died. The cir­cus gave her a prop­er bur­ial at the Beaver­head Coun­ty Fair and com­mis­sioned a gran­ite tomb­stone. Sev­en­ty years lat­er, vis­i­tors can still vis­it her grave site.