Low on toilet paper, perhaps? Fifty ducks reportedly entered a CVS drugstore in Saratoga Springs and refused to leave. It wasn’t until an employee shooed them out of the store with white cheddar popcorn that the ducks eventually waddled out. The first attempt at getting them out was with a Dry Swiffer. It’s still unclear how all these ducks got through the automatic doors—a technology that recognizes the human form, not that of a small creature. All that’s left now is a few muddy footprints.
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