WILY COYOTE

WATCH: Cop Pulls Coyote Out of Aldi Refrigerator by the Tail

The supermarket chain has yet to comment on the bizarre scene that took place in one of its Chicago stores.

Aldi shoppers got more than they bargained for when a cop yanked a coyote from a fridge by the tail. The strange scene played out in the supermarket chain’s Kedzie Avenue store in Chicago, Illinois, Monday morning and comes amid mating season. “I was prepared to see him pull out a opossum or a raccoon. Did NOT expect that,” a man who posted the video to X said on the social media site. Two Harrison District police officers, one armed with a broom and the other a dust pan, were caught on camera reaching into the coolers in the store—before one of them pulls the animal by the tail. “Watch out, watch out, watch out!” one of the officers shouts, before the intruder darts back into the cooler. “Nobody was bitten,” said Harrison District Lt. Terence Teahan. Animal Care and Control arrived to whisk the male animal away safely, and officials said authorities will give the coyote a once over with a view to releasing it back into the wild. Aldi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.