They pulled by the tail: a wild coyote was pulled out of a refrigerator with cheeses in a store

The video, which was posted on social media, shows an animal control officer and a police officer using mops to try to get the coyote out of an open dairy refrigerator.

Eventually, the animal was pulled out by its tail, but the coyote quickly rushed back into the refrigerator.

"I was expecting to see a possum or a raccoon pulled out, but I didn't expect to see a coyote," the author of the video commented on the results of the "hunt."

One of the witnesses to the incident noted that she saw the animal wandering around the parking lot, but somehow within minutes the coyote was already in the refrigerator with select cheeses in the grocery section of the store.

As it turned out, the predator was eventually captured, and after the animal's condition is assessed, it may be returned to the wild.

Animal rights activists note that from January to March, coyotes are especially active, since mating season begins, and people see them more often. It is possible that in an attempt to avoid meeting a person, the animal tried to hide, thus ending up inside the store.