Shoppers and staff at a Chicago Aldi were surprised to find a coyote hiding in the refrigerated section, prompting a response from animal control.

Customers gasped as officers made several attempts to yank the coyote out of the shelf, finally pulling the animal out by its tail.

Onlookers watched the slightly surreal incident at an Aldi in Chicago's West side play out with cops trying to dislodge the terrified coyote who had run into the supermarket

Imagine shopping for groceries and stumbling upon a wild coyote in the frozen food aisle. That's exactly what happened in a Chicago Aldi store today.

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.

Officials gave an update Tuesday on a coyote pulled from a refrigerator shelf at an Aldi in Chicago, a moment that was captured on now-viral video.

A surprise shopper caused a stir at a Chicago supermarket on Monday morning-a coyote decided to check out the produce aisle before being escorted out. Customers at an Aldi were in for a shock when officers pulled a coyote out of the refrigerated section-a howlingly harrowing moment captured on video.

Customers gasped as officers made several attempts to yank the coyote out of the shelf, finally pulling the animal out by its tail.

A viral video from inside the store shows two police officers struggling to pull something out of the refrigerated section as shoppers watch with curiosity.

Image via Instagram Over the years, Walmart has garnered a bit of a bad rap for being a bit of a lawless land where anything goes. But at least it doesn't have a wild coyote. No, that distinction belongs to Aldi.