"A coyote walks into an ALDI"sounds a lot like the start of a cheesy dad joke, but that's exactly what happened in a Chicago, Illinois ALDI store this week. And lucky for us, the mayhem was caught on camera.

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

It was not known how a coyote found its way to the Aldi at 800 N. Kedzie Ave., but police officers and the city's animal control department helped out, Chicago police said. The coyote will get a health assessment before it's released.

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.

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.

Police officers pulled a coyote out of the refrigerated section in an Aldi grocery store outside of Chicago. The popular weather forecaster is gone with no explanation from the station beyond a statement thanking her for keeping viewers safe and informed.

A video of authorities removing a coyote from an Aldi grocery store in Chicago has gone viral. Police, who worked with Chicago Animal Care and Control, said no people were injured in the incident, and the adult male coyote was uninjured, according to reports from WLS.

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

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.