It was bedlamb in a German supermarket earlier this week after 50 sheep broke from the herd and decided to check out the aisles.
They were in search of baaa–rgains.
The sheep lingered among the shelves and checkout area for about 20 minutes, after they had strayed from their flock before entering the store on Monday. It is unclear how the sheep broke loose.
The discount retailer has managed to turn the incident into something of a guerrilla marketing campaign, receiving a flood of responses on its Instagram page.
Store manager first thought he was the butt of a joke
Speaking to Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper, store manager Jürgen Kippes said he initially thought he was being pranked.
“I’ve never experienced anything like this before,” he told the newspaper. “I thought we were on ‘Candid Camera’.”
During their short visit, the flock managed to cause a fair bit of mess.
“If they had run to the right toward the fruit and vegetables — God forbid — you wouldn’t have been able to get them out,” the newspaper quoted Kippes as saying.
Getting the sheep to leave the supermarket premises took some wrangling, according to the manager.
“We tried to push them out, but it didn’t work,” Kippes said.
It was only when an employee banged loudly on the cash register that the animals got startled and exited through the sliding door into the parking lot.
Lower Franconia: What did the “shopping sheep” in the supermarket want? | BR24
