Chicago, Illinois - Police officers pulled a wild animal from the shelves of an Aldi supermarket in Chicago on Monday in some truly shocking footage.

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Shoppers at the supermarket had observed a coyote hanging around outside the store for some time, probably looking for a safe place to hide among the tasty treats.

The animal slipped into the store and crawled into the depths of a refrigerated shelf, causing some understandable concern.

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"It picked an odd location. They do this sometimes. They make a mistake. They're trying to avoid us. They're trying to hide from us," Stan Gehrt from the Cook County Coyote Project told ABC 7 Chicago.

"Probably trying to find a new area to hide ended up inside the store, and this has happened in the past."

To locate the coyote, officers first used a broom and carefully poked around among the shelves.

As a video published on X shows, one of the police officers was finally able to get hold of the four-legged friend's tail and then pulled the animal off the shelf.

While he immediately tried to find shelter between the refrigerated products once again, the animal was finally caught a few minutes later.

The coyote was reportedly uninjured, as were witnesses, police, and animal control officers.