Deer runs in to crowded Florida Publix grocery store - Tampabay.com

The buck stopped here.
As he was ringing bells for the Salvation Army outside a Publix on Wednesday, Joel Sheets spotted a deer coming his way.
"He must've activated the motion detector, because the outer door opened and he went right through," he said.
And into a crowd of afternoon shoppers dashing around the Boot Ranch Publix near Palm Harbor to get last-minute groceries for the holiday.
The deer, a male of about 150 pounds, ran smack-dab into a pet supply display about 1:30 p.m. Employees then apprehended it.

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Comedy

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• deer
• Florida
• Tampa Bay
• St. Petersburg
• Publix
• Boot Ranch
• Palm Harbor
• animals
• grocery

[Moluxaum]

The deer was just checking out the brand new Publix !!!!

[RayRoark2009]

From the sound of the reporters voice was like "Oh well, I dont care what happened"

[rebecapadilla77]

I went to that publix.Sadly...no deer.btw tht reporter voice sounds boooring.

[amphib2007]

"Besides the concussion, the dear was not injured..." Um, no comment! :P

[Christian7thSF]

I love Florida Rednecks :)

[mryjn420090]

they blindfolded the deer to keep it quiet? you think it would freak out more

[smashvillenashville]

Its not a bear its a deer..I've pet a deer before. They don't hurt humans.

[fortune83]

poor deer, and why they hell are those dumbass people clapping?

[phonecpus]

Ohh men can a dear go shopping anymore ? What's wrong with this planet .

[Duma39]

Poor baby!! At least he was a smart deer though, he headed for the pet supplies display :-)

[cj9788]

a deer at christmas time how LOL

[littlereeder]

Holy crap got bored and searched Publix and saw that this is the one I work at. Who forgot to mention this?