A Liquor Store Employee Finds The Store Ransacked In The Morning, And It Was All Done By The Cutest Little Intruder
A quiet morning at an Australian BWS liquor store turned into an unexpected cleanup job when staff arrived to find broken bottles and shelves knocked out of place. At first, it looked like the work of a late-night thief, but the security footage told a very different story.
The intruder was an echidna, a small spiky animal native to the area, and it had apparently spent the night wandering through the store, toppling bottles as it went. By the time employees found it, the little visitor was tucked under a shelf and looked completely worn out.
What happened next made the whole mess even more memorable, because this was one store break-in nobody saw coming.
How the little animal had gotten into the shop is still unclear, but it was obvious that it was in no hurry to leave. Finally, the staff found it beneath a shelf, exhausted from its adventure.
"He had gone through a couple of bottles of vodka and a bottle of chocolate Bailey's, so he was definitely sleeping it off," the employee said.
Upon receiving a call, the staff from the New South Wales Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) arrived on the scene quickly.
“It was ascertained that the echidna had really good taste, as the shelving it had climbed prior to finding its hiding spot was filled with bottles of champagne, all of which were now lying smashed all over the floor,” WIRES wrote.
Luckily, the animal wasn’t injured during its adventure, and rescuers were able to safely catch it.
This reminds me of Lori getting speechless when a deer family casually wandered into her gift store.
The rescuers set the animal free in a safe location outside.
“The echidna moved away in a straight line - it had obviously not consumed too much champagne during the night,” WIRES said.
The echidna's little adventure ended - it was fun while it lasted, but it left a lot of mess behind.
"We hope the offender has learned its lesson and will not enter and break again," WIRES wrote.
For another roadside rescue, read how a cyclist rushed to help the “pink blob” life.
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