A witness at the store at 800 North Kedzie in Humboldt Park told WLS that the coyote was roaming the car park just minutes prior to entering the market.
One expert, the Cook County Coyote Project’s Stand Gehrt, said the animal ‘picked an odd location’ to hide.
Shock moment a coyote is pulled out of a grocery store fridge Coyotes are not normally known for their love of cheese.
A video shared on social media showed an Animal Care and Control officer and a cop confronted the coyote as curious customers gathered and observed.
Officials eventually captured the coyote and representatives from the Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation picked it up around 7pm for evaluation.
