Target: where shopping gets wild! From car crashes and hidden cameras to celebrity shoplifting and an 8-year-old driver, these stories prove that sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. Get ready for a wild ride through the most unbelievable moments caught inside America's favorite retail store.
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00:00I've got a big surprise for you guys.
00:01Oh, we have a bit of a surprise for you too.
00:06Them guns are unloaded.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most peculiar Target
00:11stories.
00:12All right, here's the best part.
00:13The constrictor is now being named Tarjay.
00:17Number 10, Dramatic Entrance.
00:19It is a busy foot traffic area.
00:21We're fortunate no one was hit in the parking lot.
00:23We're fortunate at that time that employee area of the store was relatively unoccupied.
00:27In 2021, shoppers inside a New Jersey Target were asked to vacate the store after a Hyundai
00:32Elantra crashed through the window.
00:34The car didn't quite go as far into the store as the vehicle in the original Jumanji
00:37movie does, but it certainly did some damage.
00:46Fortunately, the injuries to the driver, passenger, and one Target employee were described
00:50as only minor.
00:51It apparently wasn't an easy job for fire officials to remove the car because a big
00:55display case was stuck on the passenger side front wheel.
00:57You could say it was a wheelie tricky situation and a memorable Target trip for anyone there
01:02at the time.
01:12Number 9, Off-Target Attempt at Returning Merchandise.
01:16Just this holiday season, there's going to be, they're expecting about three and a
01:18half billion dollars in returns out of the nine billion roughly that are going to be
01:22returned all year.
01:23Sometimes you might not be satisfied with your purchase.
01:26That's what stores have return policies for.
01:28But some customers can miss the mark with what qualifies as a returnable item.
01:32Make sure you're returning the item at the store you bought it from.
01:34And while you're at it, make sure you have some integrity.
01:45One Target employee explained to Business Insider that someone once tried to return
01:49a non-Target item and insisted it was bought at Target.
01:52Another return story is just laughable.
01:54One Target crew member claimed that a customer once came to the store to try to return a
01:58Walmart shirt.
02:00Seriously?
02:00Returning a rival's shirt?
02:05Number 8, Disturbing Hidden Camera Discovery in Store Dressing Room.
02:12While in a fitting room at a Target in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a teenage girl's privacy
02:16was grossly invaded without her knowledge at the time.
02:19The store's loss prevention officers noticed that a hidden camera had been installed.
02:23Authorities responded promptly and, with the help of the store's loss prevention staff,
02:27concluded that the camera had been placed there by a middle-aged man.
02:40Before he could even leave the store, officials were on the scene to arrest him and take him
02:44to jail.
02:45To only make the story more disturbing, this man had already done similar criminal acts
02:49and was a convicted sex offender.
02:55Number 7, Celebrity Shoplifting.
03:06Unfortunately, the immoral act of shoplifting doesn't seem to be all that rare of an
03:11occurrence, but when a celebrity does it, that's sure to open eyes.
03:14Target has been the place for such an occurrence on more than one occasion.
03:17Kim Richards, who starred in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, was in the news in 2015
03:22after being arrested for theft.
03:23It was reported that Richards stole an entire cart full of items, valued at a total of $600,
03:29from a Los Angeles Target.
03:35Actor Adam Wiley, who some people may recognize from the series Picket Fences or Gilmore Girls,
03:40also got arrested for shoplifting at a Target in a different California location.
03:48Number 6, Fashionable Dino Customer.
03:59You know those big inflatable dinosaur costumes?
04:01Maybe you've seen one online or in person, perhaps on Halloween.
04:05One Target employee's funniest in-store memory was of someone who walked in wearing
04:09one of those dino costumes, along with a pair of heels.
04:12It's not every day you come across a dinosaur with great taste in footwear.
04:20It's the randomness that can make the event so memorable.
04:23Witnessing this on the job is definitely something that can liven up your shift.
04:26We hope that dino in heels found what they were looking for at Target.
04:34Number 5, Robbery by Former Employee in Uniform.
04:42Dressed in a Target uniform, a man decided to show up to the place he used to work
04:48to make a dirty point of some sorts.
04:50He pretended he was a seasonal employee, arriving at the start of the work day
04:53and getting a legit employee to open the door for him.
04:56He wasn't there to only pretend he still worked there, George Costanza style.
05:06No, no.
05:06This former Target employee had meaner intentions.
05:09After gaining entry, he robbed several hundred dollars worth of electronics from the store
05:14and fled recklessly, ultimately crashing his vehicle.
05:16The police took the man into custody and recovered the stolen items.
05:27Number 4, TikTok Target Hall Theft.
05:30You may be familiar with those try-on halls that social media influencers do,
05:42where they post about the various items they bought at a store.
05:44One TikToker did one of the silliest and most unethical try-on halls one can do.
05:48Police were searching for information about a young woman who had shoplifted
05:52at a Target in Cape Coral, Florida.
05:54She had scanned false barcodes at self-checkout and stolen about $500 worth of items.
06:00It turned out someone recognized her from TikTok,
06:11presumably one of her more than 300,000 followers.
06:14Not only did the woman steal from Target,
06:16she posted a video of her day at the store, the day she stole.
06:21When police shared the photo online,
06:23one anonymous caller possibly recognized the woman in the photo as Velez,
06:27a vlogger who posts videos of her day to day.
06:30Number 3, Slithery Customer.
06:39We typically expect to start our shopping spree with a clean, trash-free cart.
06:43However, every now and then, you might find one that's not as spotless as you'd like.
06:47At a Target in Iowa, one customer found something totally unexpected in a cart.
06:51It was a snake, a boa constrictor to be exact.
06:54It's safe to say the customer didn't end up using that cart.
06:57The Target team responded to the situation and brought animal control in.
07:01Goats were found at a Target in Texas, but that's not quite as startling as a snake.
07:08While it's unclear how the Slithery visitor ended up there,
07:11a herpetologist and professor later volunteered to take the snake,
07:14planning to use it for educational purposes in the classroom.
07:17If the owner does not come forward within seven days,
07:20the boa will find its forever home with a local herpetologist.
07:25Number 2, Loaded Gun Discovered in Toy Aisle.
07:28There's nothing quite like roaming through the toy aisle as a kid,
07:31particularly at a store like Target. There's so many things you could find.
07:35However, in 2014, in the toy aisle at a Target in South Carolina,
07:39there was something that never should have been there, a loaded handgun.
07:43Luckily, rather than a kid finding the weapon,
07:45which was on top of a superhero play school toy box,
07:48a Target employee on the loss prevention team found it and reported it.
07:51In response to this alarming situation, a spokeswoman for Target expressed the
07:55company's commitment to ensuring the safety and security of both employees and customers.
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08:28Number 1, 8-Year-Old's Target Trip.
08:30A next-door neighbor provided the family and officers with ring camera footage
08:35that showed the child got into the SUV and drove off around 7am alone.
08:41It's one thing for an 8-year-old to be shopping alone at Target,
08:43but driving herself there? That's a whole different story.
08:46And yes, that's exactly what happened in Ohio.
08:49This little girl didn't just take a quick spin either.
08:51She drove her mom's SUV for a solid 25 minutes to get there.
09:05Scary? Totally. Impressive? Eh, kind of. Condoned? Definitely not.
09:10Thankfully, she made it to the store in one piece.
09:12Once inside, she strolled through the aisles,
09:15casually shopping with a few Benjamins in her pocket.
09:17Of course, the police showed up, found her, and probably had the same thought we all do.
09:21She's only 8 years old!
09:33Do you have a memory of something unusual you saw at a Target? Let us know in the comments.
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