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Watch: Maine fawn breaks into store, leaves a trail of chaos on Thanksgiving

By Chris Williams
Updated  November 26, 2023 4:39pm EST
Wild Nature
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Fawn trashes Maine store on Thanksgiving Day

Police investigating a break-in at a store in Rockland, Maine, on Thanksgiving Day were surprised to find a fawn was the culprit. (Credit: Rockland Maine Police Department via Storyful)

ROCKLAND, Maine - A fawn in Maine was not in the Thanksgiving spirit after breaking in and trashing a store on the holiday. 

Rockland Police Department said officers were alerted to a break-in on Thursday afternoon and were surprised to find the animal was the culprit. 

Officers said they found the window "smashed out and items knocked over inside." 

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They then secured the exits to search for the suspect. 

"The suspect was in fact a white tail deer, possibly trying to get a head start on some Black Friday shopping," police joked in a post on Facebook.

Police said the fawn eventually left but was not seriously injured. 

Storyful contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.