Top 10 Weirdest Things That Could Happen Only at Walmart
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Walmart is an American retail corporation. In 1962, Sam Walton founded it in Bentonville, Arkansas. By 1988, it became the most profitable retailer based on revenue. Since then, Walmart has grown multinational with operations in Mexico, Central America, the UK, Japan, India, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Canada. However, more than 62% of its sales still come from the US. Over time, Walmart has become a world on to itself best exemplified by the people of Walmart. Check out below the top 10 weirdest things that could happen only at Walmart.
#10. Couple marry at the Walmart store where they first met
One of the most famous only at Walmart moments was when a couple married at the Walmart store that they first met.
It all started when Wayne Brandenburg, a widower, would browse through his local Walmart a few times a week. Susan, his future wife and a divorcee, was working there as a cashier. Wayne said, “I’d ask her how she was that day, and tell her she looked very nice.” Eventually, Wayne built up the courage to ask Susan out. From there they quickly fell in love and he asked her to marry him.
When they were trying to figure out where to hold the wedding reception, half jokingly, Wayne said why not at the Walmart where they first met. According to Wayne, “But we batted it around and realized that it’s where we met, where we dated and where most of her friends worked, so we asked the store and they gave us their blessing.”[1]Yahoo – Couple marry in Wal-Mart store where they first met They even got the cake from the store’s bakery.
While this only at Walmart moment might seem out of the ordinary, in reality it is a lot more common than you might think. In fact, according to a report form Psychology Today, Walmart “is the most popular place for American to fall in love at first sight.”
#9. Only at Walmart would police arrest a woman for biting off an employee’s finger
One of the weirdest only at Walmart moments happened at the Myrtle Beach Walmart. In the event, a woman bit off part of a Walmart employee’s finger.
The event started when loss prevention officers at Walmart saw Carolynn Wright trying to leave the store with some stolen items. When trying to stop her, she punched one of the employees and it part of the finger off of the other.[2]The State – Woman arrested for biting off a Walmart employee’s finger Fortunately, police got there in time to stop her. She faces assault and battery charges. However, according to the police report, she had done all of this only to steal about $40.07 worth of products which included condoms, panties, lubricant, bra, a camisole, and a few other pieces of clothing. She faces assault and battery charges. This only at Walmart moment doesn’t sound like it is worth it!
#8. Police arrest a Walmart patron for satisfying himself in the store
Only at Walmart would police arrest a customer for satisfying himself in the store. In fact, according to a South Carolina police report, the customer, Jeremy Percival Bryant was spotted masturbating in various spots around the store.
According to a female customer and witness, Bryant was acting “weird” in the store and “had his penis out of his pants and was rubbing it.” In addition, another witness, a Walmart employee said that “Bryant would cover himself when someone moved toward him in the aisle, but would resume the activity when he thought no one was watching him.”[3]The Smoking Gun – Another Satisfied Walmart Patron Gets Arrested
When police got to the store, Bryant tried to run away, but they quickly arrested him.
#7. Man dressed as a cow steals milk from Walmart
In perhaps one of the most bizarre only at Walmart moments, an 18 year old man dressed in a cow suit stole 26 gallons of milk from a Virginia Walmart.
According to the report, the man crawled on all fours into the store, imitating a cow.[4]Huffpost – Man In Cow Suit Steals Milk From Walmart After he left the store with the stolen milk, he gave it away to people passing by. It is not exactly clear how he was able to walk out of the store with all of the stolen milk without being noticed.
However, since his cow costume did not completely cover his face, it was very easy for police to identify him and catch him shortly after at a local McDonald.
#6. Only at Walmart would someone think of setting up a meth lab
Only at Walmart would someone get arrested for attempting to run a drug meth lab.
The event happened in a central Kentucky Walmart when employees went into a restroom because a customer was taking a long time to come out. Inside they found the customer, 36 year old James Prater, passed out on the floor.
When the police and EMTs got there, they found a working meth lab in his backpack. Apparently, he had passed out while trying to make the drugs. After the EMTs checked Prater out, the police quickly arrested and charged him for “manufacturing meth, possession of meth, and possession of drug paraphernalia.”[5]WKYT – Apparent meth lab leads to Walmart evacuation
#5. Teen caught living in Walmart
It may sound like something out of a movie, but in the most only in Walmart scenarios, police caught a 14 year old boy living in a Walmart in Texas for 4 days. It took that long for authorities to notice him because he had built “secret hidden compounds” inside the Walmart store.[6]syracuse – Teen caught living in Walmart built ‘secret hidden compounds’ in store
In fact, the teen had made 2 separate hidden campsites inside the Walmart. One was behind some strollers in the baby section and the other was behind a stack of paper towels. In addition, the teenager had managed to not be noticed by changing his clothes. He had stolen food and drink from the store for nourishment.
The teenager would have been able to hide for longer if it was not for Walmart employees discovering a trail of trash in the store.
#4. Woman gets super glued go Walmart toilet
One of the most only at Walmart moments happened in a Walmart Kentucky bathroom, when a women was stuck to a toilet seat by super glue. Other customers and Walmart employees noticed the situation when she started screaming for help. Paramedics took a hour to remove her from the toilet with the toilet seat still attached. Doctors had to removed the toilet seat from her in the hospital.[7]Huffpost – Woman Gets Super Glued To Walmart Toilet
According to the police, someone had done the gluing on purpose. If they ever caught the person, it is a 2nd degree assault charge.
However, this is not the first time that someone has been glued to a toilet seat in Walmart. In fact, it also happened to a man in a Maryland Walmart store.
#3. Man sucks a woman’s toes at Walmart
In one of the most bizarre only at Walmart moments, a judge sentenced 31 year old Michael Anthony Brown to 60 days in jail for sucking the toes of an unwilling women in Walmart in North Carolina.
According to the police report, Brown had told the woman that he was a podiatry student. He wanted her to try on some shoes for him. While he was helping put on her shoes, he started to suck her toes.[8]Global News – Man who sucked woman’s toes at Walmart sentenced to 60 days in jail The women responded in disgust. In order to apologize, Brown offered to pay for her groceries.
#2. Woman gives birth inside Walmart bathroom
In an only at Walmart moment, a woman gave birth to a baby inside a Walmart. In fact, she did it at around 2 pm right at the front of the store between the two entrances.
Monica LeDoux, a Walmart employee arrived at the scene after the baby was already born. She said, “She already delivered the baby. She had the baby in her lap, the baby was purple,”
Monica LeDoux, a Walmart employee, said she “gave mouth to mouth to the newborn baby boy shortly after it was born…The baby’s mom and the (baby’s grandmother), they were on the phone with 911 and they didn’t know how to do CPR, so all I did was just give it mouth to mouth, and he started moving and he pinked up a little bit.”[9]Daily Record – Woman gives birth inside Cañon City Walmart bathroom
#1. Florida has sex with toy horse in Walmart
In one of the weirdest only at Walmart situations, police arrested a man was for allegedly having sex with a toy horse in a Florida Walmart.
According to the police report, employees saw 19 year old Sean Johnson take the stuffed horse from a store shelf. He then took it to the bedding section of the Walmart store. There he “proceeded to hump the stuffed horse” to completion “utilizing short fast movements.”[10]Toronto Sun – Florida man allegedly has sex with toy horse in Walmart
Police quickly caught him outside the store. When asked about his act, all he had to say was that “I did unmentionables to a stuffed animal.”
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