{"id":371802,"date":"2026-07-13T23:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371802\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:34:09","slug":"erling-haaland-brings-stuffed-raccoon-from-dallas-western-store-back-to-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371802\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland brings stuffed raccoon from Dallas western store back to Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; Erling Haaland loved Texas so much, he brought a kitschy piece of cowboy culture back with him to Norway after their World Cup exit.<\/p>\n<p>   Erling Haaland&#8217;s raccoon friend <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gettyimages-2285318303-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Norway&#8217;s striker Erling Braut Haaland gets off the plane after Norway&#8217;s national football team landed at Oslo&#8217;s Gardermoen Airport on July 13, 2026. Norway were knocked out in the quarter-final match against England. (Photo by Jan Langhaug \/ NTB \/ AF <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Norway returned home on Monday after their loss to England in the World Cup quarterfinals this past weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">As he left the plane, star striker Erling Haaland was seen carrying a taxidermied raccoon holding a whiskey bottle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Haaland later asked fans to help him name the critter on his Instagram story. Names being considered include Cowboy, Ranger, TEX and R.O.W., aka Raccoon On Wheels.<\/p>\n<p>  Wild Bill&#8217;s Western Store in Dallas <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Haaland purchased his new furry friend at Wild Bill&#8217;s Western Store in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Following Monday&#8217;s post, Wild Bill&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wildbillswestern.com\/products\/h-mt-f-raccoon-w-whiskey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a> shows the critter, named Whiskey Raccoon, as sold out.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wild-bills-website.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">While the raccoon is sold out, a similar alcohol-wielding squirrel shows low stock on their website.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Haaland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/erling-haalands-dallas-western-wear-purchase-goes-viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">visited<\/a> Wild Bill&#8217;s Western Store after his team defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 at Dallas Stadium on June 30.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Norway star bought multiple cowboy hats, exotic boots, a longhorn belt buckle, and the now viral &#8220;Y&#8217;all can kiss my Dallas&#8221; shirt.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Haaland&#8217;s social media posts about the visit have triggered a massive sales surge, nearly emptying the store&#8217;s stock of the shirt and attracting local North Texas shoppers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Cody Newport, who owns Wild Bill&#8217;s Western Store, told FOX 4 Haaland knew nothing of cowboy hats before visiting, and had to be fitted for one.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;We exude the Dallas welcome, the southern hospitality. For him to want to come in and hang out is everything,&#8221; Newport said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story comes from Erling Haaland&#8217;s social media, Wild Bill Western Store&#8217;s website and previous FOX 4 reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/world-cup\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; Erling Haaland loved Texas so much, he brought a kitschy piece of cowboy culture back with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,223,3692],"class_list":["post-371802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-news","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}