{"id":372128,"date":"2026-07-14T04:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372128\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:54:17","slug":"erling-haaland-brings-stuffed-raccoon-from-dallas-western-store-back-to-norway-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372128\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland brings stuffed raccoon from Dallas western store back to Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland was seen carrying a taxidermied raccoon as he returned to Norway following his country’s elimination from the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Haaland bought the raccoon, as well as a cowboy hat and boots, from Wild Bill’s Western Store in Dallas after his team’s knockout stage win over Ivory Coast on June 30.<\/p>\n

The taxidermied critter is now sold out on Wild Bill Western Store’s website.<\/p>\n

DALLAS – 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

Erling Haaland’s raccoon friend\"<div>Norway's<\/p>\n

Norway’s striker Erling Braut Haaland gets off the plane after Norway’s national football team landed at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport on July 13, 2026. Norway were knocked out in the quarter-final match against England. (Photo by Jan Langhaug \/ NTB \/ AFP via Getty Images) \/ Norway OUT<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

Norway returned home on Monday after their loss to England in the World Cup quarterfinals this past weekend.<\/p>\n

As he left the plane, star striker Erling Haaland was seen carrying a taxidermied raccoon holding a whiskey bottle.<\/p>\n

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

Wild Bill’s Western Store in Dallas<\/p>\n

Local perspective<\/p>\n

Haaland purchased his new furry friend at Wild Bill’s Western Store in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Following Monday’s post, Wild Bill’s website<\/a> shows the critter, named Whiskey Raccoon, as sold out.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Sold-out<\/p>\n

While the raccoon is sold out, a similar alcohol-wielding squirrel shows low stock on their website.<\/p>\n

Haaland visited<\/a> Wild Bill’s Western Store after his team defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 at Dallas Stadium on June 30.<\/p>\n

The Norway star bought multiple cowboy hats, exotic boots, a longhorn belt buckle, and the now viral “Y’all can kiss my Dallas” shirt.<\/p>\n

Haaland’s social media posts about the visit have triggered a massive sales surge, nearly emptying the store’s stock of the shirt and attracting local North Texas shoppers.<\/p>\n

Cody Newport, who owns Wild Bill’s Western Store, told FOX 4 Haaland knew nothing of cowboy hats before visiting, and had to be fitted for one.<\/p>\n

“We exude the Dallas welcome, the southern hospitality. For him to want to come in and hang out is everything,” Newport said.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this story comes from Erling Haaland’s social media, Wild Bill Western Store’s website and previous FOX 4 reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Erling Haaland was seen carrying a taxidermied raccoon as he returned to Norway following his country’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,126776,125214,131802,131803],"class_list":["post-372128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-erling-haaland","tag-norway","tag-wild-bill-western-store","tag-wild-bill39s-western-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372128","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=372128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}