A startled deer ran loose inside a Marshalls in Brick, sending shoppers scrambling.
Cellphone video shows the deer bolting through aisles.
The incident comes months after a black bear wandered into a Sussex County store.<\/p>\n
BRICK<\/a> \u2014 Shoppers at a popular discount franchise store in Ocean County were more than a little surprised to be joined by a bolting deer last week.<\/p>\n A stray deer had gotten inside the Marshalls store along Route 70 in Brick, as seen in video posted Dec. 5 to Facebook and other social media accounts.<\/p>\n Read More: Medford resident is stunned by an unexpected home invader<\/a><\/p>\n Deer loose in Brick store December 2025 (Screenshot Kaitlyn Keim via Facebook)<\/p>\n Deer loose in Brick store December 2025 (Screenshot Kaitlyn Keim via Facebook)Shoppers scramble as terrified animal sprints through aisles<\/p>\n One of the first shoppers to have close contact with the terrified-looking animal followed it down several aisles and to the store\u2019s front.<\/p>\n There, two women struggled to guide it to the automatic exit doors.<\/p>\n Deer loose in Brick store December 2025 (Screenshot Kaitlyn Keim via Facebook)<\/p>\n Deer loose in Brick store December 2025 (Screenshot Kaitlyn Keim via Facebook)<\/p>\n \u201cIt came from the back storage room someone must\u2019ve left the door open and came through the building,\u201d\u00a0a woman commented on the video clips shared by a friend of the startling incident.<\/p>\n The deer took off once outside, and appeared to be okay.<\/p>\n Deer loose in Brick store December 2025 – Screenshot Kaitlyn Keim via Facebook (3)<\/p>\n Deer loose in Brick store December 2025 (Screenshot Kaitlyn Keim via Facebook)Black bear bites 90-year-old woman in Sussex County store<\/p>\n Just a few months ago, it was an even more alarming scene in a Sussex County store, where a black bear wandered inside.<\/p>\n Read More: Dollar General bear attack leaves NJ woman injured, animal killed\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The 175-pound bear wound up in a Dollar General store on Route 94<\/a> in September, biting a 90-year-old woman on the leg, state Fish & Wildlife officials said.<\/p>\n Officials eventually tracked down and euthanized the bear under state protocol for human encounters.<\/p>\n Animals gone wild in NJ: Turkeys, tigers, snakes, bears and more<\/p>\n The best of animal encounters \u2014 real and a few rumored \u2014 from around New Jersey.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Erin Vogt<\/p>\n Report a correction<\/a> | Contact our newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n LOOK: 50 cozy towns to visit this winterStacker<\/a> created a list of 50 cozy American towns to visit each winter. Towns were selected based on visitor opinions, ratings from nationwide publications, and tourist attractions.<\/p>\n