Overview
- About 50 sheep detached from a larger flock entered a Penny in Burgsinn and stayed around the checkout area for roughly 20 minutes.
- Shepherd Dieter Michler said the subgroup likely paused to eat acorns and may have followed a shopper with a rattling bag.
- Staff cleared the animals after an employee banged a checkout belt; the manager called police, and the shepherd collected the sheep on the parking lot.
- The store was thoroughly cleaned, open foods were checked, and operations continued after inspections.
- Penny Südwest’s Philipp Stiehler said the company will cover feed for a year for the wayward group and has reached out to the shepherd, as viral videos drew national coverage including the Tagesschau.