FIFA Player and his Dallas Raccoon Souvenir

A $750 Store Decoration Becomes a Global Souvenir

Haaland, player in the FIFA World Cup 2026, tried on exotic boots at Dallas store and branded his initials into a belt buckle, and posed in a shirt reading "Y'all Can Kiss My Dallas."

And then he spotted the raccoon--

Erling Haaland went viral after he stepped off the Norway national team plane in Oslo holding a $750 taxidermied "Whiskey Raccoon" that clutches an empty liquor bottle.

He bought the quirky critter—along with two taxidermied squirrels and cowboy gear—at Wild Bill's Western Store in Dallas, Texas, during the World Cup.

The surprising accessory—which Haaland joked on Twitter/X "followed me home"—instantly captured global attention, even causing a massive spike in orders and crashing the website for the Dallas store.

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