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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A stranded soccer fan meets the real America

Tearful German World Cup Supporter Appears on Live TV After Anti-American Panic Collapses

German soccer fan Sebastian Kraus came to the United States for the 2026 World Cup with a head full of fear, and that fear came from the usual media doom machine that loves to sell America as a crime scene with stadium lights.

He told NBC 10 Boston he had been nervous about traveling here because of the constant talk about shootings, criminals, and danger. Then he and his group got stranded, and a New England man named Bob, along with his family, stepped in and offered them a ride to their hotel. No drama. No lecture. Just plain American decency.

That simple act hit Kraus so hard that he later said he watched the goodbye video with Bob about 40 times and cried every time. Funny how a little kindness can do what a thousand gloomy talking points never could.

He says he fell in love with the country.

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The Democrats, Socialists, Communists and Globalists should learn something from Mr. Kraus.