Pony shocks shoppers at store

Tesco said they did not know where the pony had come from

Shoppers at a 24-hour supermarket were left shocked after a Shetland pony walked into the store and began wandering the aisles.

The pony walked through the main entrance of the Pengam Green Tesco store, in Cardiff, on Thursday.

It neighed loudly several times before leaving the supermarket of its own accord.

A Tesco spokesperson said: "It didn't cause any problems but it made a bit of noise and it shocked a few people."

Wild horses are known to live on Pengam Moors, a few hundred yards from the Tesco store, but the spokeswoman said the arrival of a pony in the shops aisles was a "one-off".

She added: "We don't know where it came from. It was in the store for a couple of minutes and wandered out of its own accord."

One shopper at the store, Luke Hart, 25, from Newport, told the South Wales Echo newspaper: "It gave everyone a shock, and I think it was pretty scared itself.

"I had picked a few items...suddenly, a loud shriek came from behind me and I turned round and saw a Shetland pony had gone through the main door, past the barriers, into the main store and had begun to look around.

"It whinnied three times quite loudly and everyone seemed stunned."