The astonishing video shows a deer startling a pharmacist and their customer after it suddenly walked into a drugstore.

Smartphone footage recorded in the city of Baoding, in the northern Chinese province of Hebei, showed the puzzled animal staring blankly at the counter and sticking its tongue out after it entered the pharmacy on 19th February.

The customer, identified only as Mr Du said that he and the deer exchanged looks for about two minutes before it ran out of the store.

He explained how on the way out it reportedly hit a man, whom he later helped get back on his feet.

The pharmacist told how the deer had been circling around the store for some time before it entered. He was thrilled that it did not knock over the medicine on the shelves and cause a mess.

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The video triggered many comments after it was shared on China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, later that day.

Douyin user ‘Those who know what is coming can be pursued’ said: “Rudolph came to buy medicine.”

Then user ‘-ice cubes-‘ commented: “The deer was like ‘who ordered takeout?'”

And ‘The wind smiles with me’ added: “It might be door-to-door sales!”