The Daily Populous Thursday January 8th, 2026 morning edition
Authored by dexerto.com and submitted by IndicaOatmeal

A man is going viral after riding his horse through a packed Target store, much to the annoyance of the store’s security.

Stephen Harmon, otherwise known as cowboyatheart82, has made a name for himself for uploading horse-themed content.

Some of his most-viewed videos include showing people how to ride and mount horses, but in other clips, he unleashed his troll side.

In Steve’s most viral video, which has amassed 10M views, he rode his horse into a Tractor Supply in New York City and had a confrontation with the manager about the legality of having an animal in the building.

Now, he’s blowing up the internet again by taking his horse into a Target, and his video even got the attention of the chain’s social media.

Man baffles Target customers by riding horse around store

In his January 6 video, Steve took his horse into a Target and immediately began galloping around, leaving shoppers in disbelief.

The bizarre sight turned a bit ugly, though, after the horse started pooping during the shopping trip, leaving a ton of excrement on the floor.

Meanwhile, security was left running around trying to keep up and eventually confronted Steve, demanding he leave the store.

“What are you doing? Get out of the store with a horse!” a worker exclaimed.

The TikToker tried to fight the order to leave, inquiring why he had to go, but the store’s security wasn’t having any of it.

“You don’t bring a horse into a store!” she stated, and Steve left before the police could be called.

After being posted to TikTok and amassing 4M views, even the official Target account replied with a joking “Target run. Target ride” along with a cowboy emoji, which Steve highlighted on his Instagram story.

This may not be the end of cowboyatheart82’s horsing around. Days earlier, he posted a video riding into a Walmart, but was kicked out very quickly.

Content_Geologist420 on January 7th, 2026 at 21:08 UTC »

What if that horse slipped and broke its leg on that tile? Fucking idiot and asshole owners doing selfish shit for internet yet again.

Hazywater on January 7th, 2026 at 19:37 UTC »

Horses can easily kill a person with a kick and both patrons and employees have no expectation of dealing with livestock. Like, I'm saying there is no way you can victim blame here if someone comes up behind a horse or whatever and gets kicked. This is purely these people bringing in dangerous animals and putting everyone else at risk for views.

RandomModder05 on January 7th, 2026 at 18:24 UTC »

Anybody supporting this guy has clearly never worked retail.