Grand Theft Fido: Dogs steal owner's car, drive it into a Walmart

Two dogs hijacked their owner's car and drove it into a Walmart in West Virginia on Friday.

According to WSAZ-TV in Huntington, an employee on break watched the car roll out of its parking space and move slowly toward her. The employee thought it was a joke, she told the station, until she saw a dog in the car's driver's seat.

The vehicle inched along slowly until it crashed into the Walmart and came to a stop. That's when the second dog, riding in the passenger seat, rolled down the window and, presumably, played it cool.

Yes, this really happened. According to Wayne County 911, a dispatcher took the following notes from an officer who responded to the scene: “Two dogs in the car. One knocked car out of gear. Other rolled window down.”

The dogs were reportedly not wearing seat belts.

A Walmart employee paged the car's owner who, according to WSAZ, appeared to be a woman "in her late 70s." She said she had left the vehicle running while she shopped so that the car's air conditioning could guard her pets from the summer heat.

With the dogs unharmed and minimal damage done to the vehicle and building, the woman was able to drive away after the accident. No official report was filed, the station reported.

"It's not something you hear everyday, but I guess it is Wayne County," Dakota Davis, identified as a local resident, told the station.

Update: Surveillance video of the dogs driving the car into the Walmart has been obtained by WSAZ.

See the adorable culprits in the tweet below: