A camel living on a California ranch has sent millions of TikTok users into uproarious laughter after a viral video showed him breaking into an Airbnb kitchen to hunt for food.
Albert the camel lives on a ranch attached to the popular Airbnb listing, “The Ojai Cowboy Cabin at Rancho Grande.” While TikTok users were shocked to see a camel standing in the cabin’s kitchen, the owners appeared to treat the break-in as if it were a regular occurrence.
Rancho Grande Ojai wrote on TikTok, which has since amassed more than 12.3 million views, “When you have a camel, and you forget to lock the kitchen door again.”
Before users see Albert, the man filming the incident yells, “Get him out with an apple! Don’t let him eat my soup!” The man opens the kitchen door to find Albert standing halfway between the kitchen and the pantry.
Another man in the kitchen tries to coax Albert out, but the camel walks further into the pantry. “He’s going to get stuck in that little cubby,” the man behind the camera said in the video. The two men repeatedly call Albert’s name before one heads into the pantry with Albert to get him to turn around.
“Out! Please, sweetheart!” the man behind the camera yells as Albert sticks his head into something on the kitchen counter. Eventually, one man pushes Albert out the door while the man recording tells him, “Good boy,” and asks if he wants an apple.
The video ends with the man saying, “I love you, but you’ve gotta stop doing that, please. Please.”
Thousands of TikTok users have commented on the video, laughing at the men’s unique situation. Others noted the men’s “gentle parenting” to calmly get Albert out of the kitchen.
“I like that it seems as though no body part of Albert’s has any idea what the rest of his body parts are doing,” one user commented. “Albert is like that drunk friend you’re just trying to get into the car,” another wrote.
Other videos posted by Rancho Grande Ojai confirmed that this was not Albert’s journey inside the cabin. Back in November, the camel “surprised” his owner by getting inside while they were watching TV.
Albert lives on the ranch along with a “wide variety of farm animals,” according to the Airbnb listing. The cabin that Albert is seen breaking into has two bedrooms, a private garden, and a “fully equipped kitchen.”