Mom leaves baby in car while she shops at Target!

When an Instagram photo went viral in early March purporting to show a message presented by a parent who had left her infant in the car to rush inside Target to do some shopping, I can only suppose that’s what internet users thought was occurring.

Is that sufficient to halt the heart? There’s more to this story than what first meets the eye, so don’t worry.

Influencer Bonnie Engle posted a reel to her Instagram in March, and it quickly went viral. The video has received millions of views and more than 1,000 comments since it was posted.

In the contested video, a close-up of a handwritten note pasted inside a car window that reads, “My baby is OK. He is eating and drinking right now! In Target, I’m at. I’ll return soon.

It goes without saying that the note alone was enough to startle a significant majority of those who watched the video.