PORTLAND, OR – A local man took “sneaking snacks into the theater” to a new level when he accidentally smuggled an entire Thanksgiving dinner under his oversized coat.

Mike Daniels, 34, had been planning a simple movie night with friends, but he refused to pay the “outrageous” concession stand prices.

“I love movie popcorn, but I also love paying rent,” Daniels explained. “Eight dollars for a small soda? No thanks.”

Determined to bring his own food, he grabbed what he thought was a container of leftover turkey and mashed potatoes from his fridge, wrapped it in foil, and stuffed it under his coat.

What he didn’t realize was that his mom had recently given him an entire Thanksgiving care package, complete with turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, and even a whole pie.

“My coat was way heavier than usual, but I figured it was just the Tupperware,” Daniels said.

Things got complicated when he arrived at the theater.

“I walked in like a normal person, but then the pie started sliding down my leg,” he admitted. “I had to waddle like a penguin to keep it from falling out.”

A concerned employee reportedly asked if he was okay.

“I panicked and said, ‘Oh yeah, just, uh… recovering from leg surgery.’”

Satisfied, the employee let him in—just in time for everything to fall apart.

The moment Daniels sat down, his coat burst open.

“Turkey flew out. A dinner roll hit the guy in front of me. The cranberry sauce? That went everywhere.”

The theater erupted in confusion. One woman screamed. A man in the front row yelled, “Did someone just get hit with gravy?!”

Daniels’ friends were no help.

“They were laughing so hard they couldn’t even breathe,” he said. “One of them whispered, ‘Bro, did you just bring a casserole to the movies?’”

The biggest issue? The smell.

“It was like a Thanksgiving bomb went off,” said one witness. “You could smell turkey and stuffing through the whole theater.”

At that point, the manager arrived.

“I thought I was getting kicked out, but instead, he just looked at the food, sighed, and said, ‘You got extra?’”

In an unexpected turn of events, Daniels shared his meal with nearby moviegoers, turning a total disaster into a bizarrely wholesome moment.

“They say movies bring people together,” Daniels said. “Apparently, so does illegally smuggled turkey.”