7-Yr-Old Boy Got Stuck Inside Stuffed Animal Vending Machine

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7-Yr-Old Boy Got Stuck Inside Stuffed Animal Vending Machine

#1 Postby southerngale » Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:28 am

I saw this on Fox News yesterday but just saw a story about it.

A 7-year-old Wisconsin boy has learned the hard way vending machines only accept money and not arms and heads. The Sheboygan Press reported the unidentified youngster, waiting while his father used a pay phone, became fascinated with a machine in which players maneuver a grabber-claw to snag a stuffed animal. The boy decided to snag an animal by crawling up through the dispensing chute, and promptly became stuck. The fire department was summoned to extract the boy. His rescuers decided not to smash the machine, but told the boy to be patient until a locksmith was found. To spare him embarrassment, firefighters moved the machine to the back of the Piggly Wiggly store for the hour-long wait. The boy was released unharmed, but reportedly was desperate to find a washroom. Store managers declined to comment on the incident, but said the store would probably get rid of the game because of the mishap.
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#2 Postby Miss Mary » Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:04 am

As a mom and an aunt to two nephews you have to watch all the time, I can see this happening! At least they moved the vending machine in a back room. That was considerate. Kids hate embarrassment! My one nephew has done so many dastardly things - turning off his family's furnace, they woke up to a frigid house one morning, and another turning off their hot water heater, no hot showers one morning, a work day! Another he pulled a hotel's fire alarm, that was nearby in the indoor pool area. His 3 sisters and parents were swimming and having fun, next thing they all know a firetruck is showing up. He's done more but I can't think of them all right now. When I read this topic, I thought of him right away! He's 9 now, he was a real terror when he was 6. First day of kindergarten he wouldn't go to school. He got dressed and sat outside in a tree swing in the front yard. People going to work got a view of his easy going dad pleading with him to go to school. His tough mom was alredy at work. Believe you me, our entire family heard all about that day!!!! Some kids you need to keep an eye on. LOL

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#3 Postby Lindaloo » Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:41 am

I have a nephew that would probably do that too. lol. He is three and can get himself into just about anything. He ate a whole tube of toothpaste when he was here for Thanksgiving. lol.
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#4 Postby Miss Mary » Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:21 am

Lindaloo wrote:I have a nephew that would probably do that too. lol. He is three and can get himself into just about anything. He ate a whole tube of toothpaste when he was here for Thanksgiving. lol.


Linda - LOL!!! Bet he had a stomach ache after that!

We hosted xmas soon after hearing about my nephew's hotel fire alarm escapade, and turning off the furnace/hot water heater (late 90s). So I gave my girls strict instructions to watch him carefully when all the kids were in our basement (unfinished, we had rugs and toys down there then). They were to tell me if he got anywhere near the furnace/HW heater! Turned out when he arrived he was sick, had a temp, and sat in his dad's lap all day long! Wouldn't even open his presents! My kids and I smiled later, sorry he had been sick, but grateful he wasn't on the loose in our basement either! He and another nephew tried starting a fire once too, out of stacked firewood in the backyard at Jim's sister's house. This was minutes after they thought they'd *try* jumping out a second story window. We call those two serious trouble when they get together! The whole family watches them closely now. And of course they hate it! They're 10 and 9 now, so we still need to watch them. LOL

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#5 Postby JCT777 » Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:39 am

I wasn't sure whether to laugh out loud or feel sorry for the kid when I read this story.
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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:05 am

Miss Mary...Heck no, he is too mean to have a stomach ache. After the toothpaste he moved on to my Mother's lipstick. And he can't be left alone for one minute!! When my nephew was two, my Mother babysat him at my sister's home. She put him down for the night (so she thought). She went in to run her bath water then came back to check on him. He had taken everything off the walls, emptied the dresser, took the dresser drawers and used them as steps to get to a picture on the wall. He managed to dismantle that pic all within a few minutes. My Mother could not believe it. He also took the broom, unlatched the hook on the screen door, stripped naked and was running around in the front yard. LOL!!! Too funny.
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#7 Postby pojo » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:29 pm

This happened last week...... about 2 miles from my friends house. She called me up right away and told me about it! Ironically, she was at 'the pig' when Timmy Novotny climbed into the machine. Novotny was attempting to get a stuffed animal, but the machine got in the way. He climbed through a 8" by 10" hole to get into the machine. The father had his back turned on the child while he was making a phone call.

Our news stations finally (after one week!) decided to cover it! Pitiful I say! National ABC news covered the story well before our local channels did!
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#8 Postby Skywatch_NC » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:58 pm

Step right up...insert a quarter...and buy a KID! lol

Glad the boy is okay and I heard about it and saw still footage of it along with interviews of the boy's parents and a Sheboygan firefighter yesterday on Good Morning America. :)

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#9 Postby Rainband » Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:04 pm

This happened about 7 months ago somewhere else. I bet that kid learned his lesson :eek: Glad he is ok :wink:
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