Best prize ever seen in a stuffed animal claw game machine?

SHEBOYGAN (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy had to be rescued with the help of a locksmith Saturday after crawling into a supermarket's stuffed animal game machine while his father talked on the telephone.

"He was sitting right in there with the stuffed animals," said Shift Commander Mark Zittel of the Sheboygan Fire Department. He said the boy, whose name was not released because he is a minor, crawled through about an 8-inch-by-10-inch opening to get into the glass enclosure via a chute where the toys come out, but when he tried to get back out his way was blocked.

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"His dad was three feet away at a pay phone," Zittel said. "He was talking on the phone and he said the next thing he turned around and the kid was in the thing."

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That Piggly Wiggly is on the south side of Sheboygan.
(Washington Square)

No, I don't know the guy or his kid.

ever hear of the UFO crane game in japan, i got a sephiroth plush from kingdom hearts from it on my first try

The kids and I saw a cute bright blue stuffed bear in the glass cage with a white tummy. Across the bear's tummy in embroidered blue thread was the word: "Viagra."
One of the funniest moments I ever had at Walmart.

The kid isn't stupid. It's nearly impossible to win anything from those machines. So.....he climbs up and gets what he wants. Kudos to him! :thumbsup:

I wish I thought of that as a child....

I wouldn't know wether to laugh or get mad.

Shhesh - a 2- or 3- (or even 4-) year old I could see, but SEVEN???! That kid must have some serious issues.

or why no one in the store's busy lobby spotted him and stopped him before he got inside.

That's because the store hires only as few people as possible, at minimum wage too I'd guess...

Also add in that we're a nation of "individuals", forget the idea we're a community or society true to the name, and nobody even bothered to help.

And if the kid had been educated as to sexual predators and all that, he may have claimed that any rescuer was trying to kidnap or molest him.

Cool society we made for ourselves, huh?

Not to forget: SHEBOYGAN means "Sheesh, boy gone..."