SUN PRARIE, WI: A nine-year-old boy figured out a way to cheat the claw toy vending machines - he crawled right inside.
Firefighters say they have no idea how he did it, but his parents found him in the machine with the toys at a Walmart near Madison, Wisconsin Sunday.
It appears he crawled in the one foot by one foot hole where a prize toy is usually dropped.
Firefighters say although they've never trained for how to handle a situation quite like that, they were able to get the boy out quickly.
"We actually tried to get his attention a few times 'cause he was playing, so I mean he was happy to be in there, but I don't think mom and dad were too happy," said Lt. Dan Cotter of the Sun Prairie Fire Department.
"He just crawled in there. He wanted the toys. Well, I didn't know until I went to get him that he was inside the machine," said mom Jennifer Hanson.
The boy made off better than most kids who try to play the game - he went home with two toys
Source: http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=13261818
Firefighters say they have no idea how he did it, but his parents found him in the machine with the toys at a Walmart near Madison, Wisconsin Sunday.
It appears he crawled in the one foot by one foot hole where a prize toy is usually dropped.
Firefighters say although they've never trained for how to handle a situation quite like that, they were able to get the boy out quickly.
"We actually tried to get his attention a few times 'cause he was playing, so I mean he was happy to be in there, but I don't think mom and dad were too happy," said Lt. Dan Cotter of the Sun Prairie Fire Department.
"He just crawled in there. He wanted the toys. Well, I didn't know until I went to get him that he was inside the machine," said mom Jennifer Hanson.
The boy made off better than most kids who try to play the game - he went home with two toys
Source: http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=13261818
