Posted on 04/16/2014 3:53:22 AM PDT by markomalley
A child reported missing by his mother was found safe inside a claw crane machine at a nearby bowling alley in Nebraska on Monday.
According to KETV, the child’s mother called police around 5:30 p.m. after she discovered her 3-year-old boy was not inside her apartment.
At the bowling alley across the street, a little boy was found sitting with stuffed animals inside a claw crane machine. Employees called the vendor who quickly arrived and let the boy out.
While police were investigating the mother’s missing child report, they were told about a boy found inside the claw crane machine at the nearby bowling alley. The mother was reunited with the child who is reportedly doing fine.
According to police, the mother was not cited because she contacted police as soon as she noticed the boy was missing.
Look at the size of that kid — that is one big opening in that machine for that kid to fit through.
And if he could crawl in there, then he could also crawl out.
Why would anyone in the future want to use that useless claw to get a stuffed animal when they can just send in a toddler on a rope.
I can see how this happens - when I was a toddler I snuck out of the house while I was supposed to be napping and hitchhiked to my parents work. It was 2 lane country, luckily, and since I knew the name of the place where they both worked I told the man who picked me up and he took me straight there. I can’t believe I’m still alive with some of the things I pulled before the age of 5.
Hell no! I'd ask for a bleepin' refund! One 3 YO is enough for my house...I love my grandson to death, but the kid wears me out. lol
Should Hillary win the Presidency in 2016, I recommend that you change your screen name. lol
Never underestimate the abilities of a toddler. Not sure what part you doubt, but I don’t doubt any of it is possible. Toddlers have had to be rescued from claw machines before, crossing the street and getting in the bowling alley would be a piece of cake for an active toddler. Most people don’t pay attention to other children like they used to, heck many don’t pay attention to their own.
I have no idea if this story is true, but it definitely is do-able, I could see my grandson pulling this off easy.
Similar thing happened to me. Scariest moments of my life. My wife and her sister and my two sons...one being 4 years old. We were at the zoo and we went into the reptile house - a dimly lit building with a lot of large wall to wall glass enclosures for the snakes etc... Each of us thought the other had the younger son. When we came out we missed him. Each of us ran off in separate directions. I guess you could say I panicked as I ran and prayed. My wife ran to the zoo exit to cut off anybody who might be leaving with him and there is where she found him - sitting in the security area. They said a man had found him and brought him there. Whew! Lesson learned.
Wait until he’s 6 and ‘borrowing’ cars for joyrides.
That’s cute. Danger to the boy not cute.
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