Posted on 05/21/2005 4:36:02 PM PDT by Nascardude
ELKHART, Ind. - A 3-year-old boy upset that his mother wouldn't let him use a crane vending machine to try to win a small stuffed animal took matters in his own hands. He climbed up the chute to get the prize himself.
Danielle Manges said she took her eyes off her son, James, for a moment to pick up a juice bottle he threw. When she looked up, he was in with the plush toys.
"I bent over to clean it and within two seconds he had climbed through the hole, into the chute and pushed the door shut so we couldn't get him out," she said. "He climbed up in the toys and was in there for a good hour."
Manges said James has been sick and sleeping odd hours so they went shopping about 3 a.m. Thursday at a Wal-Mart in the city some 15 miles east of South Bend. She let the boy play on some of the rides, but wouldn't give him money for the vending machine.
At first, Manges thought it was funny.
"He was playing with all the toys and hanging from the bar like a monkey," she said.
Manges said people leaving the store went back inside to buy disposable cameras to take photos of her son. She bought one herself.
She became upset, however, when Wal-Mart employees said they did not have a key to let James out. So Manges called the fire department for help.
"I expected his hand to be caught in the machine but it was his entire body in the machine," firefighter Anthony Coleman said. "He was swinging from a bar, jumping around. He was having a ball."
About 40 people watched as the firefighters removed the back of the machine and freed him.
James still came up empty handed.
"He definitely didn't get a toy after that," Manges said.
Saw the same thing on "Toy Story" with Buzz Lightyear & the cowboy (Tom Hanks voice but can't remember his name).
GEORGE: As you will see, the candy bar is paid for, and yet, remains dangling in the machine. (Notices that the Twix slot is completely empty) Hey, it’s gone.
Where is my Twix? (Quickly looks around. His sights fall on the window of a door labeled "Employees Only". The same mechanic from before is eating a candy bar)
What?! That guy’s eatin’ it!
SALESMAN: Well, how do you know that one’s yours?
GEORGE: Uh, it was dangling! There were only two left in the machine! He must’ve bought one, and gotten both.
SALESMAN: Sir, are you gonna buy a car?
picture. Come on get us a picture of this, as Clint Eastwood one time said "Make my day."
I just KNOW that this story -- with the same details -- was posted over a year ago.
I know how George feels when there's not a clean take at the munchie machine.
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| Posted by InvisibleChurch On News/Activism ^ 05/21/2005 2:17:43 AM EDT · 31 replies · 608+ views theindychannel.com/ ^ | May 20, 2005 | Associated Press Boy Climbs Into Toy-Vending Machine, Gets Trapped Fire Department Frees Child POSTED: 3:07 pm EST May 20, 2005 ELKHART, Ind. -- A 3-year-old boy upset that his mother wouldn't let him use a crane vending machine to try to win a small stuffed animal took matters in his own hands. He climbed up the chute to get the prize himself. Danielle Manges said she took her eyes off her son, James, for a moment to pick up a juice bottle he threw. When she looked up, he was in with the plush toys. "I bent over to clean it and... |
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| Posted by Dan from Michigan On News/Activism ^ 05/20/2005 11:05:32 PM EDT · 46 replies · 942+ views ap ^ | 5-20-05 Boy Gets Trapped Inside Vending Machine ELKHART, Ind. - A 3-year-old boy upset that his mother wouldn't let him use a crane vending machine to try to win a small stuffed animal took matters in his own hands. He climbed up the chute to get the prize himself. Danielle Manges said she took her eyes off her son, James, for a moment to pick up a juice bottle he threw. When she looked up, he was in with the plush toys. "I bent over to clean it and within two seconds he had climbed through the hole, into the chute... |
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| Posted by hoosierboy On News/Activism ^ 05/19/2005 7:36:51 PM EDT · 32 replies · 853+ views wndu ^ | 051905 | Robert Borrelli Elkhart, IN - An early morning shopping trip left an Elkhart toddler caught in an unusual situation: inside a vending machine. With his sleep schedule thrown off by cold medicine, 3-year-old James was awake at 3:30 Thursday morning, so he and him mom went to the Elkhart Wal-Mart. On their way out, James wanted a toy from what is commonly known as the claw machine. James’ mother tried to get a toy out of the machine, but when the toy didn’t come out, James decided to go in. ”He climbed up the chute and into the bin,” says mom Danielle |
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I bet Michael Jackson would put a lot of quarters into that machine
Gosh, I sure hope my sons never get near one of these things. I know the oldest will climb right in.
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