Small child climbs into a claw machine at a community center
@Deepizzaguy (113018)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
August 13, 2025 3:30pm CST
A small boy whose name and age were not mentioned allowed his curious nature to get his attention in an attempt to retrieve a stuffed animal that was inside a claw machine on Monday July 7.
The incident took place at a community center in Mason Ohio when a volunteer saw the boy enter the claw machine,
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The volunteer contacted the local police who along with Emergency Medical Services came to the community center to rescue the boy by taking the claw machine to another room and dismantle the claw machine to rescue the boy who was not harmed.
The mom and child were reunited with the boy sharing with his mom his stuffed animal that he won.
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@Nakitakona (58371)
• Philippines
12h
Where's his mom? Why is it he wasn't noticed?
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@Deepizzaguy (113018)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
I guess the mom was busy not paying attention to her son.
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@Deepizzaguy (113018)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
That is true since these stories usually makes it to the news shows.
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@celticeagle (178293)
• Boise, Idaho
16h
He was going to get his prize one way or another. I hope he got a good talking to.
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@Traceyjayne (4329)
• United Kingdom
17h
Pleased he was safe ….shame he wasn’t being supervised though ….it would have took him a fair bit of time to get inside the machine !
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@Deepizzaguy (113018)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16h
That is true that the mom needed to keep a sharp eye on her son.
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@RasmaSandra (87945)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18h
After an experience like that I would have let the child have all the stuffed animals in that machine just for surviving,
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@JudyEv (360687)
• Rockingham, Australia
9h
He must have been quite small to be able to fit into the machine.
@innertalks (23061)
• Australia
15h
The boy must have been smart to be able to win the prize, but angry that it did not come out to him, and at least in the end he got his prize.
I bet the mother will think twice about leaving her kid to entertain himself in such machines on his own, in the future.
@Deepizzaguy (113018)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
Hopefully the mom learned a lesson not to leave her son alone near a claw machine.
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@LindaOHio (197683)
• United States
7h
I've seen stories and videos about children crawling into the machines. They just can't resist the lure of the stuffed animals.
