I think they forgot to put the part when the mom goes running for a bag full of quarters so she can get her daughter out of there but she FAILED so his license to be a mom.

Mike918

hmmm....look at 1:59 the kid is there than magically no in the glass and being yanked on, either they cut it for time, or it's a fake. just sayin, looks real though. probabky cut because it took an hour and a half to get the kid out while she played in there like ET did in the closet of "stuffies"

LOL

And yes, PARENTING should be required in malls, this is why you don't let your monsters run wild in public.

What if that were a real crane? LOL, ok, bad/dumb joke.

Faslane66

hahahaha.
I love how the mom doesn't believe the kid.

tehdahl

@ ninjamurf
LOL, me too, I would have stood there while my kid happily handed them out, re-wrapped them and had b-day presents for all the little monsters in my neighborhood. LOL.

Faslane66

I wouldn't say "Either this little girl is very ballsy or very, very dumb," Kids are just curious and don't know better at certain ages, hell I was a little monster at that age being a triplet (poor mom). I don't think she knows how exactly to be "balsy" or how "dumb" her actions may be, but nonetheless it's funny and kinda scary too. I'll be these things get banned soon or removed from stores and malls all together etc.. There have been a few recent "happenings" like this and It's just screaming "Trap Door" lawsuit for any sue-happy parent who can't keep an eye on their kids.

Faslane

Faslane66

@PantherShade: You just made my day as I'm leaving work. Hilarious.

But seriously, I would have been pressed up against the glass, "no, the big blue one! Get me the big blue one! Hurry!"

ninjamurf

That is almost the coolest thing I have ever seen. The only thing that would have been better is if her parents got her back by using the claw.

Elvisisdead

That girl is awesome. I approve, but maybe a bit less than I approve of the Halo kid.

wild homes is a box-offfice disaster

PARENTING FAIL.

TVGenius

Quick, give me a quarter!!!

newgalactic

The good news is that the kid is unlikely to do anything like that again. Judging by the (neglectful) mother, the kid has maybe 6 months before her ass is too fat to fit. :P

PantherShade

I especially liked the part where she kicked back and laid triumphantly on top of all the toys and had that look of "What ya going to do now mom..."

Lodlaiden_

You must not have a kid or remember when you were that age all the crap you got into. They all do that when they are that age. They are just very inquisitive. My son climbed up on the lotto counter and took about 200 tickets out of the rolly bin and jut dragged them through the gas station parking lot like toilet paper. Another time he decided to tie to cars together in the parking lot and shove about 4 pounds of dirt into their tail pipes. Our neighbors kid who lives next to the mayor pooped on his doorstep (she is 5) because his mom said she wished someone would shit on his face.

mrsalty

I hope that little girl took a toy at least..

preskewl

West Virginia?

Noobs-R-Us

nobody said anything about the worker cleaning the glass door like it happens every day.

darkwaters

dude, that is the coolest kid sister EVER. what a go getter haha i freaking love it!

wilcheung

I liked when the clerk continues to clean the doors.

myotheralt

That made me feel high.

liquidsoapdispenser

@mrsalty:

And those are all reasons I refuse to reproduce.

jbiller

A stranger! From the outside!

oooOOOOOOOOooooooooo

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

@MegaZone:

Yeah, prob just edited for timesake, looks pretty real.

Faslane66

True, it's kinda all bad really, parents need to be aware more then they are I think. But I'd certainly rather have my kid getting into something and being hurt than abducted! Most wounds heal, disappearances rarely do.

Faslane

Faslane66

@Faslane66: What the time-stamp in the lower left of the video, it jumps from 20:50:31 to 20:50:57 - so yeah, it is cut.

MegaZone

@Faslane66: Unfortunately it's more common that we care to admit. It's not the abduction you should be worried about - it's the child getting into something they shouldn't and getting hurt.

ForceTrainer
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forcetrainer

The Kid was also ahead of the parents about 23 seconds, and THEN, they walk right past her, do they not keep tabs on their kids? Especially in a MALL where predators could be anywhere? They walked right past her feet in the machine for Pete's sake.

LAME PARENTS!!!! probably chugging down Ice cream not paying a damn bit of attention to squat! Not a huge fan of screaming kids usually, and most certainly it's the damn parents, clearly the case here.

Faslane66

@Elvisisdead: In that case, the poor girl wold had to wait for years, these things are a major scam, 1 of 20 can win something.

Erzengel

Funny. I am watching "How I Met Your Mother" while reading this there is a kid stuck in one of these claw machines. Heh.

SpecialEdge

@forcetrainer: you know what else is more common than we care to admit?

people who think spamming the gizmodo comments section non-stop is a viable alternative to purchasing advertising.

well... until they get banned that is.

x23

poed:
Getting the keys? You realise that jsut about all those vending machines you see in places aren't owned by the stores, but rather are serviced by some guy who gets permission to put them there and then comes by once a week or month to restock them. The store wouldn't have the keys.

Elliuotatar

@forcetrainer: Use the banhammer Luke!

Thank you for the business spam! You've just made my day that much more enjoyable by giving me someplace else to ignore completely.

Xavoc

@jbiller: Well good for you, I mean if you can admit that you wouldn't be anymore responsible than these parents then that's the first step. Keep on not having children! Thank you, for not passing on your genes and being honest.

bbfreak

If I managed that store and saw the employee just cleaning the door instead of getting the keys and helping the kid out I'd be really pissed off.

poedgirl

People, please attend to your children! Ya know by watching them. Still, that's pretty entertaining. If it wasn't for the little boy they would of left her in there and probably gone all the way home. Still its not like this is new, apparently lots of unattended children get stuck in claw machines.

bbfreak

and she would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for that meddlesome little boy!

simplegreen

Doh, never mind. o.o

bbfreak

I know its old, but its relevant to the thread and just another reminder that this isn't too uncommon as I said before.

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Bah, yes I don't know how to link. So sue me but as long as you don't ban me. ^.^

bbfreak

As stuff full that machine was, it's amazing it actually worked. Typically they don't take the stuffed animals up that high.

She probably messed up the packing too. A good packer will make it where the more expensive ones are held in until all the lesser ones around it are gone.

thebear91

@x23:
@Xavoc:
I just checked and he/she is still here. Brian, I think you need to improve the Banhammer a tad.

TerryinSt.Paul

She did take a toy..
YES!!

iaintgoingthere

"the CLAW chooses who will go and who will stay"

mikeyy

Did she get the toy, A for effort.

wetworker

Whoo, man, my mom would've spanked the hell out of me for pulling that kind of stunt. Probably would've done it right then and there, in public! Of course, I don't think she ever let me out of her sight long enough for me to get in that much trouble when I was that young, anyway.

Griffehpoo

That's no kid! She's actually a very petite 23 year old contortionist. She's just a decoy. There's a couple of spots where 20 or so seconds are missing. That's when the accomplices were going out the door with the shopping carts of cash and "free" HDTVs. The store cut those parts to avoid the embarrassment

kenyonk

I saw a little kid do this at Chucky Cheese, but it was the hoop shoot game. The kid was only like 3, so obviously he couldn't shoot the ball the far, so he just crawls up the ball return into the game and starts making lay-ups. It took his parents 20 minutes to coax him back out.

GeekyNerdGuy

"OK honey,the cigarette machine is just around the corner...and try not to get caught this time,willya?"

FiveLiters

It kinda reminds me of Willy Wonky... maybe Veruca Salt?

davezatz

the way she went in there looked almost practiced. perhaps in a past life she was a claw game repair guy and intrinsically knows their inner workings like the back of her hand...or perhaps she was trained to do it, but her brother started making a spectacle so they had to pretend she was 'stuck'...

undeadmachine

my guess is that the parents were in too much of a hurry to catch the buffet lunch prices before "official" dinner buffet prices kicked in.

Thar's what you get for trying to finagle lunch-priced snow crab legs for supper. Joke's on them

discounteggroll

So someone explain to me why the video footage suddenly goes from color to black&white partway through?

ron___b

i don´t care if its very very dumb, just imagine being inside with aaallll those prices FTW 3-4 year old heaven.

hell yeah if i could fit i would do it

mpar

that is one of the most ridiculous a best things I have seen all day. but I have wonder is where were the parent(s) when this was going on? I mean just cause its walmart does not mean you can leave your kids unattended.

rjupiter

That looks fake. All those games have a flap there that prevents you from even getting an arm up there, let alone a child's body.

dcartist

IS THIS FOR A RETARDED VIRAL MOVIE OR NOT?!!?!

I can't tell anymore.

for all i know this is a viral for sean penn's gay mayor of san fran movie.
why? i dunno.
but it created BUZZ.

turi319

@ron___b: It was a reverse Wizard of Oz thing.

When she gets back to the real world... Technicolor!

someToast

@ninjamurf: They have one of those machines in a mall near me with Nintendo DS, PSPs, and I even think iPods. I need to show this video to my 3 year old like 50 times and then take her to the mall with me :)

apeguero

@turi319:
ftw, wtf?

tehdahl

The hole miraculously gets bigger as she pushes through as if it's made of cardboard. Fake

greg3d

Was she going after a stuffed purple giraffe?

@Erzengel:
I once saw/read something that said you can set them for how often they're _capable_ of grasping a prize (every other time they'll just let it slip out of their grip, even if you aim perfectly). Then you have to pick a prize that's even grabable (note that most of the primo prizes are set out of reach, either too close to the wall or too low in the bin), _and_ manouver the claw correctly. Plus I'm sure there's probably still an element of luck involved at that point.

Purple Dave

Pedobear would have taken her out of there... into his loli basement.

This should be on /b/.

Deoki

in a word... AWESOME!

rshettle

oh... and *on-topic* ... this was one of the funniest videos i have seen in some time. the best part is when the mom and brother come in... look in the flappy door... then leave... then 2 seconds later her head pops up inside. literally busted up laughing.

also forwarded this post to like 19 people already. freaking hilarious.

x23

@Xavoc: no kidding. i am very very very liberal as far as what i think is acceptable in comments (since i go off-topic at times as well...) and not that i have any power at all... but as SOON as i see some dumbass tagging every single goddamn comment with his personal blog that has NOTHING to do with anything... no no no no no. wrong. incorrect.

not even close to being off-topic. pure 100% spam. plain and simple.

x23

Hey, what's the problem? She didn't get hurt, has a story to tell for the rest of her life (and video proof that it happened!) and her older brother was too big to do it. Only thing she forgot was to bring out a toy.

I don't see the parents as being bad parents (my daughter used to do similar stuff when she was three). you can't watch the kids every second. Her brother kept the parents from leaving her in the store, and even tried to tell mom where she was.

Life's too short. I say good on the little girl for having an adventure.

PeterSimpson

No, its real. Kids crawl up these things all of the time. Google it, a kid in Detroit climbed up one of these a few weeks ago and they had to unscrew it to get him out.

GHETTO.CHiLD

Its a viral video, no way could a child fit up one of those.

hu_hu_cool

Shenanigans...

Silly McFakeypants

@mrsalty:
You can't simply use the "they are inquisitive" excuse for horrible parenting kids with absolutely no sense of discipline. Kids will only do what they know or at least think they can get away with. The things you mentioned your own kid doing are bad enough but this girl completely ignored her mom's commands to come out and just pressed on futher inside the machine to effectively loot it. Im sure the fact that the mom is rockin' a full chick mullet doesn't help matters either.

Bluesk1d

I'm not even sure those were her parents. I think the other kid just decided to narc the girl out to her own parents who happen to be shifty grifter types. Then they saw her up in that machine, thought talent like that could come in handy, and decided to steal her.

For all we know, that little girl may have been living in the machine for weeks -- each night making a bed under the protective cover of all those plush prizes.

GeekyNerdGuy

This has actually happened before.

videoCWK

Balls.

I never knew anyone could fit in there.

I guess starve your kid enough...

bobx3

Youtube video WyoP16alRA8 shows the kid who got stuck in one.

DaddysFavourite

This totally beats my trained monkey thief. I mean kids that can actually understand commands, wow. Just think of the possibilities. I need to start having kids right now....

whatnot22

They cut out the video where Michael Jackson noticed the kid in the machine and frantically put quarters into it, to no avail.

InsaneGain

@mrsalty: Obviously you're a graduate of The Zoolander School for Kids who can't read good and wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too......

txtanner88

this entire video is absolutely hysterical. like some guys is cleaning the glass door, as if there weren't a child stuck in a machine 2 feet from him...

dothedrewtoo

ha ha that was funny

yeah i remember one time when my father wasted 20 dollars in the claw game but got 5 toys so basically $4 a plush toy

my mother was pissed

koeramco

This happened before.. only they didn't get full footage.
A kid did the same thing while trying to get a toy for himself.
Only he was not happy with being stuck there. Was crying and all...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

why can't i post?

billwilljr

test

billwilljr

This is actually from a resturaunt that I have been to many times. It is the Catawba Fish Camp in Chester SC. If you go to their site www.catawbafishcamp.com and click on the candy counter button you can see the machine in one of the pics of the slideshow (there is a man standing in front of it) This story has made it around our town recently, and I was shocked to see it here. It is funny, but I agree with Griffehpoo, my Dad would have beat my ass for doing something so stupid. I am glad the little girl didn't get stuck, though. Just thought I would chime in to let everyone know that this is real, and it really happened.

billwilljr

Soon they'll just make it a double-trap door like a vending machine - opening the outer door ahuts the inner one automatically.

Worf