Toddler Rescued From Arcade Machine by a Locksmith
On March 1st, at a restaurant in Perth, Australia, a toddler made his way through the prize door of an arcade claw machine and became trapped inside. When the mother of the boy and the restaurant staff saw where the boy was, they immediately tried to find the keys for the machine. Unfortunately, the claw machine was the only machine that they could not find the key for. To get the little boy out, they opted to call the local locksmith.
After arriving on the scene and assessing the situation, the locksmith realized he would need more tools than what he originally brought. After swinging back by his shop for more specific tools, the locksmith returned and picked the lock. The kid was reunited with his mother and the claw machine was promptly removed to avoid further incidents.
Let us hope that this was a learning experience for all of those parties involved and everyone who reads the story. Unthinkable as the story may seem, it happened. If you are going to have games and arcade machines in your establishment, be sure you have the keys for them. Tell your kids not to climb into machines, even if they do fit in there. But yeah it was a toddler, so kind of hard to tell them that.
Looking at the pictures of the machine, it is hard to see even a little kid fitting through there. Or maybe it is just hard to tell the scale from pictures. It is like when they tell you a mouse can fit through a half inch hole, unless you see it yourself, you probably would not believe it.
Here is a link to the full story and pictures taken by the boy’s mother: