A Missouri toddler trying to “get ball” got caught inside a claw machine — weeks after another tot got stuck after crawling into the same game.
Ryan Campbell was watching his daughter’s game at the Soccer Dome at Vetta Sports in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, when he realized his 3-year-old son, Patrick, had crawled into the beloved arcade game, the dad told First Alert 4.
“I get ball,” Patrick told his father when asked why he climbed into the machine.
An adorable photo captured Patrick standing in the machine, peering out from where a prize would typically be dropped for winners.
The tot’s family wasn’t too shocked by the story.
“Patrick’s reaction…like someone took a picture of him and he’s like immediately just said ‘cheese’ and posed for the camera, like unfazed that he was stuck in a machine,” his mother, Katie Campbell, said, according to WBAL-TV 11.
His two older sisters were also unsurprised by his bold actions.
“I saw the picture and I’m like, ‘I knew Patrick was gonna get stuck in there,’” one of the sisters told the news station.
Fortunately, Patrick’s dad quickly realized his son and meandered off — and was able to convince him to climb back out of the machine.
Several weeks earlier, another toddler, a 2-year-old boy named Cooper, also got stuck in the same machine.
Firefighters had to be called to the sports complex, in a situation they told the station was “a first.”
“He was having an absolute blast, or an absolute ball, depending on how you look at it,” one of the firefighters said.
Now, Patrick’s family says maybe he won’t join them next time to watch his sister’s game.
“We’ll for sure be back. I don’t know if Patrick will go this time,” his mother said.
