This adorable 3-year-old boy was mysteriously discovered playing in a Lincoln, NE claw machines on Monday. Authorities aren't quite sure how he got inside. (Courtesy of Madsen's Bowling and)
It was any desiring mother's dream.
An adorable 3-year-old Nebraska boy became a claw machine's top prize after apparently climbing into the coin-operated game.
A customer at Madsen's bowling alley and billiards in Lincoln reportedly notified employees after the pint-sized red-head was innocently seen playing with the "bear claw" machine's plush toys, Monday.
A customer at Madsen's Bowling and Billiards reportedly notified employees to the boy who didn't appear fazed but instead quite content. (WOWT)
"Everyone was just kind of taking pictures of him and videotaping him and he didn't notice any of us outside the machine. He was just playing with all the stuffed animals," an astonished employee told KLKN.
Moments later, police said they got an urgent call from a frantic woman searching for her 3-year-old child who matched the boy's description, the station reported.
The boy's mother reported him missing to police moments after he was found. She told police that she was in the bathroom when he escaped her apartment. (WOWT)
The 24-year-old mom told police that her son had managed to slip out of her apartment when she was in the bathroom, and she hadn't seen him since.
Police called to the vending machine were able to successfully extract the boy and give him back to his mother who lives nearby.
As a souvenir, he was given one of the machine's many toys.
Police said because the mother acted quickly in reporting her son, they would not be filing charges.
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