Boy, 3, trapped in arcade claw machine after desperate attempt to win teddy

A three-year-old boy became trapped in an arcade claw machine after he desperately tried to get a teddy to take home.

Natalie Draper, 37, had taken Noah and his twin brother Joey to the play centre in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

The housekeeper left Noah with a friend while she took Joey to the toilet – only to return to a woman asking her 'is that your son in the machine?'.

Natalie then turned to find Noah had completely crawled inside the game in the hopes of getting his hands on a soft toy.

After ten minutes, three broken padlocks and an 'out of order' sign placed on the machine, Noah was reunited with his mother – who finally had a chance to laugh at the situation.

"I had taken his brother, Joel, to the toilet and left Noah playing with his friend for a matter of minutes.

"But when I came back, a lady grabbed me and asked if 'that was my child in there' – to which I replied 'in where?'

"As soon as she said 'the machine' I rushed over to take a look and could see Noah had climbed into the crane and got himself stuck!

Despite being able to laugh at the situation now, Natalie describes the experience as the 'most terrifying 10 minutes' of her life.

She said: "As the machine was operated by a third-party company, the indoor play centre didn't have keys to unlock it.

"So they had to break off three padlocks using a screwdriver and then twist the lock using a knife to be able to break the door open and get him out.

"But he came out completely unscathed, thankfully, and an 'out of order' sign was placed on the machine.

"Now it's all over and we're home I can't stop laughing at what happened.

"All he wanted was a teddy bear – if he'd asked me for the money I would have got one for him, he didn't need to go to such extreme lengths!"

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