iStock/Thinkstock(MELBOURNE, Australia) — A young boy from Australia had to spend his vacation in a vending machine.
According to BBC, 4-year-old Leo saw a vending machine in the lobby of the hotel his family was staying at in Melbourne, and reportedly tried to reach in to grab a bag of cookies.
Leo became stuck due to the machine’s anti-theft mechanisms and starting screaming, witnesses said.
To rescue Leo, authorities had to sedate him and use smartphones to distract him so they could cut open the machine with angle grinders, according to BBC.
Leo’s father Aaron Shorthouse told local media he didn’t think his son had ever seen a vending machine before because they live in a remote far north part of Australia.
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