Boy's First Vending Machine Experience Ends In 6-Hour Nightmare

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A 4-year-old Australian boy had to be rescued by firefighters after getting trapped inside the first vending machine he'd ever seen, his father said.

Little Leo was visiting Melbourne from a remote northern region Sunday when his father says he eyed the machine's tasty treats and reached in.

"He saw the Oreos, and some biscuits and a few other things," Aaron Shorthouse of Arnhem Land told local media.

The machine's anti-theft mechanisms kicked in, however, locking the boy's small arm in place.

For the next six hours, emergency responders worked to free him. At one point, officers tried to cut the machine open but that attempt had to be scrapped after proving too upsetting for the child, the Herald Sun reported.

Once finally free, he was seen tuckered out in his father's arms while clutching a stuffed bear.

"He was a bit inquisitive ... but he's good now," his father said.
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