Bubble Boy v. Vending Machine Boy

I see your bubble boy and raise you a vending machine boy.

A Walmart somewhere in the great state of Indians circa 2005....
A 3-year-old boy upset that his mother wouldn't let him use a crane vending machine to try to win a small stuffed animal took matters in his own hands. He climbed up the chute to get the prize himself.

Danielle Manges said she took her eyes off her son, James, for a moment to pick up a juice bottle he threw. When she looked up, he was in with the plush toys. Manges said people leaving the store went back inside to buy disposable cameras to take photos of her son. She bought one herself.

She became upset, however, when Wal-Mart employees said they did not have a key to let James out.

If you needed another reason to not shop at Walmart I think the illegal trade of small children for sale in vending machines should qualify.

In other news: Google Trends confirms our long held suspicions that St. Louis, MO is indeed the Bubble Boy capital of the world.