Look closely! It’s not just stuffed animals inside this claw machine; there is also a real groundhog stuck inside too.
A groundhog — and no, it wasn't Punxsutawney Phil — was successfully rescued from a claw machine inside a Pennsylvania arcade this week.
According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission-Southcentral Region, they received a call after employees at the Meadows Family Fun Mini Golf in Duncansville, Blair County found an "unusual prize” inside one of their game machines.
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Officials said State Game Warden Salvadore Zaffuto responded to the scene and found that a groundhog had made its way into one of the claw machines.
Zaffuto was unable to get the groundhog out, so the vending machine company was contacted to unlock the machine.
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After, officials said Zaffuto was able to safely capture the groundhog and release it unharmed.
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