This was a live game of a different kind.
A claw machine in Pennsylvania got really wild — thanks to a wily woodchuck who weaseled his way inside.
The rotund rodent did a poor job at blending in with the colorful stuffed animals inside the machine at the Meadows Family Fun Mini Golf course in Duncansville, prompting “startled” workers to call in an animal expert, the state’s Game Commission said in a Facebook post Tuesday.
Employees spotted the groundhog among the claw games’ prizes this week. Pennsylvania Game Commission-Southcentral Region
It’s not clear how the groundhog managed to get itself in the machine. Pennsylvania Game Commission-Southcentral Region
The Pennsylvania Game Commission freed the animal. Pennsylvania Game Commission-Southcentral Region
The groundhog was safely removed and released into the wild. Pennsylvania Game Commission-Southcentral RegionPhotos show the adventurous varmint peeking through the mound of soft toys and checking itself out in the machine’s mirror.
State Game Warden Salvatore Zaffuto unlocked the machine and helped the lost critter safely get out — and back to nature where it belongs.
The groundhog was not harmed.
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