People Stuck In Strange Places

Today's stories give new depth to the phrase "plight." Let's talk about that. ♪ (musical theme) ♪ - Good morning mythical! -A few weeks ago, we did an episode about the weirdest things found in bathrooms, one of which was a guy trapped in a Port-o-Potty. I guess you'd have to say this whole thing is called "Spot-a-Pot vandalism." (laughs) That got us thinking: where else have

people

gotten

stuck

? Sure, we've all been trapped in a bathroom or the trunk of a car, or... if you're R. Kelly, in a closet. - Well? - But you would be very surprised at the

places

where

people

have gotten

stuck

!

And we'll go over some of our favorites! - I have a good one. In April of last year, in Lincoln, Nebraska, a mother reported her three-year-old son missing. Then the police showed up at her house, where she was, and she said, "I think she might have escaped through the front door, which was open, while I was in the... bathroom." -He is an independent child. Well, around the same time, the police also receive a phone call from Madsen's Bowling Alley and Billiards Bar across the street. And the report is that, in the arcade, there is an unusually large prize in the claw machine, which looks remarkably like a three-year-old child.

Inside the claw machine! - Hey! -The guy came out the front door...-he's a worker! He-he crossed the street and not only started playing, but became the game. I thought you were going to say he went bowling, but no, he went up...-No! -He entered the claw machine. And if you don't believe me, there were people there...because he was there for a while...just taking pictures! I mean, he looks at this photo! There he is, inside, inspecting each one. He says, "Hm. Claw couldn't have gotten this one. Hm. What about this one? I think I'll take this one." He's inside the machine, friend! -And he doesn't seem scared at all.

He says, "You all know what's up, I got into the claw machine! You all know you wish you were me." - Then the police come, and two hours and $500 later, they still haven't removed it because, as we all know... - Yes. - A claw can't lift an obsolete iPod case! - (brusquely) Give me another coin, Bill! - How is it supposed to reach the 3-year-old? He keeps holding on to his forehead and just slides off! -It's like...-Oh, he has his arm! He has his arm! He's got...oh shit, he fell again. He keeps falling. He's just making fun of you, man. - Did it really take you two hours?! - No, I made that up.

And $500. - That was the joke. - Yes, the fourth. I know where mathematics comes from. They probably just removed the glath-- glath-- - (mocking) They removed the glath. - They took off the cover and - they grabbed him. - Take this. They removed. It was totally fine. After all that, he was allowed to keep a toy. Oh, come on. At least he should get a handful. Very good, congratulations to that child. This is a slightly sadder story. - Well. - This is a... Brazilian prisoner Rafael Valadao tried to escape from prison, Link. You know, he was in prison,-he wanted to get out...-Of course he wanted to.

Shawshank Redemption style, he made a tunnel in the wall of his cell! It is not known if there was a Rita Hayworth poster covering it. (fake laughter) - Shawshank fans. (laughs) - That's not even a joke. It's like a mockery that you know something that no one cares about Shawshank Redemption. Everyone who saw that movie knows that poster, man! I'm just saying it was more of a tease than a joke. Well, you know what? He decided to do this with a group of friends in prison. Like Shawshank Redemption? (fake laughter) Yes, yes. And Morgan Freeman made it out first.

No.-(laughs)-his friend came out first, and then Rafael came second. But that was the mistake, because Rafael hadn't made the hole big enough for Rafael. -Let me guess, he got stuck. Then he took out the upper region of it. Here is the. He came so far. Well, he had a good idea, because he shaved his head and evidently the entire upper part of his body. - Yes Yes. Which should help you get through a tight spot. But he didn't grease enough. Yeah, he didn't bring the bacon grease from the kitchen. You have to pour oil if you want to escape from prison.

His friends were behind him trying to push him. Think about how frustrating they were. Like, "I knew he shouldn't have gone first, because he's been eating more...prison cheese!" - (laughs) Chow. They call it chow. Well, cheese, you know, gives you a little extra weight. - Yes Yes. -Anyway, he starts screaming. -(laughs)-He panics and he starts screaming and of course, the firefighters come and take him out and then they take him back to the prison. Presumably not through the hole, but through the front door. - They just push him back in. -And when they return to his cell, they realize that he had packed suitcases in his cell that he planned to take out.

I don't know if it was a square suitcase with a round hole, but I doubt he would have been able to get those suitcases out. - Probably. -but he couldn't get out. Very good, he brought you another one here. January 2009, an identi-- an identi-- - An unidentified-- - Oh. Unidentified. There are a lot of syllables to try to communicate: The man was skiing at the super fancy Vail Ski Resort in Vail, Colorado. Oh yeah. Very pretty. I had a small mishap while skiing. He was on the, um...the flying bench that takes you back up the mountain.

What are those things called? Go up! (laughs) - Yes. You know, I call it a "flying bank." - (laughs) - Wait, where's the nearest flying bench? -So, he was on the flight bench going up,-when he suddenly slips,-It happens to all of us. and his right ski gets caught. He's hanging on to the ski right off of him as this thing goes up. The problem is, when he slipped, his pants didn't fall off the seat. They just slipped away from the person. So he's hanging totally naked...and yes, there are pictures! - What happened to the underwear? - Are you playing for free in Vail? - Free ski, man!

I don't know. He's going Comanche. He's going commando. - Comanche? Command? - Well, we used to call him "Comanche." We didn't know what we were talking about. - In, you know, the south... - It's expensive to buy a lift ticket there, so he couldn't afford underwear, I guess, is my theory. - Ah OK. -Then he was hanging without pants for-fifteen minutes. - A lot can happen in fifteen minutes. - (laughs) - (sharply) Tsssh. Ah, we have a southern exposure on the north face of the mountain. (usually) Just think about the questions going through this guy's mind.

He starts to slip and says, "Oh, am I going to die?" And then he says, "Is it suddenly really cold here?" - (both laugh) - You know? People taking photos... If you look at this other photo, what I love is that his traveling companion on the flying bench never leaves the lift. He's just sitting there, even... - I would have at least... - There are people helping him! The other guy is sitting there. He says, "I'm not going to look down on this." If this happened to you, he would take off my jacket and dress you. - Please! -I mean, he looks.

He now he's on Good Mythical-Good morning! - Cover this guy, please. (laughs) - Someone cover it! - This guy never went skiing again without a nice tight drawstring underwear. - Yes, really, friend! -Okay, on October 15, 1999, a guy named Nicholas White left the 43rd floor of the McGraw-Hill building, where he worked in New York, and took a short break. It is not a big thing. He comes back from his break, takes the elevator... the problem is, halfway back to his office, the elevator stops. This has happened to all of us, right? Yes. I mean, everyone is afraid of getting stuck in an elevator. - 41 hours later... - What? - 41 hours!

He passed...-I think I remember hearing about this guy, because there was surveillance footage, right? Good. This happened a long time ago, but it became more of an Internet story more recently. - Well. I had no watch, no mobile phone, no food, no water. The only thing he had to support himself, was...-No mobile phone? - Well, it was 1999. - Oh. ...a pack of Rolaids. He was quoted as saying: "Rolaids are not a very good food." - Actually? -I think he says that on the package. - (laughs) - They're honest about it. - Good. - Not a meal.

So after a while he says, "Well, maybe I can do that thing where they open the doors like they do in the movies and then just open the next doors and then leave." - Yes, that's like the first hour. But the problem was that it was an express elevator that went up 30 floors and overlooked, there were no openings. So you're in the middle of a concrete pit. So when he finally opened the doors, it was just a solid concrete wall. So he says, "Okay, this is a problem. I have Rolaids. Now I have to pee." He proceeds to... - Pee on the Rolaids. - (laughs) Don't urinate on your only source of sustenance!

He urinates...not in the corner, this is clever...not in the corner, but outside...in the little crack between...he opens the door and urinates down the well. -(laughs)-Luckily, he didn't have to poop. It would have been a really difficult decision at the time. - 41 hours! 41 hours, he did have to poop. -But he didn't poop. -He just didn't do it. - He didn't poop. He did not do it. What would happen if you peed with Rolaids? I'm just asking. It would probably bubble. Like a Coca-Cola and Mentos situation. - That's another episode. - We'll do it next time.

He ends up ringing the doorbell, fucking on the intercom, looking at the camera... Five shifts pass as a security guard. He is in front of the camera all the time. None of them realize that he's trapped in the damn elevator, eating Rolaids and... pissing in the crack! - (laughs) It's not nonsense. But finally someone notices that he is there and leaves after 41 hours. He believes that he is going to die, but he doesn't. And he sues the building management and settles for a small undisclosed sum. And to this day, he still...-Never...-he takes elevators. -Oh, does he do it?

He takes elevators. That didn't scare him and he walked away from the elevators. What are you going to do, stairs? Come on. - Very well, I have to squeeze this out of you. March 2011, Mr. Timothy Cipriani of Schenectady, New York. (silly voice) Cipriani from Schenectady New York! He wanted some money and... he wanted pizza. - Good. (usually) Look at his face. You know this guy has been through the sinkhole. -(laughs)-Well, let me tell you what he was. He hatched a brilliant plan to steal a pizza from Paesan. - Oh yeah. He-he Climbed a tree, opened a vent in the roof, and then entered through the vent. - Mission Impossible style. - Yes.

Now, I don't know if you know this. Air ducts are designed for air... - Yes. - not for Timothy Ciprianis. - (laughs) Yes, exactly. -He got stuck in the duct! Now, I don't know how he alerted the police, but it may have been because of...the screaming at him. - Oh. He's like the type of...so he starts screaming. The POPO arrives at 1 in the morning and is found screaming and hanging... with his feet dangling over a fryer. He stands up. He stuck out his feet. - Yes. Look at the photo. - You get points for extruding your feet.

Now, what does this tell you? This tells you that the police showed up and the first thing they did was (silly voice) I have to take a picture of this. - (laughs) - (usually) Some guy took a photo! A cop or someone took a photo of him while he was still yelling, "Hey, you gotta get me out of here!" I have to get the framing right. - Evidence, man! It's evidence! - I have to make it square for Instagram, you know? It took the firefighters 30 minutes to get him out, and the guy had been to prison five times before, all for attempted robbery.

Oh. You have to grease up if you're going to do this kind of thing. If you're going to escape from prison or steal a Paesan pizza, you have to put Crisco on you. - Have you been taking notes? (laughs) - Put Crisco on it! - Come on people, think about it! And also, like and comment as you always do. - Yes, please do that. - We appreciate it. Do you know what time it is. - Hello, I'm Chloe. - I'm Phil! And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythology. Wow! We've been having so much fun on Snapchat!

Yes, that's right, we're on Snapchat. The username is realrhettlink. Real link! I'm Rhett, this is Link. - We are real! - Hey, we're real! Click on Good Mythical More. We have an incredible story stuck on a roller coaster. Stuck! - (Link) Everyone! - Rhett can't stop smiling. Hey man, be serious! Get it together, man! Are you suffering or are you happy? - I can't even say it! - I can not stop smiling! I'm not happy, I can't stop smiling! - Wow. I have never seen such a painful smile in my life! - Oh, you know what?

I think it's... constipation. - Oh, is it? - Yes. I'll take care of it. - It makes a lot of sense.