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Man gets locked in an ATM, slips out 'help me' notes to get free

Weird July 13, 2017
A contractor in Texas reportedly got stuck in the back of an ATM vault room when the electronic lock he was trying to fix locked him inside. After slipping notes to customers who were withdrawing money, one person finally alerted the police.
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· 13 Jul 2017

Contractor freed after getting trapped inside ATM room at a Bank of America in Texas when he was changing out a lock

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· 13 Jul 2017

Man trapped inside ATM dispensed notes through the machine to get help:

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"We can hear a little voice coming from the machine. So we are thinking this is a joke."

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· 12 Jul 2017

I got a note from the ATM, I wanted 20 bucks. CCPD to the rescue.

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Hear from Senior Officer Richard Olden about an unusual incident Wednesday afternoon.
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· 12 Jul 2017

Hear from Senior Officer Richard Olden about an unusual incident Wednesday afternoon.

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· 13 Jul 2017
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How did he manage to...deposit...himself in that machine?

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He was stuck in the service access room behind the ATM not the actual ATM machine. He was working on the ATM.

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· 13 Jul 2017

Thing I didn't know I needed to worry about: getting trapped inside an ATM

Man trapped inside ATM dispensed notes through the machine to get help:
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· 13 Jul 2017

This is exactly what bank tellers in the 1970s said would happen...

An ATM dispensed cash — and notes for help from a man trapped inside
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· 13 Jul 2017

I'd write "Gimme $5k and we'll talk" and slide that paper right back in.

Man trapped inside ATM dispensed notes through the machine to get help:
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· 13 Jul 2017

This would've freaked me out. I'm happy he got out.

An ATM dispensed cash — and notes for help from a man trapped inside
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I thought I had seen it all. This is one is up there.

"I'm stuck in here." man trapped inside ATM passes notes to customers via receipt slot begging for help.
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