Teen Gets Stuck In Chimney While Trying To Get Into Texas Home (VIDEO)

Playing Santa isn't always the best idea.

Just ask one Texas teen who attempted to wriggle her way down her chimney and ended up getting very stuck.

Police were called to the 16-year-old's residence near Corpus Christi on May 9 after neighbors said they heard someone screaming, KRIS-TV reports.

According to the station, the girl tried to slide down the chimney after locking herself out of the house. Unfortunately, her decision resulted in nearly three hours of discomfort and a lot of unwanted attention.

Read the full story at KRIS-TV.com.

Perhaps surprisingly, the teen is in fairly good company when it comes to roaming on rooftops.

In December, Jorge Herrera was pulled from the chimney of his California home after officials say he was trying to sneak in after curfew, FOX 40 reports.

And he almost made it: Firefighters found his legs dangling just a few feet above the ground.

One Georgia teen, however, shimmied his way to jail after police pulled him from a chimney.

Ranaldo Jack, 17, had been stuck for about 10 hours after allegedly trying to break into a house near Atlanta, according to WSB-TV.

Comments

[Mike Block]

09:37 AM on 05/11/2012

Yeah, that'll work cuz of all those skinny people in Texas.

*facepalm*

Excelsior

[Emily in Ohio]

01:32 AM on 05/11/2012

I'm glad she's ok, but for some reason I can't stop laughing! I wouldn't be laughing if she had gotten hurt. :))

[bmitche]

01:00 AM on 05/11/2012

She probably was thinking, if Santa can do it, why can't I ?

[justdoinme2012]

12:49 AM on 05/11/2012

I'm claustrophobic so if I were to get stuck, IDK how I would react. I'd most likely freak out, hyperventilate, and then proceed to pass out.

[MultiScooter68]

11:49 PM on 05/10/2012

Wrong time of the year to be playing Santa!

[victorzeller]

11:42 PM on 05/10/2012

Another future leader of the Clueless Generation.

[Keith James Colleran]

10:35 PM on 05/10/2012

What a dirty little girl

[musomesa]

10:27 PM on 05/10/2012

You can easily die if you get stuck in a position where your chest can't expand.

[Keith James Colleran]

10:35 PM on 05/10/2012

You can also get slow roasted

[musicmasterno1]

09:32 PM on 05/10/2012

I never get stuck in chimneys since I had my flue shot. Doing so without can certainly damper one's spirit.

[fd909]

10:01 PM on 05/10/2012

Good one!

[code2high]

12:26 AM on 05/11/2012

Groan....

[blodisnut]

09:32 PM on 05/10/2012

When are people going to learn that they cant get in that way. Better off breaking a window...

Maybe its time these kids start carrying a key.

Or better yet, you can get a keypad lock that unlocks when a code is punched in. That way no key is needed, and no fire department when the kid gets a santa feeling and gets stuck....

[Jamesbridges]

09:23 PM on 05/10/2012

When will people think before doing things like this? The Cimney on houses might look big on the outside but the part that actually goes into the House is most of the time not very big less then 12 inches in most cases. If I would have been locked out I think i would have broken a window out and got in that way.

[Gigantorman]

05:05 AM on 05/11/2012

If you try to go down a chimney that leads to a fireplace, you're pretty much a goner. Fireplaces have an area called a "throat" which leads to a "damper". Even Santa could never negotiate those obstacles.

[kevinthechamp]

06:49 PM on 05/10/2012

When I grow up, I want to be Santa Claus