>> hi, everyone. we've been searching for the best stories and the best videos behind them for you. and we've got it right this minute. >> a little girl is trapped and in tears.

>> stuck inside one of those video arcade games with the big claws. >> find out how she got in there, and, more importantly, got out. news flash to this driver. you're supposed to stop by the gas station, not stop in the gas station. >> the car fax of this is not going to look so hot. >> a woman makes a strange discovery in her chimney. >> look very, very closely in the fireplace. >> is it santa? >> no, but it does have a hairy face. we'll clear up some mysteries. >> and a golf pro shows some tricks that are not so good for the layman. >> that was lame. >> that's because it's close to his ♪ ♪. >> we're going to get things started right this minute with a rescue. take a look at this. this is from our good friends at wkyt in lexington, kentucky. what you see there is a little toddler named caitlin campbell stuck inside one of those video

arcade games with the big claws. >> wait, wait, she's inside it? >> she is inside of that claw machine. >> caitlin went with her family to the commonwealth coin laundry to do some laundry and she was playing with some other kids in the laund row mat and crawled up inside. they tried several different methods to get her out. >> they were going to try to start picking the lock, but the mechanism on the lock wouldn't allow them to pick ut. and then they tried to unscrew the sides, they tried to up screw those. >> what you're sering here is them using a circular saw to actually saw through the lock. and, as you can see by caitlin's face, this was not fun for her. she started getting really terrified. watch, keep watching as caitlin is pulled out of the machine and into the arms of her family. >> so a huge fire department rescue, you mean to tell me

there's no 800 number on the side of the machine so the company can come down and open it? >> i'm okay with the bunch of firefighters showing up to save a little girl considering they do this for dogs and cats all of the time. >> yeah, please, please, please tell me that they let her keep whatever she wanted out of that machine? >> and the little girl is doing just fine. she was a little shaken up, but she had no injuries. and they did let her keep two stuffed animals from inside the machine. two stuffed animals of her choice. >> everything isn't paradise in awahu for two women who filed a lawsuit against petco becase the cai groomersme offof gladys says she took her dog to the groomer. when she got it back, she noticed that the ear was cut. >> bloody. i noticed that. >> i couldn't believe what they did. i started crying because this is our baby. >> you won't believe what she

discovered after she went to the vet. >> when i took her to the vet, the doctors told me it looked like they tried to glue it back. >> did you say glue? >> yeah, she said they tried to glue it back. and the doctors said if she had known, if they had told her right away, they could have repaired it. >> she filed a lawsuit another woman who said her dog's tail was cut. her name is estelle green and her muz michael is an attorney and he has something to say about what happened to their dog. >> the nails were bleeding because they were cut too short. the dog was filthy and the tip of the dog's tail was cut off. and the people at petco didn't seem to be overly concerned about that. >> they offered him what? >> a free grooming. >> i guess they wanted to take off other body parts. >> at this point, these are allegations that these two women are making against petco. we contacted the petco, but they did not get back to us by our deadline.

>> as far as i know, gas stations don't come with drive throughs. but one person tried to make one anyway. looking at surveillance video from early yesterday morning, 3:15 a.m. in birmingham, alabama, a marathon station. and you see a driver crashing his car through the front window of this gas station. we found out about this from our friends down at wbrc in alabama. and you see extensive damage to the front of this marathon gas station. street signs are also down. police say that the driver was speeding, lost control of the car and, of course, smashed it right through the window. >> that was completely out of control down the block. you can see it bucking and bouncing over things, sparks flying. >> do you think that car is completely totalled? i'm thinking yes. >> i think you're right, gail. i don't think there's going to be any repairings going on with this particular vehicle. luckily, nobody was inside the

gas station at this time. the driver was taken to the hospital and right now it's kind of unclear what injuries the driver sustained. >> something tells me the car fax of this is not going to look so hot. >> look very, very closely in the fireplace. >> is it santa? >> is it a duck? >> it's a duck. >> how did he get in there? >> he thought he was santa. >> it bit me. >> this duck was looking for a warm place to spend the night. so he went into the fireplace, found a warm vent to hang out until they heard this noise in the chimney and went to figure out what was going on. >> warm place until they get the fire going and then you've got duck for dinner. >> this duck was super lucky because they were running a fire all night long that night. who knows when the duck came into the fireplace, but it's very lucky. >> they're having a really hard

time getting him out of there. >> the girl who's trying to get this duck out is trinity. she's struggling with it. >> oh, he's heavy. i'm literally fighting with this duck. >> finally, she is able to pull him out. >> oh. oh. >> look at the size of that thing. he's huge. >> she's able to pull this massive duck out of the chimney, walks him out to the backyard and lets him walk around. she looks at him. >> your face is so ugly. >> the question is how does a duck say thank you for saving my life? >> kwauk. >> thank you, buddy. >> i'm taking this duck patee. >> i think this is a destination of choice for ducks. two years ago, the same thing happened. two ducks got stuck and they didn't like it.

>> mark pollack wants to go surfing. >> i defie anybody to tell mark he can't do anything. >> see why there's no stopping this guy. no stopping him. and it is cold and beautiful and something out of a fairy tale. >> this is like the ice cream fortress. >> see th

welcome back to the show. but don't forget to check in at rigthisminute.com. >> anybody to tell mark pollark he can't do anything. he's been blind since the age of 22. 13 years after that, he had a near-fatal fall that left him paralyzed. but he still wants to surf. so they have this customized board where he can hold on.

>> i'm trying to make it tight so he knows the size of the board. >> his friends are going to tow him out and let him catch a few waves. >> having a great time. big smile on his face. >> and so much of what we hear the sensation and the feel of riding that wave. so i guess in this case, you don't need to see anything. >> he raises up eventually while he's out in the water. >> you can see how excited all the other guys are. while he's pushing up on that surf board, they're all jumping around and cheering. >> what did he have to say? >> before the fall, he was an adventure athlete. he would run marathons and walk to the south pole. so the surf adventure, not as big as those, but for somebody who's been paralyzed for the last year, that was a big accomplishment. >> well, he seems like a really

impressive guy who doesn't let anything get in his way. >> i want you to tell me what you think you're looking at. fireworks. >> this is -- this is some sort of traffic in a city. >> you are exactly right. this is actually footage of -- this is a taxi cab in new york city over a 24 hour period. >> what? >> from the air? >> it is an analytical model. >> you know what the cool thing is about this? that each speck of light represents a taxi cab and it

makes a shape of manhattan, which is really cool. >> it's pretty crazy, but look at the data when you can see how many passengers, the fares, you'll see all of that information. now, that is a model of just taxi cab traffic in new york city. can you imagine what footage like this might look like if we were talking about air traffic? >> over the entire united states. this is a typical day in america's air space. >> oh, wow. >> oh, but watch. you can see as the east coast starts waking up and people start traveling what happens. >> yeah, that's cool. this is awesome. this is really cool. >> i checked with the national air traffic controller's association. they said in the course of one

day, there are over 87,000 flights in america's air space and about 30,000 of those flights are commercial flights. now, look at this particular graphic. it's a side-on view. >> i mean, you think about the work, the job of an air traffic controller controlling all of this. >> it's amazing when you see this that there aren't collisions mid-air every day. >> next time on right this minute, you know what's awesome? men who aren't chefs cooking. >> i just figured it out. just through basic human survival. >> that's next time on right this minute. >> a golf pro pulls some amazing trick shots. >> that was like a pool move. >> see the video that will make you feel sad about your own abilities. and go undercover with the

welcome back to the show. but don'tforget to check in at . great videos all day long. >> ice, snow is great for skiing and for ice skating. but did you know it could be used as a medium for art? this is devon graham's latest video. this is the ice castle of silver thorn, colorado.

you can walk in and around these structures. there's no substructure. these are also completely out of ice. they're about 30 feet tall. you can see they're lit from the inside and they're strikingly beautiful. >> they're stunning. >> this is like the ice queen's fortress. >> can you imagine being a child and being able to go through this and play in this and just pretend it's your own little castle? >> i'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that someone made this. >> yeah, let's figure out how he does it. brent joins us right this minute via skype. >> we start for the first time in november laying all of this out. >> tell us how you do it? do you just pour water over things and let it freeze? >> we have an ice park, we grow upwards to four or five icicles a night. and then we run water to that and that creates the layers.

i just set it up and run water and get this made with the formation. >> is it a yearly process for you? >> it is now. this is the third time i've done it for the public. >> do you have an idea in your head of what you want these to look like? or do you just start and see how they end up? >> well, always i have a plan of what i want it to look like. all of the plumbing has to be in place. >> when this thing does melt, are you like, no, my art? >> no, i'm like oh, i'm ready to be done. there's a little bit of melancholy the last day. but after that, we're ready. >> golf is a gentleman's game, right? >> yeah. >> but it doesn't mean there isn't room for some cool tricks. leave it to garris mavin, pro golfer showing off his best golf

tricks at his home club in valley clare, northern ireland. and then he just pops it in there. this is pretty impressive. he has the ball there. and then when he slings it back, he's able to put it in his shoulder. that was like a pool move. >> right. >> on the green. this is all during a video and photo shoot for his sponsor which is based in london. it's a sports risk management company. but here's the thing, i don't know if i'd want to be friends with garis because this is what i'd have to do. >> i would not want to be friends with him. >> yeah, and watch. that's the driver to the back of the head. boom. and i think -- i can't tell, but he might have nicked the guy's nose. >> any chance this is fake? >> i don't think the tricks are that unbelievable that this would be a fake viz owe. i think these are very doable tricks. this one is impressive. the guy has a coke can on his head and you see garrett is

aways away with the pitching wedge. that takes some bravery on this guy's part. >> i think the most impressive part is when he has the golf ball on his club, slings it around his back and it goes right into the hole. >> yeah. >> guys, just watch this video and let emotions rush over you. this is called the wild heart: a journey through the southwest wilderness. it was shot in different places across the american southwest. and it just makes you feel peaceful or full of oxygen or just like you want to giggle and hug people. >> america. >> america. >> do you feel like hugging me and giggling? >> yeah. >> no special effects, no c.g.i. just the beauty of nature. just the beauty of our country. it was shot by henry john.

and if you would like to see this entire video, it really is stunning. go to our web site, rightthisminute.com. >> a guy took this famous painting and played with it a little.

>> it jumps over this and goes over the track and hits the landing perfectly. >> tortoise being naughty.

>> you guys recognize this painting, right? >> oh, yes. >> have you guys ever looked at it inside? >> i would really like to change the brush strokes. maybe change it this way. >> i would mess it up. >> no, van gogh's starry night. the perfection. >> well, this is van gogh's starry night, but it's moving. this is a creation by greek artist. it's not just moving. he takes it one step further. >> whoa.

>> he created this interactive starry night. you can move it, you can change it, you can go to the tree over here and play around with it. when you stop interacting with it, it will go back to its original form. >> to tell us a little bit more about it, we have the artist himself all the way from greece. >> so is this a big tv screen? touch screen contraction? >> no, no. it e it's a sensor. >> okay. >> like a video game. >> yes, yes. >> how long did it take you to create it? >> about five or six months. >> wow. >> is anybody upset that you messed with such a famous work of art? >> i was working for it and the majority of it is okay. >> yeah, are you surprised how

much attention it has received in the last few days? online, it's everywhere. >> i never expected this. beyond -- i didn't even dream this. >> when people interact with this -- >> it's only been at my house. >> can we come over? >> that's going to do it for this edition of right this minute. and we're going to leave you with one more look at those ice castles. another half hour of right this minute on the way.