A five-year-old boy got more than he bargained for while trying to remove his school backpack.
Luckily Oliver Gibson, from Sleaford, Lincolnshire, was not hurt when he had his mishap.
No one would have known about his minor calamity – had it not been captured on the family’s ring camera.
Oliver was walking towards the family home when he decided to experiment with the unorthodox method of bag removal.
While the operation began in the standard method, with the youngster slipping the straps of the bag down his arms, he soon hit a snag.
The straps of his heavy-looking rucksack appeared to get stuck around his wrists.
Rather than try and pull the straps past his hands, young Oliver opted to try another way to release himself from the pesky bag.
He flipped the bag, with his wrists stuck in the straps, over his head.
Oliver Gibson (pictured) from Sleaford, Lincolnshire, was caught on Ring camera trying to remove his rucksack
As he did so, the weight of the bag meant the momentum caused his whole body to move forward.
When this happened, the rucksack went over his head, and landed on the ground.
As Oliver was still attached to the rucksack, he too flipped over and landed on the ground.
The video has sound, which means that the youngster’s upsetting screech can be heard as he is catapulted to the floor, head first.
He is then seen getting up and running to an adult (assumed to be his mother) who asks in a concerned voice what he did, and why he is upset.
As a result of the accident, Oliver’s mother Donna says she has now given Oliver lessons on how to remove his bag.
This, she hopes, will help to avoid any potential future mishaps.
Donna said: ‘I think he was trying to get the bag off his back.
But the youngster got his wrists stuck in the straps and so tried to flip it over his head – ending in disaster
Oliver (pictured) luckily now sees the funny side of the incident after accidentally falling while removing his bag
‘He’s not done this before, I’ve had to have the discussion of how to safely remove the backpack today.
‘I was a little bit behind and didn’t see how he’d fallen over until I looked on the Ring this morning.
Fortunately, she revealed, no harm had been done, and despite the initial upset, Oliver is fine.
In fact, said Donna, they had been able to have a giggle about the incident.
She explained: ‘We both had a laugh and thankfully no harm done.’
