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Try not laugh at this girl who got her head stuck in a Barney mask

What began as a prank on her friends, turned into a firefighter rescue mission.

Darby Risner from Alabama thought she'd play a hilarious joke on her girlfriends by scaring them with a giant Barney the dinosaur mask.

Darby Risner wanted to scare her friends with a Barney mask. Photo: YouTube
Darby Risner wanted to scare her friends with a Barney mask. Photo: YouTube

But unfortunately for Risner, her purple prank went horribly wrong and the joke ended up being on her after she became trapped inside the costume for 45 horrifying minutes.

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Risner's mum told AL.com, "She put the Barney head on and when she sat down on the sofa to wait for them, it dropped. It slipped over her shoulders. When they finally came down, she got up and realised it had dropped so low, she couldn't get it off."

Risner's prank did not go according to plan. Photo: Twitter
Risner's prank did not go according to plan. Photo: Twitter
Firefighters had to save her from being trapped inside the giant Barney head. Photo: Twitter
Firefighters had to save her from being trapped inside the giant Barney head. Photo: Twitter

The above video shows her friends trying to help her out, tugging at the purple dinosaur head and unable to contain their laughter.

With little luck, Risner had to be rescued by local firefighters, whom, according to AL.com, couldn't "help but start laughing".

"We tried to be professional, and she was a little distraught, but we had to giggle about it," one of the firefighters said.

With a little help from Vaseline, Risner was freed from the dinosaur costume. Photo: Twitter
With a little help from Vaseline, Risner was freed from the dinosaur costume. Photo: Twitter

Luckily, the men were able to cut the back of the mask, and with a little Vaseline around Risner's shoulders, the costume slipped right off.

This is certainly going to be a memory these girls will never forget, no doubt even more memorable than the original prank would have been.