Henry Gribbohm's had a rough week. It could have been worse — he did, after all, end up scoring a stuffed banana with a beanie and dreadlocks. It just happened to cost him $2,600.

Gribbohm, 30, of Epsom, N.H., spent what he claims was his life savings over the weekend on a carnival game called Tubs of Fun. The game's premise is simple: contestants drop an entry fee to toss balls into a tub for prizes. Gribbohm, specifically, had his eyes on an Xbox Kinect.

But as he started the game, he says, all of the balls he was throwing began bouncing out of the tub. He tried to win his money back by going "double or nothing," but within a few minutes, he was out $300. He ran home to grab $2,300 more, but soon lost all of that as well.

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Gribbohm went back the next day to complain and, according to local media, was reimbursed with $600 — and the banana. Still, he called rig!

The organization behind the carnival told reporters Tubs of Fun is run by an independent contractor, and they're investigating to see if there were indeed any fraudulent set-ups behind the game. In the meantime, the game is being stripped from the group's upcoming festival in Derry, N.H., per the investigation. Gribbohm says he's considering a lawsuit.

There's no word yet on the results of the investigation. But, again, at least Gribbohm got something out of the ordeal — even if the same five-and-a-half-foot Rastafarian fruit is available on eBay for $150.

Sometimes shit really is bananas. What are the strangest ways you've seen people spend their life savings?

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