As a test, I started a new game againI just tried to recreate this several times using the description you provided and was not able to. I've heard several variations of this bug (all prior to v0.3.0.2 hotfix) and it's been quite elusive. I know that the theoretical cause is an animation being started before another one has finished.
In the absence of being able to recreate the issue, I will look into further "freeze proofing" this mechanic for the next update.
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Only this time I selected the 1st option "I'm new here"
instead of "No, I played the previous update"
and this time round the bug did occur