6yr old in balloon in CO

[ChItalian1027]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_in_balloon

very shocking, was watching this on CNN attic

[cooljess76]

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21957&page=123

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/cooljess76/balloonboy.jpg

[elchicano]

What a waste of time in money, in the end it turned out that the kid did it "for the show". Ha!

[1996 328ti]

I knew the father did it as a hoax.
He's just a publicity seeker.
First Wife Swap, then he is also a storm chaser to get on TV.

I bet Falcon is going to a get beaten for owning is father.

[PittsburghSteelers318ti]

That balloon would have had a problem with even a 10 pound bag of potatoes as a stowaway. I saw the video of lift-off of the "kid and balloon" they took themselves, there is no way the kid was in the balloon.

[spidertri]

lol, I watched a little bit of the coverage the other day when the balloon was flying and kept thinking, "man, that balloon must be huge to lift a kid in it". I also couldn't figure out where the kid was in the balloon, in the little bottom part or on top of it? Man, looking back, that story made no sense at all.

[ChItalian1027]

i thought that the balloon wouldn't have lasted that long with the kid in there, my cousin lives in denver and he and it thought it was a hoax, and i found it that it was, seriously y would someone call the cops and say that they're kid went into a balloon?? everyone covering it must've said u assholes u made us freak out and made the feds go and look for ur stupid kid

[cooljess76]

Well he did name his son Falcon...

Seriously though, I wish my parents named me something cool like Falcon or Dragon or something, lol:tongue:

[PittsburghSteelers318ti]

Well he did name his son Falcon...

Seriously though, I wish my parents named me something cool like Falcon or Dragon or something, lol:tongue:

Hey, your cool jess from Ventura, ...
get it, ....
Jessy Ventura :wink:

[roadrash]

I wish my parents named me something cool like Falcon or Dragon or something, lol:tongue:
Dude, think big: "Trogdor the Burninator" would be an awesome name. LOL

[tiFreak]

when my dad was young there was a foreign kid at his school named Radar, my dad thought that was the coolest name ever :lol:

[1996 328ti]

when my dad was young there was a foreign kid at his school named Radar, my dad thought that was the coolest name ever :lol:Did he spell it in all CAPS?

[tiFreak]

Did he spell it in all CAPS?

I don't think so.. :confused:

if that was a joke it just went right over my head

[1996 328ti]

I don't think so.. :confused:

if that was a joke it just went right over my head
RADAR is an acronym. A device created during WW II.

RAdio Detection And Ranging

[wolferj-RIP]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar

[tiFreak]

RADAR is an acronym. A device created during WW II.

RAdio Detection And Ranging

ok, I get it now :lol:

[Will'sBimmer]

I think the family is facing charges for making the whole story up.

[PittsburghSteelers318ti]

Reality Bites
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Investigators in Colorado are speculating that the runaway balloon at the center of a publicity stunt gone awry may have taken off with Richard Heene's brain. Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said, "From what we can determine, it appears that Mr. Heene does not have a brain in his head. We cannot at this time verify that he had any brains whatsoever before the balloon incident, but we do know that what is in Richard Heene's head is definitely not brains. It could be pudding, sand, poop, whatever. The fact remains that that man has no brains." Authorities do not plan to mount a search for the missing brain, Sheriff Alderden explained, "It would be like looking for Bigfoot; there just isn't a lot of evidence that the brain exists."

The Heene's stayed out of the media spotlight today, locked inside their house where they are reported working on an entirely new reality show proposal which they've titled: 'I'm In Deep ****'.

[1996 328ti]

I wouldn't be surprised if Fox or some other network is covering his legal fees.