JoeyJoJo 18 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Could be an epic prank. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Gotta say, watching is live before you knew was pretty riveting. I can't remember the last time I saw a 20ft mylar balloon thousands of feet in the air with a 6 year old supposedly in it. You realize that thereis pretty much nothing they can do. If the helicopters got over top of it, it would likely lead to disaster. It was too slow for airplanes and too late for a rescue balloon if there even is such a thing.Yet another way society has shit the bed, is not having flying cars by now. How many more infants need to die in weather balloon crashes before we get serious about flying car technology? Link to post Share on other sites
Sal Paradise 57 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 wait, was this kid's name zach? Link to post Share on other sites
El Guapo 8 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Has anyone considered that may have been actually gone for days while searching for a way back to his own time, yet torn at the prospect of leaving Paul Reubens behind? Link to post Share on other sites
coug2828 8 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Yet another way society has shit the bed, is not having flying cars by now. How many more infants need to die in weather balloon crashes before we get serious about flying car technology?couldn't they have gotten that helicopter/bicycle thing that da vinci invented out of moth balls and have someone pedal their way up to the balloon to check it out? Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyJoJo 18 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Has anyone considered that may have been actually gone for days while searching for a way back to his own time, yet torn at the prospect of leaving Paul Reubens behind?Did he have one of these? Link to post Share on other sites
El Guapo 8 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Did he have one of these?Obviously. It's why he was hiding. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 This is the worst "news" story ever. Seriously, nobody even searched the house until after they found the empty balloon? Nice detecting, detectives. Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 This is the worst "news" story ever. Seriously, nobody even searched the house until after they found the empty balloon? Nice detecting, detectives.Ha, what were they supposed to do?"Uh, excuse me Mr and Mrs CrazyBalloonBuilder, but while your freaking out over your son being hundreds of feet in the air, surrounded by thin Mylar, we'd just like to search your house to make sure he isn't hiding. Hope that's ok."Sincerely,Detective Rapesalot Link to post Share on other sites
grocery_mony 8 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 When I first heard the story I couldnt get the parody song "Fly me with ballons" the Howard Stern show made when they were trying to get Eric the midget to fly with balloons out of my head. Of course now that the story has a good ending I can reveal that. Link to post Share on other sites
loogie 115 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 It's a pretty amazing coincidence that this happened to such a fame hungry couple. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Ha, what were they supposed to do?"Uh, excuse me Mr and Mrs CrazyBalloonBuilder, but while your freaking out over your son being hundreds of feet in the air, surrounded by thin Mylar, we'd just like to search your house to make sure he isn't hiding. Hope that's ok."Sincerely,Detective RapesalotPretty much, yes. Maybe more like, "I have seen things like this before [lie] and oftentimes it is a mistake or a prank, and the child is still in the neighborhood, maybe hiding out somewhere. Would you mind if we search your house and your yard, while the rest of the goddam state chases the balloon? The downside being....absolutely nothing, and the upside being that we might find your son."Sincerely,Detective Rapesalot Link to post Share on other sites
Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 It's a pretty amazing coincidence that this happened to such a fame hungry couple.From a CNN Article...His parents shouted his name as they ran through the house."Uh-huh," the boy said, when asked whether he heard them. His parents both appeared surprised and asked why he didn't come out."You guys said we did this for the show," the boy said. When his father was pressed about what his son meant, he became uncomfortable, finally saying he was "appalled" by the question.Sounds like a prank to me. They should charge the Family for every stinking dollar wasted on this. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 everything bad in the world is of either two faults: Obama's health care plan, and socialism.To be fair... both of those things are pretty awful. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 This is the worst "news" story ever. Seriously, nobody even searched the house until after they found the empty balloon? Nice detecting, detectives.sftrue Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 From a CNN Article...Sounds like a prank to me. They should charge the Family for every stinking dollar wasted on this.Wow. Just wow. I would think the parents could face jail time, but I'm no law..talking..guy. Link to post Share on other sites
Kuge 0 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Wait... HAHAHA, HE'S IN SOOO MUCH TROUBLE!FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A 6-year-old Colorado boy feared to have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe at his home, hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic. Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during a news conference and held thumbs up and said, "He's at the house." Alderden said an investigator on the scene saw the boy and he was fine.If the cops had watched mythbusters, they would've realized that a ballon that small could not lift a person (and if they did, it wouldn't be going that fast)... Link to post Share on other sites
Kuge 0 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 lol @ the boy during the interview Obvious hoax/stunt or w/e you want to call it. And you can hear at :43 the dad shitting his pants after the boy busts him. Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 1. I was glad to hear the boy was ok.2. Been laughing about it all night (I've been at work, away from tv/computers since hearing the boy was ok.3. If the boy(s) were at fault, I'll write this one off as just an entertaining day of tv. You must admit it was entertaining -- sort of a "Timmy fell down the well" story with a high altitude twist.4. If it turns out the parents were behind this, they deserve whatever hell they get, including jail time for false claims to a police officer.5. Very dissapointed that BG never posted in this thread. However, there's money to be made in the near future by anyone making replicas of that balloon and selling them at the right place.edit: and on a totally random sidenote, Tori Spelling was in our casino tonight. I told another dealer that she was eating in the deli next to the poker room. We both started walking toward the deli and as we rounded a row of slot machines, she was right in front of us, walking toward us with a group of people. I pretended to be totally unaware and kept walking past them, while my friend stopped and said "There she is!", and just stared at her. Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 For a punishment I think the kid needs to go up in the balloon. Link to post Share on other sites
HighwayStar 8 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 This was quickhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM5Bpz9HA5k&apparently "the guys" over at 4chan ordered a pizza to the house and got it on TV. Link to post Share on other sites
wsox8 10 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 His name is Falcon? wtf Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 This story's been blown up out of all proportion, in my opinion. I'm not gonna rise to that.I lol'd Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Where was Rob when all of this was happening?I was golfing..got my handicap down to 10 with this round...which sucks because I have been getting a 14 passed with no problems until now.I would have told you the second I saw the balloon that it was too small to have enough lift to carry much weight. I have a few 10 foot ripstop balloons that only lift 20 pounds when you put in almost 500 cubic feet of helium. Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 I'm now thinking hoax and/or a completely insane father. As I said before, it has been entertaining to watch.The sad thing is, the next time when there really is a six year old boy trapped in a giant, ufo shaped, helium balloon flying at 7,000 feet, nobody's gonna believe it. Link to post Share on other sites
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