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Edgy DC Oct 15 2009 01:50 PM

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A homemade balloon aircraft landed in a Colorado field after a 6-year-old boy was seen climbing in. Rescue crews surrounded the balloon. The child's fate was unclear. The balloon traveled for more than two hours. Cathy Davis of the Larimer County Sheriff's Department told reporters the balloon was owned by the boy's parents and tethered behind the family's home. She said two sons were playing outside when the older boy saw the younger one go into a compartment at the bottom of the balloon and fly away. The balloon was airborne for more than two hours.

metirish Oct 15 2009 01:53 PM Re: Yes, thank you, that *is* a childhood nightmare of mine

... http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/1 ... lorado/?hp live video

Nymr83 Oct 15 2009 01:53 PM Re: Yes, thank you, that *is* a childhood nightmare of mine

good thing for pixar that this happened AFTER that movie with the flying house

Edgy DC Oct 15 2009 01:53 PM Re: Yes, thank you, that *is* a childhood nightmare of mine

And fuh-huk. The baloon is found to be empty.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 15 2009 01:56 PM Re: Yes, thank you, that *is* a childhood nightmare of mine

Ah, geez.

metirish Oct 15 2009 02:06 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

I can't imagine what his family are going through.....shocking

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 15 2009 02:40 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Yeah, I hate it when Jr. goes into our helium balloon without asking. WTF? This is nutty. Veterans of a Reality Show, apparently.

dgwphotography Oct 15 2009 02:44 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

A parent's nightmare.... They must be going out of their minds....

TransMonk Oct 15 2009 02:48 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

You would think if there were a parent that had a homemade helium aircraft ready to fly in or around the house, they would teach their kids not to go anywhere near it. There are so many things about this story that are totally idiotic. On edit: Per CNN - Parents Richard and Mayumi Heene were featured on the 100th episode of the ABC program "Wife Swap."

Benjamin Grimm Oct 15 2009 03:12 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

True, but kids don't always obey what their parents teach them.

Nymr83 Oct 15 2009 03:47 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

the kid is 6 years old, which imo makes this a supervision issue not an issue of teaching the kid not to touch the balloon as it would be with say a 12 year old. you wouldnt leave a 6 year old alone with a motorcycle with the keys in the ignition so why would you with this?

metsguyinmichigan Oct 15 2009 03:53 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Speculation in the newsroom is that the tyke fell out at some point. What a shame.

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2009 04:19 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Doesn't seem to be a case of the kid falling out of the balloon's 'basket' as much as it is that the basket itself began the journey attached but didn't end that way.

Nymr83 Oct 15 2009 04:24 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

just heard on the news that they found him hiding in his attic, he was never aboard apparently.

Chad Ochoseis Oct 15 2009 04:55 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Hiding in a box in the garage, actually. I get the feeling that little Falcon is going to be featured on the first edition of the new ABC reality show, "Kid Swap".

themetfairy Oct 15 2009 05:50 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Bart Simpson incarnate....

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 15 2009 06:11 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

[quote="Mendoza Line":23x0vgky]Hiding in a box in the garage, actually. I get the feeling that little Falcon is going to be featured on the first edition of the new ABC reality show, "Kid Swap".[/quote:23x0vgky] Watch for this line on Leno tonight.

cooby Oct 15 2009 06:46 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Are you kidding? Did they really find him at home? This is beyond bizarre, but I am glad he's okay, if he is. Except for the family part, that is.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 15 2009 08:12 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Seen getting into an unmoored, unattended balloon, then he's gone... and all of a sudden, he's in the attic? It's not bad parenting... It's an ILLUSION.

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2009 08:18 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

I think it's possible that he ran and hid in the attic upon realizing that his name was 'Falcon'

Edgy DC Oct 15 2009 08:55 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

Really. It's like... the kid's OK... except those are still his parents.

metsguyinmichigan Oct 15 2009 11:31 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

[quote="Frayed Knot":15mh3664]I think it's possible that he ran and hid in the attic upon realizing that his name was 'Falcon'[/quote:15mh3664] Bad ass!

metirish Oct 16 2009 06:38 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

What a family , from a News article today Falcon said during an interview on CNN last night he could hear his family calling for him as hid in the attic. "You did?" Mayumi Heene said. "Why didn't you come out?" his dad said. "You had said that we did this for a show." Pressed to clarify what his son meant, Richard Heene became irritated and said he didn't ask his son to explain. Earlier in the day, Richard Heene snapped when asked if the affair was a publicity stunt. "That's horrible," he said.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 16 2009 07:08 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

Overtaking Kanye West as "America's No. 1 Douche."

Nymr83 Oct 16 2009 07:23 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":h2ascq04]Overtaking Kanye West as "America's No. 1 Douche."[/quote:h2ascq04] its not official until the president says it off the record while being recorded.

Fman99 Oct 16 2009 09:19 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

Bubble boy sucks.

Frayed Knot Oct 16 2009 10:19 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

The NFL franchise in Georgia has just announced that they're changing their name to the Atlanta Balloon Boys

Kong76 Oct 16 2009 11:10 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

Hopefully they'll send this guy a bill for the manpower used to chase the stupid balloon all over and put his ass into bankruptcy.

Nymr83 Oct 18 2009 09:48 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

[quote="Kong76":385adomy]Hopefully they'll send this guy a bill for the manpower used to chase the stupid balloon all over and put his ass into bankruptcy.[/quote:385adomy] they're talking criminal charges now. good.

metirish Oct 18 2009 12:10 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

It has been determined that this is a hoax, that it was a publicity stunt and we believe we have evidence at this point to indicate that this was a publicity stunt in hopes to better market themselves for a reality show," Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden told reporters at a press conference. a prison Reality Show now perhaps

seawolf17 Oct 18 2009 12:16 PM Re: Childhood nightmare

It's a shame this is only a misdemeanor -- I wonder if they can charge them for the expenses? Can they bring some sort of civil suit against these asshats?

Edgy DC Oct 20 2009 07:13 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

So, anybody else think that the sherriff, being naturally pretty pissed at getting hoodwinked, has said way too much to the press?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 20 2009 08:13 AM Re: Childhood nightmare

[quote="metirish"] It has been determined that this is a hoax, that it was a publicity stunt and we believe we have evidence at this point to indicate that this was a publicity stunt in hopes to better market themselves for a reality show," Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden told reporters at a press conference. a prison Reality Show now perhaps

He could get together with Jon Gosselin in the new show Douche Dads.