6 yearl old boy missing after stealing a balloon.

David · Oct 15, 2009

Hope he's alive. Looks like he fell, so I doubt it.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html

deanhills · Oct 16, 2009

Looks as though he did not leave in the balloon at all. He was scared of his dad. Or so both of them said. Sounds a little suspicious:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_boy_in_balloon

Dirk · Oct 16, 2009

As far as i'm concerned, this looks like a publicity stunt.

Who calls the press before the police?

DodgeFB · Oct 16, 2009

I just don't trust that boy's daddy at all. Seems like a flake to me.

I know, it takes one to know one.

deanhills · Oct 19, 2009

DodgeFB said:
I just don't trust that boy's daddy at all. Seems like a flake to me.

I know, it takes one to know one.

Looks as though he is now going to be charged:

FORT COLLINS, Colo. ? The story that a little boy had floated away in a giant helium balloon was a hoax concocted to land a reality television show, authorities said Sunday, and the boy's parents will likely face felony charges.

The stunt two weeks in the planning was a marketing ploy by Richard and Mayumi Heene, who met in acting school in Hollywood and have appeared on the ABC reality show "Wife Swap," Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said. The Heenes have reportedly been working on a reality TV deal in Los Angeles.

Investigators are examining the possibility of other conspirators, "including the possibility that even some of the media outlets may have had some knowledge about this," Alderden said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_re_us/us_balloon_boy_42

DodgeFB · Oct 19, 2009

deanhills said:
Looks as though he is now going to be charged:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_re_us/us_balloon_boy_42

The mom and dad both need to go to jail!

David · Oct 19, 2009

That's just wrong.

Dirk · Oct 19, 2009

I, er, hate to say i told you so...

deanhills · Oct 21, 2009

DodgeFB said:
The mom and dad both need to go to jail!

I get the feeling that the dad is one of those with a million ideas living in an imaginary world. Some of it has to be good for the kids, but this was one idea that went really bad. The dad looked sincerely distressed when he thought his son had gone missing.

Must be quite a shock for the dad to connect with the real world.

Abbott Presley · Dec 9, 2020

6 yearl old boy missing after stealing a balloon.

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