Most likely he fell over the side when he lost consciousness.
Or he pulled a GTAIV:
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Re: 6 year old loose in a balloon
He's out in the desert some place with Stephen Colbert.owtth wrote:Well there's only a few ways of looking at this;
Either the kid baled early on and is stuck up a tree with the neighbourhood kitty, or he, for some quasi understandable reason, decided to leave when it got too cold and is now fertiliser, or he never existed in the first place and we have all been trolled by the experts. Sadly I'm leaning towards the fertiliser aspect as I know damn well people are stupid enough to leave their kids around machines that can kill them.
Or was that Steven Fossett? I get them confused.
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Well what do you know the folks appear to be stark raving loonies who, for starters, appeared on Wife Swap
The kid is in the middle
They describe themselves as "science obsessed" I Liekz scienzes
"they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm. In this ultimate swap, the Heenes swap lives with a psychic mom who speaks to the dead and can control the weather"
Maybe the little fucker is better off.
The kid is in the middle
They describe themselves as "science obsessed" I Liekz scienzes
"they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm. In this ultimate swap, the Heenes swap lives with a psychic mom who speaks to the dead and can control the weather"
Maybe the little fucker is better off.
At least I'm housebroken.
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Yeah probably a bit harsh, but I'm not the loon that left him loose near the family aircraft.Devogue wrote:owtth wrote:Maybe the little fucker is better off.
Seems he was never aloft in the first place and he was hiding, now I'm wondering if it was just him and his brothers, or if his parents were in on it.
At least I'm housebroken.
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Do you mean he's been found alive and well??? Oh, thank fuck. I heard about this on the radio a couple of hours ago and had horrible thoughts about what might have happened to the little guy.owtth wrote:Seems he was never aloft in the first place and he was hiding, now I'm wondering if it was just him and his brothers, or if his parents were in on it.
Perhaps he hid because he'd let the balloon go and thought he'd get into trouble with his folks ...
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So he's okay? Good. I seriously hope this wasn't some lame publicity stunt. Either way, glad because after he wasn't fond aboard I feared the worst.
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Based solely on the fact that they were on Wife Swap I suspect this was a publicity stunt.
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Re: 6 year old loose in a balloon
I second that suspicion.Pluto2 wrote:Based solely on the fact that they were on Wife Swap I suspect this was a publicity stunt.
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From the BBC
The father denies it. :pissed:Speaking live on CNN, Falcon had said he heard his family searching for him but stayed quiet because his parents "said that we did this for a show".
At least I'm housebroken.
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He is a little fucker!owtth wrote:Yeah probably a bit harsh, but I'm not the loon that left him loose near the family aircraft.Devogue wrote:owtth wrote:Maybe the little fucker is better off.
Seems he was never aloft in the first place and he was hiding, now I'm wondering if it was just him and his brothers, or if his parents were in on it.
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Wikipedia is enlightening.
I don't know what's worse, the fact this was blatantly a hoax or the fact that these freaks will probably get their fucking show either way!
wikipedia wrote:...The Heene family is known for storm chasing as well as being on two episodes of the reality televison show Wife Swap. The father, who built the UFO-shaped mylar balloon, had previously submitted video of himself to CNN iReport in which he claimed to prove that the planet Mars was civilized. During his iReport video his personal website is continuously promoted...
wikipedia wrote:..."Few had raised the issue of whether such a balloon could even lift off with a 50-pound kid inside, and then float the way it did."
Helium has a liftcapacity of 1,1145 kg per 1000 liter of gas. To be able to lift the boy up the size of the ballon would have to be 20.000 liter Helium. According to the photos the ballon seems to have a size of less than 1000 liter...
I don't know what's worse, the fact this was blatantly a hoax or the fact that these freaks will probably get their fucking show either way!
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I suppose everyone's happy - the news people can't complain because they are constantly looking for filler in these days of rolling news and the freaks get on the telly. Win/win.
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Re: 6 year old loose in a balloon
They did a I-report (for CNN) chasing a hurricane.Pluto2 wrote:Based solely on the fact that they were on Wife Swap I suspect this was a publicity stunt.
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