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TJJJ 10-15-2009 01:44 PM
Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
You folks following this story?

Boy six is floating through eastern colorado in a homemade balloon!


Crazy people do crazy things!

RandyWayne 10-15-2009 01:46 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
<insert Vonage theme>

n david 10-15-2009 01:48 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Wow! Now it landed and no sign of the boy ....

I hope this has a happy ending.

tstew 10-15-2009 01:51 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
How did he end up in a balloon by himself? Was it by design?

n david 10-15-2009 01:52 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tstew (Post 817293)
How did he end up in a balloon by himself? Was it by design?
Apparently the family was on ABC's Wife Swap a while back ... the dad is a science fan and made the balloon with the boy. A "sibling" according to the news said they saw the boy get in the balloon and release the cord holding it to the ground.

I'm hoping the kids are playing a mean joke and the boy is hiding somewhere.

Timmy 10-15-2009 01:56 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
I smell a hoax. The balloon looks way too small to carry a boy into the air.

Digging4Truth 10-15-2009 02:02 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Where is Scott when you need him?

:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7IuxUCE1Bc

n david 10-15-2009 02:03 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmy (Post 817295)
I smell a hoax. The balloon looks way too small to carry a boy into the air.
I'm thinking maybe, hoping, it's just the kids playing a mean joke on their parents.

n david 10-15-2009 02:06 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
A news bit on the family's Wife Swap show...

Source

Timmy 10-15-2009 02:09 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by n david (Post 817300)
A news bit on the family's Wife Swap show...

Source
And that explains everything. Those wife-swap families are just crazy! :toofunny

Digging4Truth 10-15-2009 02:10 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvc4ShgeoqE

Timmy 10-15-2009 02:11 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by n david (Post 817299)
I'm thinking maybe, hoping, it's just the kids playing a mean joke on their parents.
I wouldn't be surprised if the parents were in on it.

Timmy 10-15-2009 02:13 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
OK, just watched the vid above. It's bigger than I thought. ;) Somewhat plausible, after all. The Mythbusters needed thousands of balloons to lift a child off the ground, and it seems like the bunch was way bigger. Could be wrong.

KWSS1976 10-15-2009 02:18 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Lot of action at the house wonder why they are not out looking for there son!!!!!!!

coadie 10-15-2009 02:19 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
No one in it?

Sherri 10-15-2009 02:21 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
It landed with no one in it, so now they are frantically searching for the boy. Very weird.

Timmy 10-15-2009 02:22 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by coadie (Post 817307)
No one in it?
Correct. It landed, with nobody on board.

missourimary 10-15-2009 02:23 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Wonder if the kid got off before the balloon really got up in the air, walked away and fell asleep somewhere?

those parents are going to be in SO much trouble.

Wonder how long that sibling that untied the balloon will be grounded for? Better ground the six year old too-keep him on the ground til he's of age, at least.

Scott Hutchinson 10-15-2009 02:26 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
http://www.mediacomtoday.com/news/re...ARSDCCLM_UNEWS

Timmy 10-15-2009 02:26 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by KWSS1976 (Post 817305)
Lot of action at the house wonder why they are not out looking for there son!!!!!!!
It seems likely that almost from the moment it lifted off, there'd be eyes (and soon, cameras) on it almost constantly. Nobody saw the child fall, apparently. I still think the child most likely was never on board, or got out before it took off. (Despite my partial retraction above. ;))

Some psychic ought to help out. "Look in the closet."

KWSS1976 10-15-2009 02:27 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
My powers are telling me under the bed Timmy

Scott Hutchinson 10-15-2009 02:28 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuvi-udEExg

Baron1710 10-15-2009 02:28 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
What? Who are all the Apostolic hypocrites watching this news footage. Don't you know that is TV programming?

Timmy 10-15-2009 02:29 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by KWSS1976 (Post 817317)
My powers are telling me under the bed Timmy
You could be right! Of course, a good professional psychic would finesse it to look correct, no matter where they find him! ;)

n david 10-15-2009 02:33 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
:rant

See this is what happens when kids watch the eeeeeevil television show Mythbusters and Disney/Pixar movies like "Up!"

His parents should SUE Disney/Pixar/Mythbusters/Discovery Channel for their role in this. They should organize a boycott and storm the Hollywood studios with pitchforks and torches blazing!

Are you with me!?!

























:gotcha

Scott Hutchinson 10-15-2009 02:34 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
http://www.9news.com/video/player_live.aspx

OnTheFritz 10-15-2009 03:14 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Problem is that it has been confirmed that there is a lower piece missing. So, the portion of the balloon that the boy would have climbed into became unattached at some point.

simplyme 10-15-2009 03:55 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Psycho people!
Someone needs to really monitor these folks, their actions
today border on terroristic.
THAT IS, wasting resources best reserved for ACTUAL emergencies,
NOT hoaxes.
They have issues, to be sure., and can't seem to get enough media
attention., DrPhil where are ya when youse needed??

Cindy 10-15-2009 04:20 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
He was found in a box in the garage attic. He was there the whole time.

Timmy 10-15-2009 04:22 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cindy (Post 817353)
He was found in a box in the garage attic. He was there the whole time.
Glad to hear he's OK. But, whoo boy! I hope he survives whatever happens next! :lol

Timmy 10-15-2009 04:23 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmy (Post 817315)
It seems likely that almost from the moment it lifted off, there'd be eyes (and soon, cameras) on it almost constantly. Nobody saw the child fall, apparently. I still think the child most likely was never on board, or got out before it took off. (Despite my partial retraction above. ;))

Some psychic ought to help out. "Look in the closet."
And attics are basically really big closets, so I was right! :heeheehee

StillStanding 10-15-2009 04:23 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmy (Post 817354)
Glad to hear he's OK. But, whoo boy! I hope he survives whatever happens next! :lol
I just hope his daddy isn't like my daddy was! :ursofunny

I still feel the pain from when I destroyed the keys on my mom's new piano with my metal matchbox cars!

Pressing-On 10-15-2009 05:02 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Steinway (Post 817356)
I just hope his daddy isn't like my daddy was! :ursofunny

I still feel the pain from when I destroyed the keys on my mom's new piano with my metal matchbox cars!
LOL!

Our son pushed one of his Matchbox cars through the front grill of our truck and poked a whole in the radiator. Of course, I'm driving it and the dash light comes on. I just kept driving and prayed I would make it to the next gas station.

My husband said, "Why didn't you pull over and get some water out a ditch?!!!"

"HOW am I supposed to know to do that?!!!!" :foottap

coadie 10-15-2009 05:09 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Found the boy in the garage hiding in a box. The parents give him a whuppin and will be taking into custody by the state. Lose custody.
I suspect some will want to make this a criminal incident. I thinkg it is funny.

CC1 10-15-2009 05:49 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Boy was actually not in the garage itself but in an attic above the garage hiding in a box. I have a feeling he probably untethered the balloon then was afraid he was going to be in big trouble so hid.

Cindy 10-15-2009 05:50 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Admin, may I tell coadie he's an idiot?

Cindy 10-15-2009 05:51 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CC1 (Post 817367)
Boy was actually not in the garage itself but in an attic above the garage hiding in a box. I have a feeling he probably untethered the balloon then was afraid he was going to be in big trouble so hid.
I agree.

RandyWayne 10-15-2009 05:52 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmy (Post 817355)
And attics are basically really big closets, so I was right! :heeheehee
But..... was he near any water? You know ALL psychics say that ALL victims, either missing or dead, will be found by water.

Cindy 10-15-2009 05:53 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmy (Post 817355)
And attics are basically really big closets, so I was right! :heeheehee
:lol

Cindy 10-15-2009 05:53 PM
Re: Boy 6 floats away in Balloon
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyWayne (Post 817370)
But..... was he near any water? You know ALL psychics say that ALL victims, either missing or dead, will be found by water.
Or in the woods.


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