Boy flying away in homemade balloon

[Stoo82]

Been confirmed. No boy inside.

 

[patchamalbion]

why was that bloke smacking it with a massiv pole? the boys not in it??

 

[The Wizard]

It would seem there isn't a child in it, he's either hiding somewhere or the worst may have happened.

 

[clippedgull]

Boy confirmed not in balloon

 

[Smithy]

Oh. The boy is not inside. Not good.

 

[algie]

99 red ballons go by.

 

[warsaw]

Oh. The boy is not inside. Not good.

don't worry he was never in it

 

[johnhammond]

I can't see how you can undo 2 ropes from outside AND be inside it in time to take off

 

[The Wizard]

There wasn't even a hole in it so how would he have fallen out of it?
My betting is him and his brother are playing a prank that's got out of hand or its a publicity stunt?

 

[patchamalbion]

why the f*** dont the family know whats going on? this is straaange,and the search now will be huge

 

[Juan Albion]

Quite possible, I'd think, that the boy untethered it on the ground and it flew away, and he's in hiding to avoid a good spanking.

 

[vegster]

I think this is a repeat of the famous " Lawn Chair Larry " from the Darwin Awards.

 

[1066familyman]

don't worry he was never in it

Is that really true ? Hope so.

And if it is true, how do you know ? Has that been officially confirmed ?

 

[surrey jim]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-life/

FORT COLLINS. Colo. - A family's runaway experimental balloon aircraft crash-landed after floating away from home, but there was no sign of a 6-year-old boy authorities thought had been inside.
The bizarre scene played out live on television. The balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times several hundred to several thousand feet in the air, before coming down in a field.
Rescuers rushed to the scene but found no sign of the boy.
The boy's family had been building an experimental aircraft that had a large helium balloon attached to it at their home, KUSA-TV reported. The aircraft, which resembled a flying saucer, was approximately 20 feet by 5 feet and had a foil top.
On Thursday morning, according to the family and officials, the boy got onto the aircraft and it came loose from a tether. Larimer County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said she was told the boy climbed into the access door and the device took off.
Several people in the neighborhood saw the aircraft floating over their homes and some snapped pictures.
"We were sitting eating, out looking where they normally shoot off hot air balloons. My husband said he saw something. It went over our rooftop. Then we saw the big round balloonish thing, it was spinning," said neighbor Lisa Eklund.
Television news helicopters were also tracking the craft.
Officials scrambled to figure out how to bring down the craft, believing it was carrying the boy. The craft floating for hours about 2,500 feet above the ground.
The boy's father, Richard Heene, is an amateur scientist, according to a 2007 Denver Post article on weather chasers. He joined
a retired TV weatherman, Scott Stevens, to form what a weather-research team they called The Science Detectives.

Sound like a weird family

 

[1066familyman]

Quite possible, I'd think, that the boy untethered it on the ground and it flew away, and he's in hiding to avoid a good spanking.

Most plausible explanation so far I'd say in this bizarre story.

 

[patchamalbion]

did anyone just see the stuff about his family,they seem like complete odd-balls! i reckon after this wife swap show they wanted more fame and they've tried to pull something off

 

[Juan Albion]

did anyone just see the stuff about his family,they seem like complete odd-balls! i reckon after this wife swap show they wanted more fame and they've tried to pull something off

I would doubt that very much. If they were found to have coordinated this, they would be in for a HUGE bill from the state and the rescue services, and most likely a jail term since the Americans seem capable of digging up obscure laws that cover just about everything.

 

[1066familyman]

There's one thing I can confirm.

I'm in desperate need of an early night, and after staying up late last night to watch that Agrentina v Uruguay shite on an even shiteier internet free stream I'll be f***ed if I'm going to stay up to the early hours waiting for something to develop on this wacky story, no matter how bloody interested in it I've gone and got myself now.

Goodnight.

 

[Andrew]

where r the pics?

 

[Andrew]

Balloon lands softly in dusty farm field -- boy and 'basket' missing