The boy wasn't in the compartment when it landed.
I hope he's safe....and WHAT was this father thinking???
Boy Floats Away in Home-Made Balloon
Started by Dark, Oct 15 2009 08:41 PM
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 08:41 PM
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 08:50 PM
Oh my! What happened to the boy? Did he just fall off, or did he never climb on the balloon to start with?
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 08:52 PM
QUOTE (Cupcake-chan @ Oct 15 2009, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh my! What happened to the boy? Did he just fall off, or did he never climb on the balloon to start with?
They're not sure. The father says he thinks he saw him climb in, but they've searched the ground too and he hasn't been found in his neighbor hood. :/
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 09:16 PM
From what I gathered from MSNBC and CNN, the father is a storm chaser so the balloon itself is likely to be aimed for weather observations with the bottom area being a good place to place instrumentation and collecting data.
I've heard various reports on where the boy is, including reports that the door to that little "cabin" was unlocked.
I've heard various reports on where the boy is, including reports that the door to that little "cabin" was unlocked.
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 10:31 PM
I just heard on the radio, they found the kid hiding in a box in the garage. It said he untied the balloon, then got scared and hid in the garage.
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 10:38 PM
Looks like a publicity stunt. Watch them get a show on TLC called "Kiddie Storm Chasers"
Glad the boy is safe.
Glad the boy is safe.
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 01:09 AM
I heard about this earlier on CNN. I'm not sure if it was a publicity stunt or the kids had a stunt to themselves that got out of hand. I know a little about aviation and judging by the size of the helium filled object was suppose to act similar to a weather balloon from my understanding, since it had a a card board bottom that was suppose to house a recording device in it. The overall size of the balloon itself was no where near the larrgge enough size it would actually take to lift a man or yet alone a child.
Edited by Uzumakikage, 16 October 2009 - 01:11 AM.
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 04:22 AM
Let's just say it was a stunt. His older brothers, ages 7 and 8 respectfully, told the parents that the boy was on the balloon. But when they caught the balloon, he wasn't in there as he was hiding back home in their garage. I call it a prank and I bet those kids' parents are very pissed because they went on a wild goose chase with the balloon.
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 05:02 AM
I saw previews about that on 'next on the news' commercials, but it was family time so we were watching CSI, Mentalist, and other shows that were on tonight instead.
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 02:24 AM
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:00 PM
this is definitely gonna be on the JibJab year end review.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:10 PM
I lol'ed when the kid said it was just a joke. 
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:14 PM
I just can't believe that the parents were stupid enough to think that this was a good idea 
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:22 PM
QUOTE (Sakura Blossoms @ Oct 20 2009, 11:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I just can't believe that the parents were stupid enough to think that this was a good idea
They named him FALCON.
FALCONNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
Ironic isn't it? Can't you see it?
I do. And I'm not laughing. Not one bit. I would have named him Sparrow. Or Mockingbird for extra lulz.
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Posted 20 October 2009 - 11:34 PM
QUOTE (Yakatsu @ Oct 20 2009, 06:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
They named him FALCON.
FALCONNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
Ironic isn't it? Can't you see it?
I do. And I'm not laughing. Not one bit. I would have named him Sparrow. Or Mockingbird for extra lulz.
FALCONNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
Ironic isn't it? Can't you see it?
I do. And I'm not laughing. Not one bit. I would have named him Sparrow. Or Mockingbird for extra lulz.
LOL XDD
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 02:35 AM
Hey, those were the parents form Wife Swap!
I can't believe they would make up such a stupid lie so they can be on television. :/ I guess that explains why they wanted to be in Wife Swap....
I can't believe they would make up such a stupid lie so they can be on television. :/ I guess that explains why they wanted to be in Wife Swap....
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 03:41 AM
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Eighty-one percent of 18- to 25-year-olds surveyed in a Pew Research Center poll released on January 9th, 2007 said getting rich is their generation's most important or second-most-important life goal; 51 percent said the same about being famous.
Eighty-one percent of 18- to 25-year-olds surveyed in a Pew Research Center poll released on January 9th, 2007 said getting rich is their generation's most important or second-most-important life goal; 51 percent said the same about being famous.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 03:51 AM
^ Yeah but...that kid's parents were way older than 18-25. What's their excuse? ._.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 04:01 AM
So I hear the kid was just hiding in the garage the entire time.
Wow I guess people will do anything for attention these days.
Wow I guess people will do anything for attention these days.
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Posted 21 October 2009 - 04:03 AM
QUOTE (Sakura Blossoms @ Oct 20 2009, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
^ Yeah but...that kid's parents were way older than 18-25. What's their excuse? ._.
With great stupidity.. comes...
To hell with this.
*donates the kid*
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