^^

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"lol. you guys like riding nuts pretty hard. ~??"

hey you're the one who wanted to enter into the world of breaking news reporting.

if you can't run with the big dogs, might want to just stay on the porch.




[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 6:49 PM. Reason : ]

10/15/2009 6:48:07 PM

if youre gonna point your carrots at me, im gonna post my questions up here away from them!

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"i think the dad is behind this based on the other shit he does with his kids. why was it inflated in the first place? wouldnt it have had to be inflated that day or the night before considering the weather there? why would you inflate something with all that helium when you arent even working on it, and what kind of work would he be doing on that contraption that would require it to be inflated with helium anyway? not adding up to a kids mistake at all"

10/15/2009 6:49:35 PM

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"Dad will blame it on the 6 year old, but the Dad actually cut the tether. Hoax, publicity stunt, they got a taste of fame from wife swap and did something premeditated and transparent in retrospect."

10/15/2009 6:49:35 PM

LOL @ FL13

I was going to call it out, but theDuke beat me to it.

[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 7:19 PM. Reason : p.s. The News Falcon is frickin' awesome]

10/15/2009 7:16:53 PM

OK so I totally intended to read the whole thread but this gem on page 1 made me bout spit my drink

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"Seriously though, 10k feet is around where you want to start thinking about using some oxygen if you're going to be there for prolonged time periods."

oxygen at 10k? are you serious? Tell that to the residents of Leadville, CO - elevation 10,500 ft. They'd be interested to know that they have to stock oxygen bottles for tourists. When I spent the summer working near Leadville I got used to the altitude in about 2-3 weeks.

10/15/2009 7:48:43 PM

10/15/2009 8:28:57 PM

Fuckin anticlimatic bullshit ending. That muthafucka staged this horseshit. I hope they charge his ass with something and fine the fuck out of this publicity whore.

10/15/2009 8:40:48 PM

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"oxygen at 10k? are you serious? "

actually, 10k' is high enough to induce some hypoxia effects. you legally are supposed to be on O2 if you're flying an airplane at or above that cabin altitude.

it will take you a LONG time to get any significant amount of hypoxia at that altitude (probably an hour or two, at least).

[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM. Reason : obviously if you live on a tall mountain peak, your body will acclimatize, to an extent]

10/15/2009 8:46:47 PM

I thought the legal minimum was 13,500

10/15/2009 8:59:09 PM

Quote :

""

BWAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH



yes it deserves that many "Ha"s

10/15/2009 9:06:27 PM

the best part is how he's already got shades on and he's putting on MORE shades.

10/15/2009 9:33:50 PM

10/15/2009 9:35:53 PM

BWAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH

that was fucking great

10/15/2009 9:37:19 PM

he made a clever quip earlier, with no shocking revelation n between to remove a pair.

10/15/2009 9:37:35 PM

How is this thing 9 pages?? Can I get a synopsis?

10/15/2009 9:42:36 PM

^6 year old kid supposedly is in balloon that reaches 13,000 feet where its really cold...mad govt money spent trying to track the balloon...turns out kid was hiding in the attic the whole time...also family is kinda crazy, they were on a reality show and shit

good shit

gotta give props to zsl also for this earlier post

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"I guess you could say that the boy... ...was full of hot air. YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH "

[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 9:45 PM. Reason : .]

10/15/2009 9:44:18 PM

^^ Media whore dad made up a story about his kid being taken up in a home made balloon. Cops/rescue workers/general public/media outlets go crazy and blow the story out of proportion. Kid is found under a box in the attic a few hours later.



[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 9:46 PM. Reason : carot]

10/15/2009 9:45:00 PM

the dad probably wanted to make sure that his balloon was tracked... didn't want to lose it, so make up a story so news crews and LE will follow it and he knows where it eventually lands. Amazing that the kid gets magically found within minutes of the dad finding out where the balloon's landing point was.

[Edited on October 15, 2009 at 9:46 PM. Reason : s]

10/15/2009 9:46:03 PM

Man... If I pulled that shit I'd be pickin the thinnist switch ever. Actually, I'd just be dead.

10/15/2009 9:48:42 PM

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"A tin foil hat is a piece of headgear made from one or more sheets of aluminium foil or similar material. Alternatively it may be a conventional hat lined with foil. Some people wear the hats in the belief that they act to shield the brain from such influences as electromagnetic fields, or against mind control and/or mind reading. The concept of wearing a tin foil hat for protection from such threats has become a popular stereotype and term of derision; the phrase serves as a byword for paranoia and is associated with conspiracy theorists. The reasons for their use include the supposed prevention of perceived harassment from governments, spies or paranormal beings. These draw on the stereotypical images of mind control operating by ESP or technological means, like microwave radiation. The effectiveness of tin foil hats is disputable; however, the belief in their necessity is popularly associated with paranoia or mental illness.[1]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat

10/15/2009 9:51:57 PM

YO BALLOON BOY, I'M REAL HAPPY FOR YOU AND IMMA LET YOU FINSH BUT ANNE FRANK HAD ONE OF THE BEST ATTIC HIDING SPOTS OF ALL TIME

10/15/2009 10:29:26 PM

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" (917): half the nation just spent an hour watching a balloon fly around. we are officially the dumbest fucking country. "

10/15/2009 11:46:22 PM

In on page 9

10/16/2009 12:09:47 AM

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"the dad probably wanted to make sure that his balloon was tracked... didn't want to lose it"

Well that didn't work out too well for him then since they tore the balloon apart as soon as it hit the ground

10/16/2009 12:23:31 AM

^3

hey now

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"World watches odyssey of 'Balloon Boy' in real time"

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

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" Web sites as diverse as Al-Jazeera and Australia's Sydney Morning Herald carried news of the wayward aircraft with reports that authorities feared the boy, Falcon Heene, was inside. The Web sites for The Sun, Britain's largest newspaper, as well as the BBC, posted by-the-minute updates on the aerial odyssey, as did many international sites."

10/16/2009 12:28:51 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A&feature=player_embedded

The kid CLEARLY says to his dad, "we did this for the show" at 0:45 when he's being asked why he didn't come out when he heard them calling his name

I hope they throw the book at the parents if it turns out they set this whole thing up

10/16/2009 12:31:28 AM

That family rick-rolled the shit out of the world

10/16/2009 12:42:12 AM

^^ Even better listen at 0:43, one of them farts

10/16/2009 1:19:10 AM

Holy shit this whole debacle just restored my faith in humanity a bit.

The fact that this family was fucking with what amounted to the entire world just for the sake of a big hoax... there's something almost beautiful about it.

Yeah, they wasted a lot of rescue personnel resources who could have been doing something real, and I do feel bad about that... though there is something positive to be said for keeping every mainstream "news" outlet busy for however long this mess took.


DISCLAIMER: All that said... I didn't actually watch a moment of this, nor have I actually seen any of the people involved. All my information on the subject has come from the first, second, and last pages of this thread, plus a silver balloon picture. For all I know, my assessment is completely of base, and these people may in fact be just plain useless assholes (as opposed to semi-intelligent awesome assholes).

10/16/2009 1:36:12 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/16/colorado.balloon.boy/index.html

lol..

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"But in a later interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," Falcon said he heard his parents call for him from the garage. When asked by his father on air why he didn't respond, the boy replied, "You guys said we did this for the show.""

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 8:39 AM. Reason : a]

10/16/2009 8:38:47 AM

yeah, I'm hearing the interview on the radio right now

those people are attention whores to the 10th degree

10/16/2009 8:52:34 AM

magic happens at :54

10/16/2009 8:52:39 AM

he's sick cause he lives in a HOUSE OF LIES

10/16/2009 8:55:15 AM

hahaha.

I sounded like DeNiro in Cape Fear laughing at that.

10/16/2009 8:57:15 AM

He's nauseous with guilt!

10/16/2009 8:59:23 AM

The family gave him Ipecac.

&

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

The Heene boys aren't pussified!

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM. Reason : ]

10/16/2009 9:03:05 AM

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/10/15/sot.lkl.heene.did.it.for.show.cnn

NO, I WILL NOT ASK HIM WHY HE SAID THAT

10/16/2009 9:04:57 AM

^^that's been posted several times already

oh man the puking thing was nasty. kinda funny at the same time though

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 9:11 AM. Reason : ]

10/16/2009 9:07:44 AM

I know that the father says that they are not doing this for publicity, but they certainly are hitting up the talk show circuit.

10/16/2009 9:12:43 AM

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"most people die from flood waters because of the area affected by the rain of a hurricane is so large. The eye and the winds of the eyewall on hit such a small area relative to the size of the entire hurricane. In a cat3 hurricane you get much more than just shingles. windows, rooves and entire structures begin to fail and blow out."

Yeah this is wrong... The floods come from storm surge, in the US it's greatest in the part of the storm just to the east. That's where it is most intense due to the rotation pushing the water inward.

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"and skydiving is safe"

It depends on how you run the numbers. Ie if you do it by "time in air" or number of jumps. I used to rationalize it as safe, because most accidents are 100% preventable and stem from bad judgment. Kind of the same with car accidents too, but that being said I know way more dead skydivers than I know dead motorists who don't skydive. I cringe every time I hear newer jumpers say that.

10/16/2009 9:18:50 AM

ahahhaa puking video

10/16/2009 9:20:24 AM

The dad looks nervous as hell in all those interviews.

10/16/2009 9:21:41 AM

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"^^ Even better listen at 0:43, one of them farts "

lol...You're right.
What a messed up family.

10/16/2009 9:40:08 AM

10/16/2009 9:57:15 AM

lol

10/16/2009 9:57:57 AM

What gets me is how the hell folks thought that small balloon envelope was large enough to lift a child. Give me a fucking break.

10/16/2009 9:58:35 AM

so who is going to dress up as a foil helium balloon for halloween?

10/16/2009 9:59:32 AM

OMG that family was on Trading Spouses!!!!! (or one of those shows)

That dude was a nut case

10/16/2009 10:01:40 AM

HOLY SHIT REALLY?

10/16/2009 10:04:04 AM

OMG I THINK IT WAS WIFE SWAP!!! TWICE!!!!

breaking news

oh and the dell dude set the atrium on fire

[Edited on October 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM. Reason : ]

10/16/2009 10:05:06 AM