6 Year Old Boy Floats Away in a Hot Air Balloon

1. Alex
   October 15th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

   CNN reported that the balloon landed, but the boy was nowhere to be found.

2. sise
   October 15th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

   They've got search parties on the ground... I hope he's ok!!

3. Johnny Cat
   October 15th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

   It's like that kid in 12 Monkeys. He's hiding in a barn somewhere.

4. Miss Cellania
   October 15th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

   The kid has been found. He's OK at home. Apparently didn't take off with the balloon.

5. neko
   October 15th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

   he was hiding in a box in his garage the whole time :3

6. Dude Manbro
   October 15th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

   Alive & well & hiding in the family's attic...ooopsie!

7. Johnny Cat
   October 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/214098437/in-cnn-or-jiffy-pop
   

8. Mouserz
   October 15th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

   This news story was brought to you by the Keep Your Children on a Leash foundation.

9. machine
   October 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

   It would have been much more interesting if we had found him pancaked in a field somewhere.

10. Dianne
    October 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    WHERE ARE THE PARENTS!!??? (Happy he's okay)

11. dutchboy
    October 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Interesting tidbit!
    Did you know most of the worlds helium comes from one small area in Texas/Oklahoma, and is stored in a massive natural underground cavern, originally built to supply airships.

    Google "National Helium Reserve"

12. Taylor
    October 15th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    Watch the interviews - Daddy's a wierdo and Mom's just along for the ride.

13. Big Dave
    October 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    Please God, not another reality TV family.

14. Blue Eyes
    October 15th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    I smell a rat. If that was my Mom and Dad I'd be hiding in an attic too. Being named "Falcon" is bad enough. Why do parents give such dumbass names to their kids? ooops off the subject. I vote publicity stunt.

15. Hannah Belle Lectre
    October 15th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    That kid is SO grounded.

16. LisaL
    October 15th, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    The kid totally busted his parents on CNN. I'm sure it's being posted everywhere on the blogosphere.
    I can't believe that people want fame so badly that they would do something like this. Just sickening.

17. Ali S.
    October 16th, 2009 at 12:48 am

    As Homer once put it so eloquently,"Hey there, blimpy boy, flying through the sky so fancy free..."

18. Howloverly
    October 16th, 2009 at 2:41 am

    http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h288/I_have_herpes_meow/7322_1190181 671881_1148520162_30775.jpg?t=1255678851

19. JimRL
    October 16th, 2009 at 4:12 am

    Well what's being reported over here (UK) is that this was totally a media stunt. Kids don't know how to lie and the fact he said the he was told it was for a 'show' means it probably was.

20. Big Dave
    October 16th, 2009 at 7:14 am

    CITIZENS OF THE UK ---- You are right on!!

21. Peetie Marie
    October 16th, 2009 at 7:18 am

    It's always the same old story: $$$$ is the name of the game. People magazine, movie, TV contract, here they come. You can bet money will be changing hands. Great lesson for our kids, huh?

22. dalucero
    October 16th, 2009 at 9:43 am

    hey, doesn't this kid look like the "dream" guy from a few days ago?

    http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/ever-dream-this-man/

23. BamaChris
    October 16th, 2009 at 10:21 am

    Did they ever get this kid down? How does something like this happen?

24. LisaL
    October 16th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    BamaChris, the kid was never in the balloon to begin with. From what it's sounding like, it was all a hoax.

25. Neil
    October 16th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    It was obvious from the first image of the balloon on TV that there was no child inside. The wispy movement of it through there air made it even more obvious. And yet millions of reasonably intelligent people didn't find that to be obvious. I am alternately taken back by the unexpected intelligence of everyday people I talk to or the sheer stupidity of intelligent people I know.

26. Kalel
    October 16th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    A hoax, of course, but all worth it when the poor lad gave it all away, then threw up on live TV.

27. Manticore
    October 17th, 2009 at 12:28 am

    not only did the kid barf on tv, his mom farted. NO CONTROL AT ALL JESUS. LMAO

28. hall
    October 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    wow very scary

29. GailW
    October 17th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    Yes, it was especially good that the TV cameras captured the vomit spew. Realism!

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