Is it just us or does anyone else smell a big fat publicity stunt here?
C’mon, the family’s already been on Wife Swap, the cheesiest show on television, twice. Falcon Heene (yes, that’s Balloon Boy’s real name) has a music video called “I’m Not Pussified.” And now he’s supposedly gone up in a runaway balloon shaped like a flying saucer.
If this isn’t a publicity stunt, young Balloon Boy has lead a very eventful six years.
Update: Balloon Boy to Wolfe Blitzer: “We did it for the show”
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The kids should go to the State and the parents should sit in prison. Lets not forget with this stunt that mezmorized people around the world and to think we wasted our time watching the news hoping your child didn't fall out of the balloon. I hope the book is thrown at YOU. I hope at the very least you are charged with FRAUD, and the cost of the military helicopters.
was that hankey reference supposed to be funny?
by the way, i called it the day this story broke, just wait, southpark will do balloon boy, and it will be butters.
only a pussy needs that kind of attention , and i am not referring to the child
well, give the kid some credit, he is a pussy too, that kid wasnt actually willing to fly the deadly balloon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdA_aab3sJc
BWAHAHAHA, he totally threw up on the today show, awesome.
We were right. It was a hoax. Listen at around 00:35 where Falcon says "We did it for show."
What type of charges can be filed against this family?
Our latest on this: Balloon Boy to Wolfe Blitzer: “We did it for the show”
Truly pathetic. The parents ought to be charged with child neglect and thrown in jail. The kids ought to be ass-whipped and thrown in reform school.
Good call, IHTM. See Drudge's new headline.