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KSUViolet06 10-15-2009 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1857810)

Again, per CNN (in an updated report after the balloon touched down):
A sibling saw the boy get into the craft Thursday morning. Officials were concerned that the boy may have fallen out of it, an undersheriff said.

Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff's Office said a sibling saw Falcon Heene climb into the basket before the balloon took off from his parents' Fort Collins, Colorado home.

Since the door on the balloon was unlocked, it's possible the boy had fallen out, Martinez said.
Oh I see. I didn't know if someone had actually reported seeing him get into it.

I'm hoping this is some sort of hoax.

Or that maybe his sibling just THOUGHT he saw him get into it.

If not, I hope he fell out sometime when it was closer to the ground (like when he first untied it) and didn't get hurt too badly and is closer to home...

Kappamd 10-15-2009 03:48 PM
PS MSNBC has decent coverage if anyone is watching.

DrPhil 10-15-2009 03:52 PM
Why some people think this is a hoax or publicity stunt:

The Heene family was on Wife Swap in 2008
Falcon Heene and his brothers were in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo
I think the father is a weather chaser, or something.

srmom 10-15-2009 03:57 PM
Here is the family with the kids - they were on Wife Swap!!!

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

Wow, stranger and stranger!!

Dr.Phil, we cross posted. This family is just crazy enough to concoct this hoax?

lovespink88 10-15-2009 04:03 PM
I started thinking that this might be a hoax when I heard they were on wife swap... And after that YouTube video, my feelings are just a bit stronger....

Kappamd 10-15-2009 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1857817)
Why some people think this is a hoax or publicity stunt:

The Heene family was on Wife Swap in 2008
Falcon Heene and his brothers were in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo
I think the father is a weather chaser, or something.
Yeahhhhh the more I watch the coverage, the more I am beginning to believe this family was just THAT crazy.

DrPhil 10-15-2009 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by srmom (Post 1857821)
Dr.Phil, we cross posted. This family is just crazy enough to concoct this hoax?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kappamd (Post 1857824)
Yeahhhhh the more I watch the coverage, the more I am beginning to believe this family was just THAT crazy.

That would be so so soooooo crazy. I wanted it to be a hoax but even a hoax used precious law enforcement and rescue team time and resources.

AGDee 10-15-2009 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1857826)
That would be so so soooooo crazy. I wanted it to be a hoax but even a hoax used precious law enforcement and rescue team time and resources.
My thoughts exactly. IF this is a hoax, I hope they are billed for the all of those resources.

KSUViolet06 10-15-2009 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee (Post 1857829)
My thoughts exactly. IF this is a hoax, I hope they are billed for the all of those resources.
I know that there was a college student in Wisconsin who faked her own kidnapping. Of course there were dogs, copters, search groups, etc.

When they found her and determined she was faking, she was ordered to pay back the money she wasted and was charged with a crime (inciting a panic maybe?)

Kappamd 10-15-2009 04:18 PM
Hey, shouldn't these kids have been in school?

srmom 10-15-2009 04:24 PM
I get the impression that they are homeschooled.

They are now reporting that they believe he is somewhere in the neighborhood, that he never got in the balloon.

This is a case where spanking would be in order (in my house).

Having parented 3 boys into young men, I know that when the three of them get together chaos can ensue. Thank heavens we didn't have any big shiny balloons floating above my house ;)

chickenoodle 10-15-2009 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by srmom (Post 1857838)
This is a case where spanking would be in order (in my house).
If I or any of my siblings tried that kind of stunt, we'd be lucky if we could sit after a week...

ForeverRoses 10-15-2009 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by srmom (Post 1857838)
Having parented 3 boys into young men, I know that when the three of them get together chaos can ensue. Thank heavens we didn't have any big shiny balloons floating above my house ;)
I have three young boys, and this just made me laugh (and gave me hope that they will grow up someday).

I hope that the boy is okay in the neighborhood, but some sort of disciple is definitely in order!

srmom 10-15-2009 05:06 PM
Well, if it turns out he's just hiding, then boy howdy, he'd be in some major trouble.

If he actually fell, then this is beyond tragic.

Quote:
A Colorado sheriff's official says a 6-year-old boy climbed into a box that was attached to a homemade balloon, but the box wasn't found when the craft crashed. Kathy Messick, Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman, says one of the boy's brothers saw him get into the box or basket, which was attached with pegs
Was it attached at the time or wasn't it. Did it fall? Was he in it?

ForeverRoses: don't worry, somehow they seem to end up okay despite all the nutty things they do.

DaemonSeid 10-15-2009 05:46 PM
**Looking around for DI to post**

Ok...the coast is clear...send the parents to reform school!!!!!! And call Rev AL!


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