Balloon comes to land, empty

[WI_DEM]

no sign of a six-year-old boy who is believed to have climbed into a balloon resembling a flying saucer and floated helplessly thousands of metres above Colorado, as officials scrambled to try and rescue him.

The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside. The balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times.

Latest television pictures from the scene show the balloon has landed in farmland, but there is no sign of the six-year-old.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/2970309/Boy-trapped-in-balloon-above-Colorado

Another link from LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-balloon-boy16-2009oct16,0,7526459.story?track=rss

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. He was raptured. Obviously.

[Christa]

4. Oh, this is not the time ..

really not.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Oh puhlease.

[arcadian]

18. Oh man, don't make a comment how people are fascinated with death either.

People were calling me an asshole over that one. Bet those same people are glued to their TV though.

[JuniperLea]

20. Nope, I'm sitting at my desk... and you are an asshole...

:eyes:

[arcadian]

23. Really, I like your threads, but you are gonna call me an asshole?

For making a statement about Americans fixation with death especially when that death is doled out on live TV?

[JuniperLea]

28. No, for laughing about the possibility that a six year old boy is dead...

That is class A assholery.

[Name removed]

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[JuniperLea]

19. If the kid is dead, Karma will fuck you over royal...

Just saying...

You're not the first I've said that to today... kinda sad.

[arcadian]

21. JuniperLea, I like you, but are you the dispenser of karma?

And what exactly is karma?

[JuniperLea]

26. No person dispenses karma...

You reap what you sow, what comes around goes around, every action has an equal and opposite reaction... life is that way.

[arcadian]

30. Yeah but you are the expert right?

:eyes:

[JuniperLea]

31. I've seen it happen many times...

I don't need to be a brain surgeon to diagnose a headache.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

24. Good thing there's no such thing as karma.

[Christa]

25. Oh Pulease what exactly?

I feel while we don't know the fate of the boy, it is not the time to bloodywell joke about it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

27. Pff, I've been joking the whole time.

But yeah, it's clearly a hoax.

[rvablue]

2. There's already a decent thread on this. Can't see what this OP adds.

Just sayin'

[WI_DEM]

3. then don't respond to it

I didn't see another thread on the balloon landing without anybody inside. If I missed it I'm sorry.

[spinbaby]

6. Those of us on dialup appreciate shorter threads

If I see 200+ responses, I won't go near it, even with pictures turned off.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. CNN now claiming they knew there was no kid the whole time.

[pnwmom]

8. Did any witness actually see him fly off inside the balloon? n/t

[DearAbby]

9. Where is he?

Surely they searched the house and yard...where is he?

[DJ13]

10. Link to a music video the family made last year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo
YouTube - Wife Swap Heene boys Not Pussified music video

[TwilightGardener]

12. Oh my God. What a strange family.

[mikelgb]

14. shit, so the kid was probably capable of taking the ballon out for a spin

hope it is a publicity stunt, seemed to be when they released the name conspicuously

[sabra]

what in the world?

this just makes things weirder... :crazy:

[TwilightGardener]

16. Well, at least those little boys aren't PUSSIFIED! I can't imagine teaching

a five-year-old that word.

[eShirl]

15. the family was on Wife Swap too

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/falcon-heene-balloon-boy_n_322736.html

[MadBadger]

22. They think they're the fuggin Beastie Boys?

[Mojambo]

11. I spent my whole morning watching this balloon circus.

And he's not in there? REFUND!

In all seriousness, I hope he's okay. Wherever he might be.

[mikelgb]

17. Really, at least put a fake alien or something.

[WI_DEM]

13. Here's another version of the story from LA Times:

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - A homemade balloon aircraft floated away from a yard in Colorado after a 6-year-old boy was seen climbing inside, setting off a frantic scramble by the military and law enforcement agencies before the balloon slowly touched down in a field.

The child's fate was unclear, and there was no sign of him in the balloon when it landed. Authorities feverishly searched for any sign of the child on the ground, including in the neighborhood where he lives.

The bizarre scene played out live on television as the balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times before gliding to the ground.

Cathy Davis of the Larimer County Sheriff's Department told reporters the balloon was owned by the boy's parents and tethered behind the family's home. She said two sons were playing outside when the older boy saw the younger one go into a compartment at the bottom of the balloon and fly away.

"We'll just have to respond the best we can," Davis said. "This is a first and we'll do what we need to do."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-balloon-boy16-2009oct16,0,7526459.story?track=rss

here's another link from LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-balloon-boy16-2009oct16,0,7526459.story?track=rss