balloon just came down, kid wasnt in it

A SIX-year-old boy climbed into a small homemade helium balloon which floated thousands of metres into the air, but when it finally landed there was no sign of him.

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looks like a goon bag filled with helium

You're meant to warn when linking to news.com!

This comment there though sums it up quite well:

I bet he never even got into the balloon, he would have un tied it, watched in horror as it floated away, and then bolted and is hiding from his parents.

Euphoria - lets hope it's correct

ooks like a goon bag filled with helium

It looks more like a UFO to some dumbass crackpot out in the dessert :D

I think that was its intent:

She described it as "a homemade helium balloon made to look like a UFO".

Copper saw something fall from the balloon during its flight. :(

Kid found hiding in the garage for fear of retribution for losing the balloon. :)

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Yeah the kid wasn't in the balloon

Happy ending then, that is until the family gets sued by someone who had a plane be delayed by the balloon's journey this morning. It's America, so it's a given.

SMH.com.au link for those who dislike news.com.au with great passion.

I just read this on ABC and thought I bet QGL has found the Boy! Wallah!

Well done brothers.

voila

It's still early... and I was excited the boy is ok

who gives a f***, stupid yanks

Now the boy needs a good ole fashioned flogging.

Heard this on the radio this morning, fail.

this was just the first story on JJJ news, even though it has been revealed to be a complete and utter non-story. Surely at that point the news organisations would just instantly and completely stop f***ing talking about it?!

this was just the first story on JJJ news, even though it has been revealed to be a complete and utter non-story. Surely at that point the news organisations would just instantly and completely stop f***ing talking about it?!

Ahaha noobiest trog post ever! Bandana boy is so cute sometimes :)

Of course they wouldn't, there's still some legs in this thing.

He had been hiding in box in the attic, reports said, claiming such behaviour was "not unusual" for Falcon.

f*** that guy who posted on news.com.au comments was actually 100% correct

Actually.... some more info is coming out...

The boy claims he did hear calls, but deliberately ignored them.

"Why didn't you come out?" his father asked during the interview.

After a small silence, Falcon said he stayed hidden because he thought "we did this for a show".

Another awkward silence followed, before his father said "yeah", before asking his son again why he didn't come out.

The CNN interviewer asked for clarification on Falcon's remarks, but his father dodged the question.

Balloon boy == hoax??

who the hell names their kid falcon? would have been poetic if he was flying in the balloon though.

video in the OP was boring as watching grass grow.

http://home.pacific.net.au/~tmcgee/images/PrinceOfTheAir.png

oh that is good, I sung it out loud to everyone

it has been revealed to be a complete and utter non-story

Talking of non-stories, imagine if the chick chick boom chick, Clare Werbeloff, came crawling out from it after landing.

i bet pixar were worried about an imminent law suit

At last Kanye moves down from Number 1 world joke.

Maybe the government planned the whole event as a distraction.
But for what ?

From your sorry ass.

Police to file charges

i woulda jumped from the balloon if my mum had called me falcon

lol Dazhel, that is tops!

Wish my friends were so creative and with it. If I posted the first line the next response would be, "WTF is this?" haha.

The cops reckon the guy isn't a professor, him and his wife met in a hollywood acting class. (If my interpretation of s***ty journalism is correct)

http://www.balloonboygame.com/

Its good they found balloon boy, I was afraid that Michael Jackson was ordering take out from heaven.