Colorado 6-Year-Old Floating Away In Hot-Air Balloon[views:12734][posts:90]__________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:02pm - succubus ""] http://www.kirotv.com/news/21307122/detail.html 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy. LIVE VIDEO: Boy Floats Away In Balloon Live footage from a local TV helicopter showed the balloon gliding quickly through the air. Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella says the device, which is shaped like a flying saucer, has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver. Campanella says the 6-year-old climbed into the access door and was in the airborne device. FAA spokesman Mike Fergus says the agency has been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:03pm - Martins ""] hahahaha |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:04pm - brian_dc ""] whoa there's live video http://www.kirotv.com/video/21307131/index.html |
| _____________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:05pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] Shoot it down! |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:05pm - succubus ""] http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/st...ircraft/3QFbnpQ040uTw3glj6R1fg.cspx |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:05pm - brian_dc ""] 15,000 feet? this kid is dead |
| _________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:06pm - metal_church101 ""] Quick. Have the kid jump!!! |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:07pm - aril ""] Lol pedobear ballon is approaching |
| ______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:16pm - Yeti ""] better not cross restricted airspace. he'll have 6 stars instantly. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:17pm - brian_dc ""] good thing this kid is either dead already or unconscious. This thing is going to hit the ground hard. Perhaps explode? |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:20pm - aril ""] I guess supermans on a coffee break |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:25pm - brian_dc ""] allegedly this kid was on wife swap and his name is Falcon bennyhillifier The one who said pussified. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:26pm - brian_dc ""] Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff's Office said a sibling saw the boy climb into the basket before the balloon took off. Since the door on the balloon was unlocked, Martinez said it's possible the boy had fallen out. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:28pm - Yeti ""] [img] |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:31pm - FallOut Boy fan ""] brian_dc said: Martinez said it's possible the boy had fallen out. Yess!!!!!!!1 |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:32pm - oscarct ""] watching this now |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:35pm - succubus ""] jsut landed |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:36pm - succubus ""] where is Falcon? |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:37pm - Martins ""] this is exciting |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:37pm - succubus ""] did you see how they were all keeping their distance? LOL what the hell |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:37pm - brian_dc ""] wtf @ this digging |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:38pm - succubus ""] hah they are puncturing it... |
| ______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:38pm - NLI ""] These cops are about as useful as Will Ferrel. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:39pm - succubus ""] ok...might not be anyone in it..what's wrong with this family?? |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:39pm - brian_dc ""] kid maybe either fell out or this was a hoax |
| ______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:41pm - Yeti ""] he wanted to be the Helium Falcon. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:44pm - Martins ""] Please update this thread with what's happening, I can't stream news stuff at work. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:44pm - arilliusbm ""] just watched it land. no kid on board. fail. what was the purpose of this balloon anyway? UFO hoax? |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:47pm - brian_dc ""] The father is a weather chaser. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:52pm - arilliusbm ""] well he's too busy chasing weather to tend to his 6 year old kid. dumb parenting here. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:53pm - succubus ""] A runaway balloon has touched down in Colorado after a 6-year-old boy untied it from his family home in Fort Collins. The boy was not inside the helium aircraft when it landed, CNN affiliate KMGH reported. 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. The balloon appeared to be a saucer-shaped, Mylar-coated helium balloon, similar to a party balloon. The craft was drifting eastward, authorities said. The helium balloon was tethered to the boy's family home, the Larimer County Sheriff's Department said. The boy got into the craft Thursday morning and undid the rope anchoring it. The department said the dome-shaped balloon is 20 feet long and 5 feet high "The structure at the bottom of the balloon that the boy is in is made of extremely thin plywood and won't withstand any kind of a crash at all," said Erik Nilsson, Larimer County emergency manager, according to CNN affiliate KMGH. A dispatcher received a call Thursday morning, and emergency services personnel were contacted, Larimer County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Kathy Davis said. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:57pm - goatcatalyst ""] succubus said:where is Falcon? In Heaven. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:57pm - brian_dc ""] This is all hilarious. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 3:59pm - arilliusbm ""] Kid's probably sitting in the basement playing videogames. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:00pm - joeycobra ""] so wait...did he just untie it and then hide so they think he was in it/fell out of it? Or was he really in it....then fell out to his death? |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:00pm - anonymous ""] [img] |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:01pm - joeycobra ""] ps. if he fell out...to his death....I find it pretty ironic his name was falcon. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:01pm - arilliusbm ""] joeycobra said:ps. if he fell out...to his death....I find it pretty ironic his name was falcon. This story would be 100 times cooler if his name was Falcor |
| _________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:13pm - Conservationist ""] Free anal for the first person to catch him. I mean, he's already missing, so there's little chance of the law following up. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:13pm - quintessence ""] I hope he fell into a well. Stupid shit. |
| _________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:15pm - Conservationist ""] arilliusbm said: joeycobra said:ps. if he fell out...to his death....I find it pretty ironic his name was falcon. This story would be 100 times cooler if his name was Falcor It would be 1000 times cooler if his name was SPLAT |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:20pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] this kid is soooo grounded. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:22pm - arilliusbm ""] Someone blame Pixar, please. Kid probably was inspired by that house-balloon movie. Whatever that stupid shit was. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:24pm - brian_dc ""] SUE NINTENDO bennyhillifier |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:24pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Cloudy with a chance falling children |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:25pm - brian_dc ""] arilliusbm said:Someone blame Pixar, please. Kid probably was inspired by that house-balloon movie. Whatever that stupid shit was. it's in the works [img] |
| ________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:27pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Have not found a way to fap to this, yet. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:27pm - brian_dc ""] [img] |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:30pm - brodown ""] (stolen from a friend) YO FALCON, I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND IMMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT I JUST GOT TO SAY THAT "UP" WAS THE GREATEST BALLOON ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME! |
| _________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:31pm - Conservationist ""] Looks like balloon has landed... no kid. SPLAT! |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:38pm - the_reverend ""] I got this on now. awesome. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:38pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I can't believe anybody gives a shit about this. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:42pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] |
| ____________________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:42pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Change of subject. Dead babies. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:44pm - the_reverend ""] MSD waiting for it to come down. [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:44pm - Conservationist ""] Natural selection! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_in_balloon Meaty splat |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:50pm - Hoser ""] Some pretty gross pics man. Had to check on my son after viewing that stuff.... |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:52pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Dead Baby Soup? |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 4:55pm - the_reverend ""] FuckIsMySignature said:Dead ICP Baby Soup? |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:04pm - succubus ""] http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~ "At this point, we are thinking that he did not fall out of the balloon and is somewhere on the ground," Larimer County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said. "The basket itself was not breached. It does not look like he fell out of it, but again, this is all conjecture." Campanella said authorities are searching the neighborhood for the boy. "I'm very confident we will find him. I think it's a matter of him being a little scared," she said. "Maybe he's not ready to be found." Falcon's parents, science enthusiasts Richard and Mayumi |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:15pm - Martins ""] arilliusbm said:Someone blame Pixar, please. Kid probably was inspired by that house-balloon movie. Whatever that stupid shit was. Have you even seen Up? Fucking amazing movie. also lol @ falcon |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:16pm - arilliusbm ""] no, but i've heard that it was an awesome movie. but man , you watch too much pixar. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:17pm - Martins ""] Not true. I haven't seen Cars and I haven't watched A Bug's Life since it came out. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:17pm - Martins ""] And I don't really like finding Nemo or Monsters Inc. especially. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:19pm - arilliusbm ""] Cars is alright. I got sick of it fast though because my kid loves that movie. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:20pm - Martins ""] I bet Falcon loved Cars. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:21pm - dreadkill ""] FuckIsMySignature said:Cloudy with a chance falling childreni lolerd |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 5:52pm - snip_snap ""] wow, i remember watching this episode of wife swap. |
| __________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 6:23pm - cav nli ""] Boy found at home after runaway balloon chase - msnbc hahahahahahahahaha |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 6:34pm - aril ""] Lol. |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 6:37pm - mikeofdecrepitude ""] Reminds me of 12 Monkeys when they're searching frantically for the kid and he winds up just hiding out in a barn the entire time. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 15,2009 6:48pm - Arist ""] You guys know there's gonna be a fucking south park episode about this next week, lol |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 7:22pm - the_reverend ""] let's hope |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 8:48pm - goatcatalyst ""] cav%20nli said:Boy found at home after runaway balloon chase - msnbc hahahahahahahahaha Lame. I saw that episode of Wife Swap too and was hoping the kid was dead. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 10:20pm - i_am_not_me ""] I'm sure this kid's gonna put a new meaning to Falcon PUNCH |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 15,2009 11:17pm - dreadkill ""] Arist said:You guys know there's gonna be a fucking south park episode about this next week, lolthey are going to have a field day with it, especially since it happened in colorado. cartman will trick butters into going in the balloon, then he'll turn it loose. |
| ____________________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 12:50am - FuckIsMySignature ""] FuckIsMySignature said:this kid is soooo grounded. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 12:52am - the_reverend ""] bennyhillifier |
| ____________________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 12:59am - FuckIsMySignature ""] kids are fuckin jerks |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 1:00am - FuckIsMySignature ""] also those are some idiot parents who should be billed for raising stupid asshole children. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 3:04pm - goatcatalyst ""] I'd just like to state for the record that I am legitimately and sincerely upset that Falcon isn't dead. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 3:32pm - snip_snap ""] i think the father planned it! |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 3:34pm - arilliusbm ""] snip_snap said:i think the father planned it! Absolutely. Basing this off of how they've been on TV already, how the kid blurted that out last night, and judging by the father's reaction. MEDIA ATTENTION WHORES ... that just so happen to like weather and build UFO balloons. the whole story is whacked. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 3:35pm - Sacreligion ""] FuckIsMySignature said:also those are some idiot parents who should be billed for all of the hours that the police officers, safety technicians, etc. spent on nothing. Cereal. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 4:00pm - snip_snap ""] poor kid, for the rest of his life he's going to be known as "balloon boy" |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 4:10pm - Alx_Casket ""] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33341104#33341104 Brace for impact at 6:00. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 4:13pm - arilliusbm ""] anyone remember that 1956 french short movie called "the red balloon" ? probably not, but the movie had no dialoague and was also made into a book. shit was sick. |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 4:34pm - SkinSandwich ""] This kid is a dick. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 4:54pm - Alx_Casket ""] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33342538#33342538 Watch for the dad's reaction, priceless. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 4:56pm - dreadkill ""] arilliusbm said:anyone remember that 1956 french short movie called "the red balloon" ? probably not, but the movie had no dialoague and was also made into a book. shit was sick.i membah that |
| ______________________________________ [Oct 16,2009 5:02pm - SkinSandwich ""] [img] You knew it was coming. |