# Scary stuff: the boy in the balloon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940 "2009-10-15T18:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/101 "2009-10-15T21:21:24Z")
Oh dear, he’s the little one [in this video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo&feature=player_embedded) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/102 "2009-10-15T21:28:40Z")
The headline on [CNN.com](http://CNN.com)’s front page this second says “Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon,” but the article it leads to says nothing of the kind… ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/103 "2009-10-15T21:35:35Z")
“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.” > **[6-year-old Colorado boy found alive in attic after balloon lands - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html)** > > After scouring northern Colorado by foot and air, frantically chasing a Mylar balloon for miles and repeatedly interviewing his big brother, authorities ended the search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene where it began -- at his house. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/104 "2009-10-15T21:35:51Z")
…but [the picture with this article](http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_13568863) doesn’t look good… ---
**Author:** ![AmberLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@AmberLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmberLee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/105 "2009-10-15T21:36:44Z")
Here is the link for the “Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon,” story: [404 Not Found | 9news.com](http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid=339#) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/106 "2009-10-15T21:50:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Done. Thank you twickster. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/107 "2009-10-15T21:58:27Z")
Dang. I’m about 50 miles south of the event and I Cannot cannot cannot believe how quickly this has spread to EVERY corner of the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/108 "2009-10-15T22:03:33Z")
I predict hoax, like I did an hour and a half ago before I turned off the TV to get away from this “story”. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/109 "2009-10-15T22:07:05Z")
Kid found safe. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/110 "2009-10-15T22:08:54Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Kid found safe. Link? Actually, ABC is reporting via Twitter he was found at home. Thank God. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/111 "2009-10-15T22:09:02Z")
Awesome, if it was an accident. :dubious: if it was a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/112 "2009-10-15T22:09:52Z")
Local news reported during a live news conference that the investigator got a page. It appears the boy was hiding in a cardboard box in the attic of the garage. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/113 "2009-10-15T22:10:54Z")
I suspect he accidentally launched dad’s balloon, shit a brick and hid. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/114 "2009-10-15T22:11:43Z")
Found him, yay! Boy is he ever in trouble now. I say ground him for 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/115 "2009-10-15T22:12:42Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Link? [Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden told media in Fort Collins that the 6-year-old boy thought to be missing in a balloon craft has been found alive at his home.](http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_13568863?nclick_check=1) ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/116 "2009-10-15T22:13:49Z")
What the hell took them so long to search the house (and garage)? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/117 "2009-10-15T22:18:59Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > What the hell took them so long to search the house (and garage)? You ever try to find a 6 year old kid who know’s he in trouble and doesn’t want to get found? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/118 "2009-10-15T22:19:24Z")
This kid just pulled the greatest prank ever. He is so grounded. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/119 "2009-10-15T22:21:01Z")
Well I’m relieved now. The little scamp! No dessert for him tonight. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940/120 "2009-10-15T22:28:32Z")
He may be grounded, but in this case, fortunately not as literally as everyone may have feared. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-stuff-the-boy-in-the-balloon/513940.md?page=7)