6-year-old floating over Colorado in a home-made balloon

[Darth Cruel]

OK...I am waiting for the rest of the story as I am very suspicious of this footage...looks fake to me.

https://news.aol.com/article/6-year-old-boy-floats-away-in-balloon/719681

But it is still an interesting story and I hope that I am correct about its being a hoax...

otherwise...poor kid must be terrified.

 

[barryo]

man what a ride he must be having.

edit: just heard it landed in a field. no word on the kid as of yet.

 

[agen_kolar]

What goes up must come down, although that doesn't mean the kid will be alive.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Christ! If this is true, I hope the kid is OK.

 

[darthviper107]

Judging from the video--I don't see any kid on the balloon.

 

[barryo]

no kid in balloon........

 

[Blu Falcon]

This is heartbreaking. If the kid fell out chances of survival are slim to none. Very sad.

 

[BadMoon]

its true its on Cnn on tv

 

[agen_kolar]

Was there a basket or something that the kid could have been in? Cause I just never saw how a kid could be inside that thing.

 

[Blu Falcon]

Was there a basket or something that the kid could have been in? Cause I just never saw how a kid could be inside that thing.

The kid's brother says he saw his brother crawl into a small compartment and then the balloon floated away. The complete story is now on CNN. Pray the little guy is okay. I can't imagine the horror the family is going through.

 

[BadMoon]

This is hilarious! The father has his own website where he searches for UFOs. They routinely pull their kids out of school so that they can go research magnetic fields. The family was also featured on the show Wife Swap. IMO we just busted the Aliens sending probes our way. The government then created this story for the news to report as to not alarm the public. You can't make this ^^^^ up!

Oh and they are reporting that the kid was most likely not on board.

 

[Darth Cruel]

I started to think this is looking like a prank a little bit ago. I can't help but wonder why the older boy didn't stop the younger one if he really was getting in to the balloon. Just the same. I am completely hoping that boy is OK.

 

[CelticPredator]

******* my silly state.

 

[ProgMatinee]

nanoo nanoo.

5 bucks says older brother stuck the kid in and set the thing flying.

poor kid.

 

[kl241]

nanoo nanoo.

5 bucks says older brother stuck the kid in and set the thing flying.

poor kid.

You lose, they found the kid hiding in the attic. Oh well at least the story has a happy ending and that's all the matters.

 

[Bamboota]

You lose, they found the kid hiding in the attic. Oh well at least the story has a happy ending and that's all the matters.

thats good! yay!

 

[Devil_666]

This is hilarious! The father has his own website where he searches for UFOs. They routinely pull their kids out of school so that they can go research magnetic fields. The family was also featured on the show Wife Swap. IMO we just busted the Aliens sending probes our way. The government then created this story for the news to report as to not alarm the public. You can't make this ^^^^ up!

Oh and they are reporting that the kid was most likely not on board.

How come I get the feeling this was a hoax to promote the Fathers website!?

 

[Deckard]

I smell a Pixar UP dvd viral marketing campaign.

 

[Darth Cruel]

I started to think this is looking like a prank a little bit ago. I can't help but wonder why the older boy didn't stop the younger one if he really was getting in to the balloon. Just the same. I am completely hoping that boy is OK.

You heard it here, first!

 

[Batty]

You heard it here, first!

Here ya' go!