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1415 Comments (+0 »)

Owangotang

2009-10-15 05:13:55 PM

I read that as "panties begin fanning out". Still seems appropriate.

/I'm a moron

LineNoise

2009-10-15 05:14:06 PM

How do they know he isn't still up there. Like, he could have fallen off in a cloud or something.

shizbgby_v2

2009-10-15 05:14:08 PM

I hope they find that boy...

mekkab

2009-10-15 05:14:16 PM

damn... who thinks the kid jumped ship?

rebelyell2006

2009-10-15 05:14:47 PM

He's hiding in the barn.

I Said

2009-10-15 05:14:50 PM

shizbgby_v2: I hope they find that boy...

alive

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:14:51 PM

I really don't have anything to add to this

naughty accountant

2009-10-15 05:15:04 PM

so one of his brother's "saw" him near the balloon and it sets off this chain of insanity. he's probably around the block but the family will never be able to admit it.

Aeonite

2009-10-15 05:15:04 PM

What balloon?

Rev.K

2009-10-15 05:15:06 PM

Was there a lot of poo in the balloon?

If there's no poo, he was never in there.

Check under his bed.

The Jerk

2009-10-15 05:15:07 PM

shizbgby_v2: I hope they find that boy alive...

FTFY

Headso

2009-10-15 05:15:08 PM

mekkab: damn... who thinks the kid jumped ship?

Is the terminal velocity of a 6 year old enough to kill him?

sleeping martyr

2009-10-15 05:15:10 PM

I don't think the chances of finding this kid are very high.

CruiserTwelve

2009-10-15 05:15:11 PM

My guess: The kid was never in the balloon. He got scared when he set it loose and he's hiding somewhere nearby.

WizardofToast

2009-10-15 05:15:14 PM

Has any news stations talked about the apparently falling object from the balloon in Mr.Tom's link? Just wondering.

Boozed Duck

2009-10-15 05:15:16 PM

I want to believe...

\Aliens took him

mgbeach

2009-10-15 05:15:23 PM

He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

barkingatthemoon

2009-10-15 05:15:26 PM

I can see the headline now, CPU is investigating parents of missing boy for negligence, endangering a child, or something along those lines...

medius

2009-10-15 05:15:27 PM

LineNoise: Like, he could have fallen off in a cloud or something

he alit onto a cumulonimbus and walked away on the cotton candy puffs

wild9

2009-10-15 05:15:45 PM

Ahh, I just got back online. I see there are no updates then.

ne2d

2009-10-15 05:15:56 PM

move discussion here

You can't tell me what to do; I'm not moving.

medius

2009-10-15 05:16:28 PM

Headso: Is the terminal velocity of a 6 year old enough to kill him?

he'd float like a feather

/in a beautiful world

mason4300

2009-10-15 05:16:41 PM

CruiserTwelve: My guess: The kid was never in the balloon. He got scared when he set it loose and he's hiding somewhere nearby.

NO WAI!!1! Y REELLY THIK SO?

Bit'O'Gristle

2009-10-15 05:16:43 PM

I hate to say it, but if he was in there, he probably fell out to his death. I'm guessing and hoping its all a publicity hoax.

WayToBlue

2009-10-15 05:16:43 PM

"Up" was not meant to be taken so seriously.

FirstNationalBastard

2009-10-15 05:16:51 PM

Is the kid's name Icarus, by any chance?

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 05:16:56 PM

I like the old thread.

Mister Gone

2009-10-15 05:17:02 PM

He's walking on sunshine now.

SkidPalace

2009-10-15 05:17:03 PM

Pure attention grab. Shocked the kid hasn't been "found" yet.
Hopefully they will have made enough from "Wife Swap" to cover the rescue effort expenses they will be sued for.

itsdrew

2009-10-15 05:17:09 PM

Somebody is getting an ass-whooping, either the dad or the kid.

ABQGOD

2009-10-15 05:17:11 PM

Is a missing boy as important as a missing white girl?

/too soon?

Tapakip

2009-10-15 05:17:13 PM

Fly, Colt, Fly!

/oops, wrong thread (again) :)

tedbundee

2009-10-15 05:17:13 PM

I WANT TO BEALIVE

Marvin the Paranoid Android

2009-10-15 05:17:13 PM

I think he is hiding somewhere because he is afraid he will be in trouble for letting the ballon go.

The Crepes of Wrath

2009-10-15 05:17:14 PM

I have him stashed in my shed. You'll see him again in about 18 years.

Barakku

2009-10-15 05:17:15 PM

medius: LineNoise: Like, he could have fallen off in a cloud or something

he alit onto a cumulonimbus and walked away on the cotton candy puffs

That's how it works in all the video games.

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:17:28 PM

This whole situation simply reinforces my belief that Wolf Blitzer is an illiterate cock.

Atomic_Puppy

2009-10-15 05:17:33 PM

He is "tasting the Rockies". I don't mean as dead in the mountains, he landed on the Coors factory!

The_Six_Fingered_Man

2009-10-15 05:17:36 PM

Wait, what happened?

ParadisePornoTheater

2009-10-15 05:17:38 PM

I hope the boy will be found alive. Where was adult supervision when it was needed?

/I sound cranky - I'll move on

Fribble

2009-10-15 05:17:48 PM

Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips (pops)

kronicfeld

2009-10-15 05:17:55 PM

Obama's America, on full display.

Flatulent_Flea

2009-10-15 05:17:56 PM

So, if we're in a new thread, do we have to repeat all the stuff we were repeating back there?

Rev.K

2009-10-15 05:17:57 PM

I was in a meeting and they had this on the TV before the presentation went up.

How fast was that thing flying?

Yes, I know this has probably been asked a million times already.

southern78

2009-10-15 05:18:00 PM

regardless of outcome fark has found a new cliche dare I say

InferiousX

2009-10-15 05:18:00 PM

Man too bad the kid is missing, this story has so much win. First of all, I want one of those. Fly over uptown Butte with like a cartoon bad guy black top hat and drop pies on people. Secondly, that wreckage debris looks like something out of Roswell. Do you realize how many people you could f**k with by crashing that in an open area somewhere and bein like 'LOOK OMG WTF IS THAT?' And finally the kid's name is FALCON. I mean, everything in this story is pure awesome.

Except the kid vanishing that is :-/

Spirit Hammer

2009-10-15 05:18:01 PM

I still think that he "accidentally" let the balloon go free, and he took off after it.
Probably pedaling hell-bent-for-leather the last direction he saw it go.

meddleRPI

2009-10-15 05:18:07 PM

Fifty bucks says the kid's hiding under the bed.

LegacyDL

2009-10-15 05:18:08 PM

Crap CNN says that people saw an object fall from the balloon.

raygundan

2009-10-15 05:18:09 PM

Hey, new thread! If at all possible, could everyone re-post everything they posted in the last thread?

Mayor Bee

2009-10-15 05:18:14 PM

Nancy Grace is praying that they don't find him for at least three months.

Nana's Vibrator

2009-10-15 05:18:19 PM

what's the difference between a balloon full of bowling balls and a balloon full of 6 year olds?

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:18:27 PM

clearly none of you know anything about science, so let me clear this up for you, he got into the balloon, it floated up, and up, and up, and then up some more, then just a bit more. At this point a passing vulcan ship thought they'd seen him going warp speed so they beamed him up and thus starting the borg onslaught.

phedus

2009-10-15 05:18:37 PM

I hope this turns into a cool "Flight of the Navigator" situation for him.

unlikely

2009-10-15 05:18:37 PM

My mom is one of the deputies involved in the search.

If the kid is OK but hiding out, you will hear about it here, I promise.

Mr. Chainsaw

2009-10-15 05:18:39 PM

Bit'O'Gristle: I hate to say it, but if he was in there, he probably fell out to his death.

Well, yeah. If he was in there, where else would he have gone?

mandingueiro

2009-10-15 05:18:50 PM

the kid is six. how about some chains with locks (for anchoring)with pops havin the only keys.

mekkab

2009-10-15 05:18:52 PM

Hey, can I make a "get high" joke here? No? Oh... alright.

/sulks back into the corner.
//Headso: Is the terminal velocity of a 6 year old enough to kill him?

I think they're still soft and will bounce...

Paryb

2009-10-15 05:18:54 PM

For the "why wasn't he in school folks" Talked to a friend in Ft. Collins, apparently it's Parent Teacher conferences today and tomorrow, for public schools.

Rev.K

2009-10-15 05:18:55 PM

tedbundee: I WANT TO BEALIVE

Such win.

Such guilt-inducing win.

I Said

2009-10-15 05:19:05 PM

raygundan: Hey, new thread! If at all possible, could everyone re-post everything they posted in the last thread?

OMG that thing is moving fast!

Diogenes

2009-10-15 05:19:06 PM

Fear: He was never on it and now is afraid to come out because of all the hoopla. He's afraid of getting in big trouble.

Bigger fear: He fell out.

Biggest fear: He'll never be found.

ClemsonSucks

2009-10-15 05:19:14 PM

Remember - we're all born for a purpose. And this kid's purpose was to fall out of a balloon his wacky parents built.

I hope he wasn't on that thing.

Sticky Hands

2009-10-15 05:19:18 PM

ABQGOD: Is a missing boy as important as a missing white girl?

/too soon?

This one could fly!
maybe..

oldass31

2009-10-15 05:19:19 PM

mgbeach: He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

mrEdude

2009-10-15 05:19:26 PM

The door didn't look open at any point during the filming, yet the kid's brother claims to have seen him climb in there and take off.

Hoping for shenanigans, I guess.

JustRightRhine

2009-10-15 05:19:37 PM

sleeping martyr: I don't think the chances of finding this kid are very high.

I cannot help but wonder why?

/i know. lame
//Anybody want a peanut?

Pariah.

2009-10-15 05:19:43 PM

Anyone got better scanner audio? Colorado State Patrol not saying anything on the search.

LewDux

2009-10-15 05:19:45 PM

vygramul: WTOPNews might be onto something:

www.bitlogic.com

gorbishof

2009-10-15 05:19:48 PM

A lot of prairie out here. They may find him.

EmployeeOfTheMinute

2009-10-15 05:19:49 PM

So, if a six-year old falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear him, does he make a noise?

Brettster808

2009-10-15 05:19:55 PM

The car in the family's driveway. Have they looked in the trunk?

navanax

2009-10-15 05:19:57 PM

Link (new window)

Link (new window)

/too soon?

robsul82

2009-10-15 05:19:59 PM

They were never on Earth to begin with!

/TWEEST

blacknite

2009-10-15 05:20:05 PM

nothing new to add, just that i was here.

ackb4r

2009-10-15 05:20:09 PM

He fell off sometime soon after takeoff, hopefully not too high up.

Hopefully they will find him safe and sound.

dlewis6

2009-10-15 05:20:21 PM

Ho, ho, ho, what's this? A dumb ass scare mongering that I missed out on?

Kate Gosselin's Pap Smear

2009-10-15 05:20:21 PM

If she can't have me, then she can't have the balloon

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 05:20:26 PM

LegacyDL: Crap CNN says that people saw an object fall from the balloon.

While I agree CNN is crap I think that report is accurate.

Rev.K

2009-10-15 05:20:32 PM

There was an episode of Family Ties where Michael was trying to win some contest by finding some captain.

The captain was under a bus in Dayton, Ohio.

That time has come again. This kid is under a bus in Dayton, Ohio.

Zousand

2009-10-15 05:20:38 PM

It's always sad when Darwin takes the young. But maybe it's for the best in the long run. (yes kids don't know any better, is not his fault. But now all parents can use this story as a cautionary tale to scare I mean warn their youngsters.)

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:20:39 PM

Diogenes: Fear: He was never on it and now is afraid to come out because of all the hoopla. He's afraid of getting in big trouble.

Bigger fear: He fell out.

Biggest fear: He'll never be found.

even bigger fear: how long he's going to be grounded for when this turns out to be a hoax

dugitman

2009-10-15 05:20:40 PM

Mr. Chainsaw: Bit'O'Gristle: I hate to say it, but if he was in there, he probably fell out to his death.

Well, yeah. If he was in there, where else would he have gone?

Heh

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:20:53 PM

Noitall

2009-10-15 05:20:53 PM

This isn't sounding good.

Hoping for a good outcome but it doesn't appear that is going to happen.

missmarsha

2009-10-15 05:20:53 PM

LegacyDL: Crap CNN says that people saw an object fall from the balloon.

they are talking about this video
Link (new window) watch at 13 seconds. someone was talking about pixels but I dunno (and really don't care - who the hell am I to care about a missing non-white non female?)

chicagogasman

2009-10-15 05:20:54 PM

kronicfeld: Obama's America, on full display.

Why don't you blow yourself a ballon donkey.

Sticky Hands

2009-10-15 05:20:58 PM

Mr. Chainsaw: Bit'O'Gristle: I hate to say it, but if he was in there, he probably fell out to his death.

Well, yeah. If he was in there, where else would he have gone?

Well he shure wouldn't have gone to Arby's
6 year-olds HATE Arby's

Seussie

2009-10-15 05:21:01 PM

Pariah.: Anyone got better scanner audio? Colorado State Patrol not saying anything on the search.

NPR reported they went to cell phones off/air for the search.

Insert_Obscure_80's_Pop_Culture_Reference_Here

2009-10-15 05:21:11 PM

UPDATE: Police are reportedly looking for a box that was attached to the bottom of the balloon -- a box Falcon's brother says he saw him go into before it took off.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/15/six-year-old-boy-trapped-in-weather-balloon/#ixzz0 U2eoGsLe

altinos

2009-10-15 05:21:12 PM

mgbeach: He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

It's Jimmy Carter!

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:21:14 PM

navanax: Link (new window)

Link (new window)

/too soon?

WTH is wrong with you?

LarryDan43

2009-10-15 05:21:16 PM

oldass31: mgbeach: He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

That movie was awesome, but even as a kid I never quite bought into that, a horse working as a nurse breaks him out thing.

King Wicker

2009-10-15 05:21:35 PM

mekkab: Hey, can I make a "get high" joke here? No? Oh... alright.

/sulks back into the corner.
//Headso: Is the terminal velocity of a 6 year old enough to kill him?

I think they're still soft and will bounce...

I don't know why they call them bouncing baby boys. They just sort of... plop.

GymnasiumPants

2009-10-15 05:21:39 PM

Despite all the high hopes, I knew this was just a bunch of hot air. Now that reality has come crashing down, I am sure the parents will stop looking so far afield.

Boozed Duck

2009-10-15 05:21:43 PM

...OR ACTUALLY MAYBE the BOY try flying the bird man but got broken? Or left toys he was looking in the sky? I THINK WE should mystery this!

BunkyBrewman

2009-10-15 05:21:50 PM

Der Poopflinger: clearly none of you know anything about science, so let me clear this up for you, he got into the balloon, it floated up, and up, and up, and then up some more, then just a bit more. At this point a passing vulcan ship thought they'd seen him going warp speed so they beamed him up and thus starting the borg onslaught.

No. He hitched a ride along with Zaphod Beeblebrox before the upcoming demolition of Earth by the Vogons. (they're probably around Beetelgeuse by now)

ackb4r

2009-10-15 05:21:57 PM

"Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon"

Ruh-roh

at80eighty

2009-10-15 05:22:00 PM

tedbundee: I WANT TO BEALIVE

alternatively

i38.tinypic.com

Mart Laar's beard shaver

2009-10-15 05:22:03 PM

InferiousX: Man too bad the kid is missing, this story has so much win. First of all, I want one of those. Fly over uptown Butte with like a cartoon bad guy black top hat and drop pies on people. Secondly, that wreckage debris looks like something out of Roswell. Do you realize how many people you could f**k with by crashing that in an open area somewhere and bein like 'LOOK OMG WTF IS THAT?' And finally the kid's name is FALCON. I mean, everything in this story is pure awesome.

Except the kid vanishing that is :-/

Thanks for the snort-laugh. I tuned in when the balloon was deflating. I was convinced the kid was going to be dead on live TV.

If this is a hoax, the father should be sponsored for TotalFark.

Otto's_Jacket

2009-10-15 05:22:04 PM

What a day in the newsroom...still no word on his fate.

missmarsha

2009-10-15 05:22:06 PM

missmarsha: LegacyDL: Crap CNN says that people saw an object fall from the balloon.

they are talking about this video
Link (new window) watch at 13 seconds. someone was talking about pixels but I dunno (and really don't care - who the hell am I to care about a missing non-white non female?)

also I didn't find this video, the credit goes to someone in the last thread

2009-10-15 05:22:08 PM

Any discussion on if this balloon was really big enough to lift a 6 y.o. kid? It would have to be about 900 cubic ft. of helium to do the job.

Link (new window)

Spike Lee's Favorite Farker

2009-10-15 05:22:15 PM

I am just glad that the parents haven't blamed a black man for their missing child.....yet.

helix400

2009-10-15 05:22:19 PM

mekkab: damn... who thinks the kid jumped ship?

No, because if he jumped, the "door" in that bottom cage would have been opened. But it was closed during flight.

I AM THE GOAT

2009-10-15 05:22:24 PM

I heard the producers at Lifetime are already working on a movie for this story. Details to follow...

johnpiercy

2009-10-15 05:22:26 PM

Dad probably took his Xbox away from him ...
Why wasnt he in school ?

Owangotang

2009-10-15 05:22:34 PM

At least if the kid lives he'll have one of the coolest nicknames around: Birdman. I wish I was called Birdman.

MrTom

2009-10-15 05:22:39 PM

In Flight Of The Navigator it was 8 years.

/just sayin'

Sticky Hands

2009-10-15 05:22:41 PM

King Wicker: mekkab: Hey, can I make a "get high" joke here? No? Oh... alright.

/sulks back into the corner.
//Headso: Is the terminal velocity of a 6 year old enough to kill him?

I think they're still soft and will bounce...

I don't know why they call them bouncing baby boys. They just sort of... plop.

You need to freeze them first.

GaryPDX

2009-10-15 05:22:45 PM

Lex Kitten

2009-10-15 05:22:49 PM

Is this an appropriate time to share that I secretly love Wife Swap?

Flapjack727

2009-10-15 05:22:54 PM

kronicfeld: Obama's America, on full display.

0/10. Really now.

I Said

2009-10-15 05:23:01 PM

Insert_Obscure_80's_Pop_Culture_Reference_Here: UPDATE: Police are reportedly looking for a box that was attached to the bottom of the balloon -- a box Falcon's brother says he saw him go into before it took off.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/15/six-year-old-boy-trapped-in-weather-balloon/#ixzz0 U2eoGsLe

There's an awful lot of action being taken based on what Falcons brother says. Any chance the parents know if there was a box attached? Or if one could be?

WizardofToast

2009-10-15 05:23:10 PM

oldass

What was the name of that movie? I saw it when I was seven and couldn't really understand it (barely paid attention to it with me sitting in the far back of the classroom). It's been bothering me for years now.

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 05:23:19 PM

ok......

SPLAT.........................

RIP kid :o(

/dnrtfa and not following the news

EL_FABREZ

2009-10-15 05:23:20 PM

ackb4r: "Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon"

Ruh-roh

Well then they should have found him by now.

wet_dream

2009-10-15 05:23:23 PM

When the doctor said "congratulation, you're the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy" they never thought it would take 6 years to prove it.

www.cartoonstock.com

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:23:31 PM

Owangotang: At least if the kid lives he'll have one of the coolest nicknames around: Birdman. I wish I was called Birdman.

His real name is Falcon already

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:23:31 PM

BunkyBrewman: No. He hitched a ride along with Zaphod Beeblebrox before the upcoming demolition of Earth by the Vogons. (they're probably around Beetelgeuse by now)

ahh yes, the improbablity drive, that explains the remainder I was getting when ran my calculations

Zero0o

2009-10-15 05:23:32 PM

Diogenes: Fear: He was never on it and now is afraid to come out because of all the hoopla. He's afraid of getting in big trouble.

Bigger fear: He fell out.

Biggest fear: He'll never be found.

Alternate scenario: He got scared, ran away while the balloon took off,and hid somewhere. Someone kidnaps him, and holds him for ransom.

nytmare

2009-10-15 05:23:40 PM

Heads he fell out.
Tails he was never on board.

/there is no third option

or is there?

BunkyBrewman

2009-10-15 05:23:42 PM

Diogenes: Fear: He was never on it and now is afraid to come out because of all the hoopla. He's afraid of getting in big trouble.

Bigger fear: He fell out.

Biggest fear: He'll never be found.

He'll be found. It may not be by humans, but he'll be found by something that'll help complete the cycle of life.

johnpiercy

2009-10-15 05:23:52 PM

"Balloon Boy" Story a Publicity Hoax?
Heene Family Had Twice Appeared on ABC's "Wife Swap"; Some Say Balloon Could Not Have Carried Boy

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/15/national/main5386974.shtml

Cagey B

2009-10-15 05:24:08 PM

We haven't found anyone yet, but we did find this pizza that someone mysteriously left in the middle of a field.

Mr. Chainsaw

2009-10-15 05:24:15 PM

If this is a hoax, that kid and his parents are going to owe me for all the work I'm neglecting to follow this story.
/Yeah, I know it's my fault
//Still want someone else to blame

The Shroom

2009-10-15 05:24:21 PM

ackb4r: "Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon"

Ruh-roh

www.redsmartie.com

/Object

Blueruck

2009-10-15 05:24:36 PM

Soon we will see the parents interviewed outside their "mobile home"

laststarfighter

2009-10-15 05:24:37 PM

Too bad D.B. Cooper hasn't shown up to help CNN as an expert analyst.

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 05:24:38 PM

This thread is lacking pictures of bacon.

www.culinaryperformance.com

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:24:50 PM

IStateTheObvious

I will choose not to believe

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:25:07 PM

d3: Any discussion on if this balloon was really big enough to lift a 6 y.o. kid?

yeah - 3 or 4 people did the calculation in the other thread. I did it first though so I win. ;^)

gorgor

2009-10-15 05:25:08 PM

Will there be beer at these parties?
And brats?

stazz

2009-10-15 05:25:11 PM

Mr. Chainsaw: Bit'O'Gristle: I hate to say it, but if he was in there, he probably fell out to his death.

Well, yeah. If he was in there, where else would he have gone?

Fell to someone else's death?

/ just a guess

TheKnownUniverse

2009-10-15 05:25:16 PM

My box also fell off.

netweavr

2009-10-15 05:25:20 PM

BTW, those attempting calculations, you may want to adjust away from STP.

12maverick21

2009-10-15 05:25:29 PM

I can't believe this whole situation is still up in the air..

Oh wait

wet_dream

2009-10-15 05:25:30 PM

BunkyBrewman: Diogenes: Fear: He was never on it and now is afraid to come out because of all the hoopla. He's afraid of getting in big trouble.

Bigger fear: He fell out.

Biggest fear: He'll never be found.

He'll be found. It may not be by humans, but he'll be found by something that'll help complete the cycle of life.

That was bad, funny, but BAD!!!

TheQuest35

2009-10-15 05:25:31 PM

Lex Kitten: Is this an appropriate time to share that I secretly love Wife Swap?

There is never an appropriate time

Secular Satanist

2009-10-15 05:25:53 PM

Whooooo!
Colorado represent!
Wait, what are talking about?

Just heard he's dead.

Sticky Hands

2009-10-15 05:25:55 PM

gorgor: Will there be beer at these parties?
And brats?

No, the brat is missing.

Barakku

2009-10-15 05:26:03 PM

IStateTheObvious: www.9news.com

Looks like a boid.

/Could be a Falcon, though, I guess

pisceandreamer

2009-10-15 05:26:07 PM

ackb4r: "Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon"

Ruh-roh

I'm hearing that it was either reported to an officer that something fell off, as well as it was actually *seen* by an officer. Why not send a group of folks in the general direction of the falling object right away? (I can see a delay depending on how long before an officer was told about it, but if an officer saw it in the first place...)

stazz

2009-10-15 05:26:12 PM

ClemsonSucks: Remember - we're all born for a purpose. And this kid's purpose was to fall out of a balloon his wacky parents built.

I hope he wasn't on that thing.

hehe - like it

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 05:26:15 PM

Q: What's the last thing that goes through a 6 yr olds' mind as he hits the ground from 1000 feet high?

DrumCorpsAlum

2009-10-15 05:26:16 PM

This is beyond bizarre.

InferiousX

2009-10-15 05:26:19 PM

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:26:25 PM

Wolf: Colonel, since you are in charge of this search, what does this picture of a tiny spot in the middle of the sky that may have been attached to the balloon, but may not have been attached to the balloon tell you about what you might be looking for?

Nat'l Guard Colonel: Truthfully, Wolf, not a f*cking thing.

TakeThatYouStupidCorn

2009-10-15 05:26:30 PM

I pray for that kid and his family.

bulldg4life

2009-10-15 05:26:35 PM

Showing a picture on CNN that seems to be object falling from the balloon.

BunkyBrewman

2009-10-15 05:26:37 PM

wjllope: d3: Any discussion on if this balloon was really big enough to lift a 6 y.o. kid?

yeah - 3 or 4 people did the calculation in the other thread. I did it first though so I win. ;^)

yeah, there was discussion or yeah, it was really big enough to lift a 6 year old kid?!

Clarkke25

2009-10-15 05:26:43 PM

so umm...anyone else thing SwapMeat is a way better title for wifeswap?

pope183

2009-10-15 05:26:44 PM

LineNoise: How do they know he isn't still up there. Like, he could have fallen off in a cloud or something.

Queue pictures of MJ hiding in th clouds

GGracie

2009-10-15 05:26:45 PM

Damn, I hope they don't have to rename their kid "Spot"

Barakku

2009-10-15 05:26:46 PM

TheKnownUniverse: My box also fell off.

they have surgery for that now.

drjekel_mrhyde

2009-10-15 05:26:47 PM

johnpiercy: Dad probably took his Xbox away from him ...
Why wasnt he in school ?

Fall break(no pun)

jennyz

2009-10-15 05:27:02 PM

witchofthedogs: Wolf: Colonel, since you are in charge of this search, what does this picture of a tiny spot in the middle of the sky that may have been attached to the balloon, but may not have been attached to the balloon tell you about what you might be looking for?

Nat'l Guard Colonel: Truthfully, Wolf, not a f*cking thing.

I really hope they pulled that photo out of this thread.

12349876

2009-10-15 05:27:06 PM

Spike Lee's Favorite Farker: I am just glad that the parents haven't blamed a black man for their missing child.....yet.

If they don't, Glenn Beck will find some way to blame the man on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 05:27:13 PM

"I pray for that kid and his family"

meh, pray for the family, he can't hear you.

/ticket please

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:27:27 PM

pisceandreamer: ackb4r: "Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon"

Ruh-roh

I'm hearing that it was either reported to an officer that something fell off, as well as it was actually *seen* by an officer. Why not send a group of folks in the general direction of the falling object right away? (I can see a delay depending on how long before an officer was told about it, but if an officer saw it in the first place...)

they may have and aren't releasiing it right away. Dead boy on live tv before parents are told is a breech of comm law

themishkin

2009-10-15 05:27:30 PM

Has anyone posted the music video these kids did for Wife Swap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo

It's a lot like 'Lazy Scranton' from The Office, only much much worse...

oldass31

2009-10-15 05:27:34 PM

MrTom: In Flight Of The Navigator it was 8 years.

/just sayin'

Ya, I know. It was the closest one I could come up with.

b225

2009-10-15 05:27:35 PM

wild9

2009-10-15 05:27:37 PM

GaryPDX: missmarsha: LegacyDL: Crap CNN says that people saw an object fall from the balloon.

they are talking about this video
Link (new window) watch at 13 seconds. someone was talking about pixels but I dunno (and really don't care - who the hell am I to care about a missing non-white non female?)

That, sure is shiat, is something falling from it.

Holy crap, I saw that as well.

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

Death_Poot: Q: What's the last thing that goes through a 6 yr olds' mind as he hits the ground from 1000 feet high?

some guy on the internet telling you you're not funny and your attempt at a joke sucks big stinky balls

Control_this

2009-10-15 05:27:46 PM

rebelyell2006: He's hiding in the barn.

Thanks, Lassie. Go get him.

Mr. Chainsaw

2009-10-15 05:27:47 PM

Sticky Hands: gorgor: Will there be beer at these parties?
And brats?

No, the brat is missing.

*Snort*

ohdoublereally

2009-10-15 05:27:49 PM

LineNoise: How do they know he isn't still up there. Like, he could have fallen off in a cloud or something.

no one knows never will

El Chode

2009-10-15 05:27:51 PM

Pulled Pork

2009-10-15 05:27:52 PM

TheKnownUniverse: My box also fell off.

Atta girl.

cksewell

2009-10-15 05:27:54 PM

BalloonTot! BalloonTot! BalloonTot! BalloonTot!

snocone

2009-10-15 05:27:54 PM

I can tell by the pixels,,

Sorry kid.

Treygreen13

2009-10-15 05:27:59 PM

Death_Poot: Q: What's the last thing that goes through a 6 yr olds' mind as he hits the ground from 1000 feet high?

His feet?

Barry McCackiner

2009-10-15 05:28:05 PM

I found a video of the landing: Link (new window)

Owangotang

2009-10-15 05:28:14 PM

gambitsgirl: Owangotang: At least if the kid lives he'll have one of the coolest nicknames around: Birdman. I wish I was called Birdman.

His real name is Falcon already

Falcon? Gah, then he doesn't even NEED a cool nickname like Birdman! I hope he gives it to me.

WizardofToast

2009-10-15 05:28:19 PM

Where would the basket have landed? Out in the wilderness or in some residential area? Imagine some guy walking out of his house and BOOM! the basket slams onto his roof. Then the kid pops out and waves at him. That would make anyone's day to witness.

It would suck if the kid is found dead in there. Please be alive...and not seriously injured.

Baby Diego

2009-10-15 05:28:21 PM

I love how UFO nutters get called 'scientists' by the media ... God.

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 05:28:25 PM

Owangotang: At least if the kid lives he'll have one of the coolest nicknames around: Birdman. I wish I was called Birdman.

Already got a Birdman in my neighborhood.

puffy999

2009-10-15 05:28:26 PM

And there's the picture of what may be the box falling. That sucks. A lot.

LegacyDL

2009-10-15 05:28:27 PM

Death_Poot: Q: What's the last thing that goes through a 6 yr olds' mind as he hits the ground from 1000 feet high?

Asphalt

clownyclownzomby

2009-10-15 05:28:27 PM

If he makes it through this, I bet he becomes a compulsive masturbator when he grows up.

blacksho89

2009-10-15 05:28:31 PM

unlikely: My mom is one of the deputies involved in the search.

If the kid is OK but hiding out, you will hear about it here, I promise.

HA HA! Your mom wears combat boots!

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:28:31 PM

Death_Poot: "I pray for that kid and his family"

meh, pray for the family, he can't hear you.

/ticket please

keep trying, you might indeed be funny once in your life

mekkab

2009-10-15 05:28:32 PM

TheKnownUniverse: My box also fell off.

I'd find it in a field...

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:28:33 PM

gambitsgirl:

they may have and aren't releasiing it right away. Dead boy on live tv before parents are told is a breech of comm law

that's communications law not common law

mossberg

2009-10-15 05:28:39 PM

fanbladesaresharp: Lift of Helium Balloons Table Source

Dia. Ft. Vol. l Lift gr. Lift Lbs.

1 14.83 15.2 0.03
2 118.62 121.7 0.27
3 400.34 410.9 0.91
4 948.96 973.9 2.15
5 1853.45 1902.2 4.19
6 3202.76 3287.0 7.25
7 5085.86 5219.7 11.51
8 7591.72 7791.5 17.18
9 10809.30 11093.7 24.46
10 14827.58 15217.7 33.55
11 19735.50 20254.8 44.65
12 25622.05 26296.2 57.97
13 32576.18 33433.3 73.71
14 40686.87 41757.4 92.06
15 50043.07 51359.8 113.23
16 60733.75 62331.8 137.42
17 72847.88 74764.7 164.83
18 86474.42 88749.8 195.66
19 101702.34 104378 230.12
20 118620.61 121741 268.40
21 137318.18 140931 310.70
22 157884.03 162038 357.24
23 180407.11 185154 408.20
24 204976.41 210369 463.79

sorry about the crappy formatting

I bet that table is for a round ball of helium, not a somewhat flattened torus/donut shape which I'd guess at about 4/7's as much cubic capacity

because good is dumb

2009-10-15 05:28:39 PM

Sticky Hands: gorgor: Will there be beer at these parties?
And brats?

No, the brat is missing.

but there is jiffy pop popcorn

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:28:43 PM

jennyz: I really hope they pulled that photo out of this thread.

I want someone to punch Wolf Blitzer in the face. On national television. Only because he butchers the English language in a way that makes me cringe.

And whoever this f*ck is playing with the giant touch screen, he's awful. Just awful.

ArgusRun

2009-10-15 05:28:45 PM

Death_Poot: Q: What's the last thing that goes through a 6 yr olds' mind as he hits the ground from 1000 feet high?

His shins?

Pope Michael of Discordia

2009-10-15 05:28:49 PM

See what happens when kids get high? They end up dropping out!

SundaesChild

2009-10-15 05:28:49 PM

cksewell: BalloonTot! BalloonTot! BalloonTot! BalloonTot!

This made me lol...

jomyke

2009-10-15 05:28:58 PM

It puts the Falcon in the Basket or else it gets the hose again

aaeko

2009-10-15 05:28:58 PM

Der Poopflinger: Diogenes: Fear: He was never on it and now is afraid to come out because of all the hoopla. He's afraid of getting in big trouble.

Bigger fear: He fell out.

Biggest fear: He'll never be found.

even bigger fear: how long he's going to be grounded for when this turns out to be a hoax

He is GROUNDED all right

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 05:29:08 PM

Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

2.bp.blogspot.com

toilet engineer

2009-10-15 05:29:08 PM

So now apparently they're saying the basket thing WAS attached when the balloon landed, but was damaged.

Source: live feed from http://www.kdvr.com/news/livestreaming/

That's what they said a few minutes ago.

Noitall

2009-10-15 05:29:19 PM

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Some picture a neighbor took.

El Chode

2009-10-15 05:29:22 PM

Pope Michael of Discordia: See what happens when kids get high? They end up dropping out!

Goddammit. So wrong, yet so right

Julieahni

2009-10-15 05:29:22 PM

Pray for Omarion.

The Ninj'

2009-10-15 05:29:23 PM

rebelyell2006: He's hiding in the barn.

12 MONKEYS REFERENCE! I WIN!

smoothvirus

2009-10-15 05:29:35 PM

1. Determine the volume of the balloon.

http://www.calculatoredge.com/enggcalc/volume.html#ellipsoid

volume of a 20'x5' ellipsoid balloon = 1047.6 cubic feet

2. One cubic foot of helium will lift about 28.2 grams, so multiply the volume of the balloon by 28.2.

1047.6*28.2=29542.32

3. Divide by 448 -- the number of grams in a pound -- to determine the number of pounds it can lift.

29542/448=65.94

The balloon would have a lift capacity of about 66 pounds.

Average weight of a 6 year old child = 45 pounds. So the question is, how much did the plywood "gondola" weigh? If it was more than 20 pounds, odds are the balloon never would have left the ground with a child in it.

johnz16

2009-10-15 05:29:39 PM

d3: Any discussion on if this balloon was really big enough to lift a 6 y.o. kid? It would have to be about 900 cubic ft. of helium to do the job.

Link (new window)

I was thinking the same thing. Even if it could lift him could it take him that High?

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:29:40 PM

Baby Diego: I love how UFO nutters get called 'scientists' by the media ... God.

you get sued if you call them kooks, plus you don't know, maybe they got a phD in tin foil hats

LewDux

2009-10-15 05:29:41 PM

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2009-10-15 05:29:42 PM

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Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:29:42 PM

Good to see todays youth still enjoying the classics....

oldass31

2009-10-15 05:29:50 PM

WizardofToast: oldass

What was the name of that movie? I saw it when I was seven and couldn't really understand it (barely paid attention to it with me sitting in the far back of the classroom). It's been bothering me for years now.

Flight of the Navigator.

improvius

2009-10-15 05:29:54 PM

Well, he's missed the clown.

Kliffoth

2009-10-15 05:29:55 PM

Pope Michael of Discordia: See what happens when kids get high? They end up dropping out!

Awesome.

angry bunny

2009-10-15 05:30:00 PM

ok so all of Colorado is watching this story. I've been trying to get a document filed in court and haven't been able to get ahold of anyone because there all watching 9 news.

oh awesome and now they're reporting that a deputy watched him fall out of the balloon and did apparently nothing... that's Weld county for you.

jennyz

2009-10-15 05:30:02 PM

What a biatch on CNN.

"Hey kid, how does it feel to know your friend is probably dead?"

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 05:30:11 PM

Baby Diego: I love how UFO nutters get called 'scientists' by the media ... God.

Technically they're scienticians

i15.photobucket.com

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:30:15 PM

Death_Poot: Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

jeez buddy, you don't need to cry

VlagimarPutin

2009-10-15 05:30:20 PM

LETS INTERVIEW HIS FRIEND AND SEE HOW HE FEELS.fark you cnn.

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:30:26 PM

Noitall: ">

Some picture a neighbor took.

the neighbor messed up

InferiousX

2009-10-15 05:30:28 PM

Sticky Hands: gorgor: Will there be beer at these parties?
And brats?

No, the brat is missing.

win

Blues_X

2009-10-15 05:30:35 PM

Well, we know he wasn't pussified (new window).

/really, really hope he's hiding in a closet at home

jomyke

2009-10-15 05:30:35 PM

Der Poopflinger: BunkyBrewman: No. He hitched a ride along with Zaphod Beeblebrox before the upcoming demolition of Earth by the Vogons. (they're probably around Beetelgeuse by now)

ahh yes, the improbablity drive, that explains the remainder I was getting when ran my calculations

remainder of 42 by chance?

rebelyell2006

2009-10-15 05:30:38 PM

The Ninj': rebelyell2006: He's hiding in the barn.

12 MONKEYS REFERENCE! I WIN!

Really? You're the first to notice the reference? Fark is failing.

Mrs. Chomsky

2009-10-15 05:30:38 PM

Did they check under the couch cushions???

SteelPeart

2009-10-15 05:30:38 PM

Link (new window)

Click on the Weld Fire/EMS link.

chandie

2009-10-15 05:30:40 PM

Pope Michael of Discordia: See what happens when kids get high? They end up dropping out!

/Room for one more? I'm jump seat certified.

xenomorpheus

2009-10-15 05:30:41 PM

GGracie: Damn, I hope they don't have to rename their kid "Spot"

Mole

wet_dream

2009-10-15 05:30:42 PM

nesler

2009-10-15 05:30:43 PM

mossberg: I bet that table is for a round ball of helium, not a somewhat flattened torus/donut shape which I'd guess at about 4/7's as much cubic capacity

Could someone with an old pan of Jiffy Pop throw it on the stove, then take some measurements?

It would make the math so much easier...

vygramul

2009-10-15 05:30:47 PM

LewDux: vygramul: WTOPNews might be onto something:

BunkyBrewman: He'll be found. It may not be by humans, but he'll be found by something that'll help complete the cycle of life.

Boxed lunch.

pope183

2009-10-15 05:30:50 PM

I wonder if the boy is white enough to be on Nancy Grace ?

amoulsolo

2009-10-15 05:30:51 PM

No Balloon Kid references yet? (Or did I miss them all?)

upload.wikimedia.org

I hated that game.

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:30:53 PM

Dude, wouldn't the parents have known if the goddamned basket was attached to the f*cking balloon when it was sitting in their yard?

I'm so confused.

And now they're interviewing other 6-year olds about it.

Atlas Blogged

2009-10-15 05:30:54 PM

I want this story to have a good ending so bad. :(

Electriclectic

2009-10-15 05:30:58 PM

D-E-D Dead.

stazz

2009-10-15 05:31:01 PM

12349876: Spike Lee's Favorite Farker: I am just glad that the parents haven't blamed a black man for their missing child.....yet.

If they don't, Glenn Beck will find some way to blame the man on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

NO!!!! It's Bush's fault!

onecanshort

2009-10-15 05:31:08 PM

I LOVE the guy on CNN with the touch screen video board....

"This thing may or may not have come from the balloon but it's obviously something that is [zooms in and points to the little dot] there."

Gee, really, it's something that's there? Well thanks fellas, good work today!

ArgusRun

2009-10-15 05:31:15 PM

smoothvirus: 1. Determine the volume of the balloon.

http://www.calculatoredge.com/enggcalc/volume.html#ellipsoid

volume of a 20'x5' ellipsoid balloon = 1047.6 cubic feet

2. One cubic foot of helium will lift about 28.2 grams, so multiply the volume of the balloon by 28.2.

1047.6*28.2=29542.32

3. Divide by 448 -- the number of grams in a pound -- to determine the number of pounds it can lift.

29542/448=65.94

The balloon would have a lift capacity of about 66 pounds.

Average weight of a 6 year old child = 45 pounds. So the question is, how much did the plywood "gondola" weigh? If it was more than 20 pounds, odds are the balloon never would have left the ground with a child in it.

Does altitude affect those calculations? Because I'm guessing ground level is about 5,000 feet there.

Barakku

2009-10-15 05:31:17 PM

Arg why can't one network stay on his? CNN was talking about healthcare before, then after I switched to Fox News they put on Glenn Beck.

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:31:28 PM

BunkyBrewman: wjllope: d3: Any discussion on if this balloon was really big enough to lift a 6 y.o. kid?

yeah - 3 or 4 people did the calculation in the other thread. I did it first though so I win. ;^)

yeah, there was discussion or yeah, it was really big enough to lift a 6 year old kid?!

i ended up w/ 77 pounds of total lift after making assumptions about the volume of He in the balloon.

assuming the balloon+gondola itself weighed ~20 lbs, if the kid weighed anything close to 60 lbs it would never have taken off with him in it.

if he weighed significantly less than this, 40 lbs?, the payload is still a significant fraction of the maximum possible, so the balloon would not have flown the way it did.

of course, i didn't see the video *right after* it left the ground. if the kid was light and fell out, then the video that i did eventually see is irrelevant...

cheers

col235555

2009-10-15 05:31:31 PM

/got nothin'

Clarkke25

2009-10-15 05:31:33 PM

pope183: I wonder if the boy is white enough to be on Nancy Grace ?

Only for half a day

prancer

2009-10-15 05:31:34 PM

They are also saying that it lifted up to 15000 feet, makes it hard to believe he was in there

King Wicker

2009-10-15 05:31:36 PM

Death_Poot: Q: What's the last thing that goes through a 6 yr olds' mind as he hits the ground from 1000 feet high?

His teeth.

pandabear

2009-10-15 05:31:37 PM

Those calculating the lift of the balloon--you're using STP. The balloon is/was in or near Denver (5280 ft above MSL), and reached a reported altitude of 8000 ft or so, where the air pressure (and thus density) is about 3/4 of standard. Mylar is not very elastic, so you may assume the volume of the balloon cannot change. Thus the weight of the displaced air is about 3/4 of what you are thinking.

Sticky Hands

2009-10-15 05:31:40 PM

angry bunny: ok so all of Colorado is watching this story. I've been trying to get a document filed in court and haven't been able to get ahold of anyone because there all watching 9 news.

oh awesome and now they're reporting that a deputy watched him fall out of the balloon and did apparently nothing... that's Weld county for you.

Well, what did you want the deputy to do? sprint over for the interception?

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:31:42 PM

jomyke: remainder of 42 by chance

ZOINKS now it really makes sense!

commonwhiteguy

2009-10-15 05:31:46 PM

Never Forget!

unlikely

2009-10-15 05:32:05 PM

blacksho89: unlikely

And packs a Kimber .45 to family gatherings.

Today she's also wearing a microphone. That's actually her they keep quoting in the story.

Julieahni

2009-10-15 05:32:19 PM

Baby Diego

2009-10-15 05:32:25 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33332120/ns/us_news-life/

Keep scraping the bottom of the barrel, news media. The guy apparently believes tornadoes are the key to antigravity and some amusing stuff about Mars / Cydonia.

*rolleyes*

SteelPeart

2009-10-15 05:32:27 PM

raygundan: Hey, new thread! If at all possible, could everyone re-post everything they posted in the last thread?

Falcon.

Wife Swap.

Splat. (from the "special" assholes that post here)

/you're welcome.

Secular Satanist

2009-10-15 05:32:29 PM

I saw the landing live on the tv box (live in Denver), there was nothing attached to the balloon when it landed.

shivashakti

2009-10-15 05:32:46 PM

Michael Jackson: Trying to seduce young boys even from Heaven.

fernt

2009-10-15 05:32:54 PM

naughty accountant: so one of his brother's "saw" him near the balloon and it sets off this chain of insanity. he's probably around the block but the family will never be able to admit it.

Thanks for that.

God dammit, leave it to FARK. I swear, if I want to know what's really going on, this is where I usually find it.

Which is truly, truly sad.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:33:05 PM

vygramul: LewDux: vygramul: WTOPNews might be onto something:

BunkyBrewman: He'll be found. It may not be by humans, but he'll be found by something that'll help complete the cycle of life.

Boxed lunch.

Hmmm, maybe something more like a complete picnic spread....

/stewardess, jack and coke please
//need a pillow too
///

puffy999

2009-10-15 05:33:08 PM

wet_dream: Damn you gravity... Damn you all to hell!!!

What's in the box?!

WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOOOXXXX?!!?

Kliffoth

2009-10-15 05:33:09 PM

Julieahni

Bottom!

Peter_B_Risen

2009-10-15 05:33:12 PM

The balloon looked pretty small when it landed. Could that even take off with a 6 year old kid?

How much does a 6 year old weigh?

RU_Rules

2009-10-15 05:33:15 PM

Good Lord! CNN people are such idiots! They are interviewing some little kid!

pisceandreamer

2009-10-15 05:33:20 PM

Barakku: Arg why can't one network stay on his? CNN was talking about healthcare before, then after I switched to Fox News they put on Glenn Beck.

CNN Headline News is still following it, and they sound like they would like to horse whip the other brothers to get more information.

Starryeyes

2009-10-15 05:33:22 PM

This kid fails at comedic timing.

swahnhennessy

2009-10-15 05:33:24 PM

I thought it was reported that he was never on the thing, and was hiding out? That's the trouble with 24-hour news networks - it's all conjecture half the time as they talk their way through their ignorance in an effort to break the story.

Drakonas

2009-10-15 05:33:30 PM

maybe he hitched a ride

img112.imageshack.us

homeschooled

2009-10-15 05:33:32 PM

Let's not all kid ourselves.... he's dead. Sad... but he's done.

Sticky Hands

2009-10-15 05:33:37 PM

pope183: I wonder if the boy is white enough to be on Nancy Grace ?

No, but the mom is Asian enough for Nancy to badger to death.

TehLydzz

2009-10-15 05:33:40 PM

linker3000: BUT do we know yet why there was an empty bottle of taco sauce in the shower?
its sooooo sad that I know what you are talking about

/soo sad

What happened about that in the end? Why DID his roommate have taco sauce in the shower? I found the thread, I can't be bothered to go through it all...

/I am also vaguely ashamed

Majin_Buu

2009-10-15 05:33:41 PM

Maybe he hitched a ride on the comet.

www.therowboat.com

Now being sought for questioning...

fireclown

2009-10-15 05:33:42 PM

If a psychic doesn't tells us where Falcon is, they hate children.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU, GELLER!

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:33:49 PM

pandabear: Thus the weight of the displaced air is about 3/4 of what you are thinking.

good point.

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 05:33:49 PM

Ironically, the boy called his father 'pop'.

dryknife

2009-10-15 05:33:54 PM

Help is on the way.

Farklee

2009-10-15 05:34:02 PM

Owangotang: At least if the kid lives he'll have one of the coolest nicknames around: Birdman. I wish I was called Birdman.

I like Matt or Art.

Pulled Pork

2009-10-15 05:34:10 PM

Secular Satanist: I saw the landing live on the tv box (live in Denver), there was nothing attached to the balloon when it landed.

Hooray for brand new information!

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:34:11 PM

unlikely: blacksho89: unlikely

And packs a Kimber .45 to family gatherings.

Today she's also wearing a microphone. That's actually her they keep quoting in the story.

So are you getting a kick out of this thread?

Somaticasual

2009-10-15 05:34:17 PM

unfortunately that "attachment point" was probably the link between the balloon and the gondola..

El Chode

2009-10-15 05:34:17 PM

Did anyone check South America?

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 05:34:17 PM

homeschooled: Let's not all kid ourselves.... he's dead. Sad... but he's done.

Ten bucks says crazy dad killed the kid then set the balloon off.

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:34:18 PM

Oh, gods, CNN is pulling out the science.

2009-10-15 05:34:25 PM

BunkyBrewman: d3

I am not about to search 40 pages of the previous thread for that. But yeah, if it were 20'x5' cylinder that would be over 1500 cu. ft. of helium, more than enough for an average 6 y.o. of 46 lbs.

eraser8

2009-10-15 05:34:31 PM

shivashakti: Michael Jackson: Trying to seduce young boys even from Heaven.

I shouldn't have laughed at that.

Abox

2009-10-15 05:34:39 PM

cksewell: BalloonTot! BalloonTot! BalloonTot! BalloonTot!

BalloonKnot! BalloonKnot! BalloonKnot! Balloon Knot!

tetsoushima

2009-10-15 05:34:41 PM

oldass31: mgbeach: He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

i508.photobucket.com

MONSTERTRUCK

2009-10-15 05:34:42 PM

I bet those kids didn't listen to Obama's speech about staying in school. No, they didn't have to go to school as they were already reality tv stars.

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:34:47 PM

El Chode: Did anyone check South America?

it's always the last place you check

Lex Kitten

2009-10-15 05:34:53 PM

Ban ballons! Ban tin foil! Ban 6 year olds!

tyethedye

2009-10-15 05:34:57 PM

gambitsgirl:

they may have and aren't releasiing it right away. Dead boy on live tv before parents are told is a breech of comm law

Correct smart lady. Next of kin or family must be notified first before press. Period.

Ninja Wicked

2009-10-15 05:35:00 PM

I am deeply moved by this story and hope that the media continue to update me on any new developments for the next 8 days.

wet_dream

2009-10-15 05:35:00 PM

Barakku

2009-10-15 05:35:03 PM

fernt: naughty accountant: so one of his brother's "saw" him near the balloon and it sets off this chain of insanity. he's probably around the block but the family will never be able to admit it.

Thanks for that.

God dammit, leave it to FARK. I swear, if I want to know what's really going on, this is where I usually find it.

Which is truly, truly sad.

My sis thought it was funny/sad that fark scooped LATimes when I emailed her.

SueDisco

2009-10-15 05:35:05 PM

Whomever posted the Weld EMS link, it sounds like they've found out the kid did fall from the basket.

ssssmashing

2009-10-15 05:35:06 PM

Police scanner just said he was not in basket and did a free fall.

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:35:10 PM

witchofthedogs: Oh, gods, CNN is pulling out the science.

I rely on Fark for my news. Yous people can watch the bullshiat and then post the translation

j4x

2009-10-15 05:35:11 PM

Is anyone listening to this EMS scanner? Saying something about free fall right now.

Dusk-You-n-Me

2009-10-15 05:35:19 PM

Starryeyes: This kid fails at comedic timing.

I totally tried to star this out of habit.

SteelPeart

2009-10-15 05:35:22 PM

Pariah.: Anyone got better scanner audio? Colorado State Patrol not saying anything on the search.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=302

THIS link just reported "not in a basket..he was in a free fall"

click the "EMS/FIRE" channel not Highway Patrol.

Pinner

2009-10-15 05:35:28 PM

Falcon punch line not cool.

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:35:31 PM

puffy999: wet_dream: Damn you gravity... Damn you all to hell!!!

What's in the box?!

WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOOOXXXX?!!?

Was I the only person who saw that "twist" coming the moment I saw the box?

a4dzac

2009-10-15 05:35:32 PM

Dispatch just said no other basket...just body in freefall.

shivashakti

2009-10-15 05:35:32 PM

Order a pizza.

You can have a few slices, then save the rest for the next day.

JunkyJu

2009-10-15 05:35:35 PM

You named the kid Falcon!
You should have expected this.

/Lou Gehrig

ptelg

2009-10-15 05:35:40 PM

TehLydzz: linker3000: BUT do we know yet why there was an empty bottle of taco sauce in the shower?
its sooooo sad that I know what you are talking about

/soo sad

What happened about that in the end? Why DID his roommate have taco sauce in the shower? I found the thread, I can't be bothered to go through it all...

/I am also vaguely ashamed

Wow, I remember that thread too...

drjekel_mrhyde

2009-10-15 05:35:44 PM

Last seen watching this

cloister the stupid

2009-10-15 05:35:48 PM

muwahaha Darwin strikes again!

Treygreen13

2009-10-15 05:35:51 PM

ssssmashing: Police scanner just said he was not in basket and did a free fall.

Keep in mind that they don't know for sure.

cksewell

2009-10-15 05:35:52 PM

10/15/1928, the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed in Lakehurst, N.J., completing its first commercial flight across the Atlantic.

Coincidence? I think not!

The Ninj'

2009-10-15 05:35:53 PM

even if he did get up in the air, the already high altitude and being higher up may have caused him to pass out and fall out.

However, being already high up would make it a bit more difficult to actually get enough lift to get high enough into the air where it would be hard to breathe. The kid could have fallen out and been killed being less than 20 feet up though.

I'm just going to put my money on him being dead, final answer.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 05:36:00 PM

50 Mile path?!

Sheeeesh!!

Blitzer

2009-10-15 05:36:04 PM

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:36:09 PM

tyethedye: gambitsgirl:

they may have and aren't releasiing it right away. Dead boy on live tv before parents are told is a breech of comm law

Correct smart lady. Next of kin or family must be notified first before press. Period.

Haye you. I DID pay attention in class :D

cute and smurt :D

Omnivorous

2009-10-15 05:36:09 PM

Heisenberg says it's uncertain where Falcon is.

/What are the other kids names in this family?

GaryPDX

2009-10-15 05:36:11 PM

Oh shiat... Weld Cty fire and rescue is talking "free fall", not fell from basket. Not good.

yelmrog

2009-10-15 05:36:13 PM

wet_dream

Keep trying. You may get the chastisement you so desperately crave, if you don't give up.

InferiousX

2009-10-15 05:36:14 PM

I missed the previous thread so I'm assuming the irony of this kid's name has already been covered in great detail....

mekkab

2009-10-15 05:36:20 PM

Knucklepopper: homeschooled: Let's not all kid ourselves.... he's dead. Sad... but he's done.

Ten bucks says crazy dad killed the kid then set the balloon off.

why... it's perfect! No one will suspect a thing! Kids steal hot air baloons all the time and end up dead... I'm sure to get away with it!

NeuroticRocker

2009-10-15 05:36:25 PM

Its has begun.

Denver Channel News just equated the flying to being like a video game..

Let the blame wars begin

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:36:32 PM

gambitsgirl: I rely on Fark for my news. Yous people can watch the bullshiat and then post the translation

Generally, I do, too. But it's been a while since I've watched (and subsequently screamed at) a cable news station. Tonight's as good a time as any to get my fix.

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:36:35 PM

a4dzac: Dispatch just said no other basket...just body in freefall.

Oh Shiat.

please keep us informed. much more relevant than these goofy lift calculations...

Little Bunny Foo Foo

2009-10-15 05:36:38 PM

Google Earth may have just gotten more interesting...

TsukasaK

2009-10-15 05:36:39 PM

Baby Diego: Keep scraping the bottom of the barrel, news media. The guy apparently believes tornadoes are the key to antigravity and some amusing stuff about Mars / Cydonia.

It's not news, its entertainment.

/agrees with giving equal time to nutjobs
//makes them all the more nutty and disprovable in front of everyone

gorgor

2009-10-15 05:36:40 PM

Sticky Hands: gorgor: Will there be beer at these parties?
And brats?

No, the brat is missing.

Fuuuuuuu
Beating up brats with a baseball bat gets you kicked out of the beer garden.

ptelg

2009-10-15 05:36:45 PM

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 05:36:46 PM

witchofthedogs: Oh, gods, CNN is pulling out the science.

Here it comes

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:36:46 PM

From the updated article:

There is now a very large search in the area, moving through high grass.

9NEWS has a digital picture of the balloon showing some sort of black object underneath it. Experts we talked to do not think the speck is a bird or something on the camera lens.

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 05:36:53 PM

Death_Poot: Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

You really should put ice on that hurting pu$$y of yours. You must be a real barrel of laughs to be around being that uptight.

________________

A blonde and a 6 year old fall out a balloon at the same time. Which one will hit the ground first?

The 6 yr old , because the blonde has to ask for directions.

j4x

2009-10-15 05:37:00 PM

They said the basket was tied close and the kid couldn't have gotten into it.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:37:03 PM

GaryPDX

2009-10-15 05:37:05 PM

j4x: Is anyone listening to this EMS scanner? Saying something about free fall right now.

Yaa..me too..not good.

One Thirty-two and Bush

2009-10-15 05:37:07 PM

He's crawling into Jesus' box now.

Rann Xerox

2009-10-15 05:37:08 PM

Mayor Bee: Nancy Grace is praying that they don't find him for at least three months.

It's events like this that makes Nancy Grace's va-jay-jay all nice and wet:

i78.photobucket.com

See?

SueDisco

2009-10-15 05:37:22 PM

Pod was tied close with string when the craft landed. Now they're checking to make sure there was no secondary capsule.

eagles95

2009-10-15 05:37:26 PM

johnpiercy: Dad probably took his Xbox away from him ...
Why wasnt he in school ?

Was reading that this family homeschooled their kids. A crazy WifeSwap Family. Trying to find episode online.

NittLion78

2009-10-15 05:37:28 PM

"Look, sir: boys!"

img87.imageshack.us

Merkin Muffley

2009-10-15 05:37:32 PM

Scanner is reporting it was tied shut with nylon.

PlymouthMeetingMall

2009-10-15 05:37:35 PM

jiffy pop

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 05:37:42 PM

ssssmashing: Police scanner just said he was not in basket and did a free fall.

Disappointed his services will not be needed.

i34.tinypic.com

bighairyguy

2009-10-15 05:37:48 PM

wet_dream: Damn you gravity... Damn you all to hell!!!

A closer look:

SomeoneDumb

2009-10-15 05:37:52 PM

I hope it's all just a mixup and the kid's ok. Also that the family can cash in before the next kid falls in a well.

RogerDodger

2009-10-15 05:38:04 PM

Somewhere, George W Bush is wondering if this is yet another CRUEL HOAX????

mekkab

2009-10-15 05:38:07 PM

InferiousX: I missed the previous thread so I'm assuming the irony of this kid's name has already been covered in great detail....

we'll even spot you a few guffaws and assume you came up with them, too!

/missed the prev thread as well

colon_pow

2009-10-15 05:38:07 PM

maybe the angels took him home to heaven.

or the space bats vaporized him like an earlier farker suggested.

pestluvr

2009-10-15 05:38:10 PM

Sounds like they just said over the Colorado State Patrol audio that there's no way the kid could have fallen out... but the quality's sketchy, I could have misread.

Mort_Q

2009-10-15 05:38:11 PM

tedbundee: I WANT TO BEALIVE

Rev.K: Such win.

Such guilt-inducing win.

Indeed.

eraser8

2009-10-15 05:38:12 PM

Omnivorous: Heisenberg says it's uncertain where Falcon is.

/What are the other kids names in this family?

Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig

nekom

2009-10-15 05:38:15 PM

Any official word on anything? Sounds like the chances that he never was in the balloon aren't very good now, unfortunately.

netweavr

2009-10-15 05:38:19 PM

Merkin Muffley: Scanner is reporting it was tied shut with nylon.

Tied from the outside.

Think about this.

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 05:38:28 PM

Rann Xerox: Mayor Bee: Nancy Grace is praying that they don't find him for at least three months.

It's events like this that makes Nancy Grace's va-jay-jay all nice and wet:

I just choked on my gum.

See?

louiedog

2009-10-15 05:38:34 PM

NeuroticRocker: Its has begun.

Denver Channel News just equated the flying to being like a video game..

Let the blame wars begin

Great. Because the family has a video on their youtube account showing how to repair scratched video game discs and the dad mentions they have 50+.

yelmrog

2009-10-15 05:38:42 PM

Death_Poot: Death_Poot: Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

You really should put ice on that hurting pu$$y of yours. You must be a real barrel of laughs to be around being that uptight.

________________

A blonde and a 6 year old fall out a balloon at the same time. Which one will hit the ground first?

The 6 yr old , because the blonde has to ask for directions.

Ho, Ho, Ho.

Boy, you keep'em coming man, and we'll keep laughing! You're even funnier than Leno, I swear!

I Vote For Nader

2009-10-15 05:38:42 PM

bighairyguy: wet_dream: Damn you gravity... Damn you all to hell!!!

A closer look:

I think I shall call it, wind!

nesler

2009-10-15 05:38:50 PM

GaryPDX: Oh shiat... Weld Cty fire and rescue is talking "free fall", not fell from basket. Not good.

They're saying that because they're reporting that the capsule was intact and sealed, and he could not have fallen out of it. The guy on the feed said that they need to find out if there was a secondary capsule.

Thus the remark that if he fell, it would have had to have been a freefall.

Oldiron_79

2009-10-15 05:38:51 PM

so could the kid bullseye womp rats from it

triptik

2009-10-15 05:38:53 PM

But did they recover the popcorn?
3.bp.blogspot.com

/hot like fresh jiffy pop

Xlr8urfark

2009-10-15 05:38:55 PM

NeuroticRocker: Its has begun.

Denver Channel News just equated the flying to being like a video game..

Let the blame wars begin

How did I know anyone but the parents would be blamed? Shouldn't the kid be in school or something? Bueller?

MrCheeks

2009-10-15 05:39:05 PM

NittLion78: "Look, sir: boys!"

Damnit that made me LOL.

El Chode

2009-10-15 05:39:09 PM

eraser8: Omnivorous: Heisenberg says it's uncertain where Falcon is.

/What are the other kids names in this family?

Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig

Tikkitikkitembonosarembocharibariruchipipperipembo

His brother's name is Cheng.

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:39:10 PM

Death_Poot: Death_Poot: Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

You really should put ice on that hurting pu$$y of yours. You must be a real barrel of laughs to be around being that uptight.

________________

A blonde and a 6 year old fall out a balloon at the same time. Which one will hit the ground first?

The 6 yr old , because the blonde has to ask for directions.

dude are you still crying because I told you you're not funny? are you BBspot? that guy cries just like the little biatch you are

WizardofToast

2009-10-15 05:39:19 PM

NeuroticRocker

Its has begun.

Denver Channel News just equated the flying to being like a video game..

Let the blame wars begin

I blame Garry's Mod for his inspirations to attach balloons to ragdolls. He thought he should do it himself.

squishy2

2009-10-15 05:39:21 PM

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 05:39:26 PM

Did anybody check the boys twitter "Im coming out"

StreetlightInTheGhetto

2009-10-15 05:39:28 PM

mgbeach: He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

Damn you for making me laugh!

Not as much as the Filiam H Muffman pic in the first thread, but I'm going to hell nonetheless...

drjekel_mrhyde

2009-10-15 05:39:30 PM

witchofthedogs: Oh, gods, CNN is pulling out the science.

Atleast they are covering it

Doctor Funkenstein

2009-10-15 05:39:30 PM

NittLion78: "Look, sir: boys!"

LOL!

luckyeddie

2009-10-15 05:39:32 PM

Der Poopflinger: El Chode: Did anyone check South America?

it's always the last place you check

Did you look behind the fridge?

/Cat

breed

2009-10-15 05:39:33 PM

i cant believe so man y people care.

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 05:39:35 PM

yelmrog Quote 2009-10-15 05:38:42 PM

Thanks! I try........how well I do?

boner4usall

2009-10-15 05:39:36 PM

did anyone check in my pants?

scrapetv.com

Control_this

2009-10-15 05:39:42 PM

What's the terminal velocity of that kid? Sometimes they bounce. Ya never know.

InferiousX

2009-10-15 05:39:42 PM

ptelg: TehLydzz: linker3000: BUT do we know yet why there was an empty bottle of taco sauce in the shower?
its sooooo sad that I know what you are talking about

/soo sad

What happened about that in the end? Why DID his roommate have taco sauce in the shower? I found the thread, I can't be bothered to go through it all...

/I am also vaguely ashamed

Wow, I remember that thread too...

Wasn't the conclusion of that thread that the guy was basically making the whole story up?

Cagey B

2009-10-15 05:39:43 PM

On the plus side, this gives parents a new disciplinary tool using only an inexpensive large mylar balloon tied up in the backyard.

"SHADDUP BILLY OR YER GOIN' IN THE BALLOON!"

TehLydzz

2009-10-15 05:39:48 PM

ptelg: TehLydzz: linker3000: BUT do we know yet why there was an empty bottle of taco sauce in the shower?
its sooooo sad that I know what you are talking about

/soo sad

What happened about that in the end? Why DID his roommate have taco sauce in the shower? I found the thread, I can't be bothered to go through it all...

/I am also vaguely ashamed

also do you have the thread number for that...

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4080223&startid=47085157

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:39:51 PM

Obama doesn't care about balloon boys.....

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 05:39:55 PM

Scanner is reporting suspect is hatless...I repeat, hatless

scalpod

2009-10-15 05:40:00 PM

Owangotang: At least if the kid lives he'll have one of the coolest nicknames around: Birdman. I wish I was called Birdman.

advocatesstudio.files.wordpress.com

Behold, the power of attorney!

Bit'O'Gristle

2009-10-15 05:40:11 PM

It looks from the video, and from what i've heard, that there was a second compartment that was below the circular part. That second part was not seen, which leads me to believe that it detached sometime during the flight, and the boy fell to his death. I hope it's all a hoax..but god help the boy and his family. He's probably gone.

EL_FABREZ

2009-10-15 05:40:12 PM

VlagimarPutin

2009-10-15 05:40:15 PM

Ok, the EMS feed says the basket was tied shut with nylon and he couldnt have been in there, how could he even possibly have been lifted up by it then? Sitting on top of the thing?

This story is officially being upgraded from "fishy" to "dubious".

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:40:17 PM

Wolf: Obviously, this was a backyard project that got out of control.

*blinks*

jennyz

2009-10-15 05:40:24 PM

From the Ireport link earlier:

"Mr. Richard Heene, it's been 2 years since the accident. Please pay us the money the court ordered you to pay us. $4,500 + interest is due. You know our number and how to get in touch with us.

Sincerely, the Garcia Family - victims of your reckless driving and expired insurance."

Hmmm...

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 05:40:37 PM

I wonder if Nancy Grace will have something to say about this?

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:40:38 PM

breed: i cant believe so man y people care.

I think more people care about what happened to the boy, it's like a scooby doo mystery

TheQuest35

2009-10-15 05:40:45 PM

Ahh really this is why I come to Fark... (used to be 4chan) I come unhappy and leave guilty about feeling good after reading comments.

GaryPDX

2009-10-15 05:40:47 PM

nesler: GaryPDX: Oh shiat... Weld Cty fire and rescue is talking "free fall", not fell from basket. Not good.

They're saying that because they're reporting that the capsule was intact and sealed, and he could not have fallen out of it. The guy on the feed said that they need to find out if there was a secondary capsule.

Thus the remark that if he fell, it would have had to have been a freefall.

I hope it's just speculation. They're talking about sending trailers too..ugghh.

Cup_O_Jo

2009-10-15 05:40:48 PM

Ninja Wicked: I am deeply moved by this story and hope that the media continue to update me on any new developments for the next 8 days.

LMFAO..

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 05:40:49 PM

tyethedye: Correct smart lady. Next of kin or family must be notified first before press. Period.

It's a breach of decency; but it's not illegal.

Rawiya

2009-10-15 05:40:49 PM

triptik: But did they recover the popcorn?

/hot like fresh jiffy pop

Priorities, you know.

/mmm, jiffy pop

half-mad-genius

2009-10-15 05:40:57 PM

Is a missing boy as important as a missing white girl?

Depends, is he white?

Teodoro

2009-10-15 05:41:03 PM

About the communications law thing:

It's certainly policy everywhere, but comm law is incredibly variable by state.

tyethedye

2009-10-15 05:41:03 PM

gambitsgirl:

Haye you. I DID pay attention in class :D

cute and smurt :D

I'm sorry did you say something?

/was distracted by your smile
//ok and your bewbs

nesler

2009-10-15 05:41:05 PM

netweavr: Merkin Muffley: Scanner is reporting it was tied shut with nylon.

Tied from the outside.

Think about this.

Yeah, so either the kid grabbed onto one of the lines, tried to ride on top of the box, or was never on/in it.

El Chode

2009-10-15 05:41:05 PM

witchofthedogs: Wolf: Obviously, this was a backyard project that got out of control.

*blinks*

I thought the only thing we do know is that the balloon was not made for this kid to take, and he went full retard without telling anyone.

forkandspoon2008

2009-10-15 05:41:12 PM

bighairyguy: wet_dream: Damn you gravity... Damn you all to hell!!!

A closer look:

I love you

Redwing

2009-10-15 05:41:32 PM

HE STOLE MY BALLOON!

El Chode

2009-10-15 05:41:40 PM

Lloyd Braun: I wonder if Nancy Grace will have something to say about this?

Only if he was raped and he suddenly becomes a little white girl

tetsoushima

2009-10-15 05:41:52 PM

Police are combing the Rockies.
i508.photobucket.com

netweavr

2009-10-15 05:42:02 PM

nesler: netweavr: Merkin Muffley: Scanner is reporting it was tied shut with nylon.

Tied from the outside.

Think about this.

Yeah, so either the kid grabbed onto one of the lines, tried to ride on top of the box, or was never on/in it.

6 year old kid won't be able to hold on during initial lift.

He won't fit on top of it.

Ergo...

SapperInTexas

2009-10-15 05:42:04 PM

bighairyguy: wet_dream: Damn you gravity... Damn you all to hell!!!

A closer look:

Well done.

doubled99

2009-10-15 05:42:09 PM

Hold on Falcon, I'ma let you finish, but the Lindbergh baby pulled the greatest child dissapearance of all time. Of all time!"

Doctor Funkenstein

2009-10-15 05:42:13 PM

half-mad-genius: Is a missing boy as important as a missing white girl?

Depends, is he white?

I heard he has a little chink in the armor.

/runs away

Oldiron_79

2009-10-15 05:42:17 PM

Lloyd Braun: I wonder if Nancy Grace will have something to say about this?

hmm, blonde white kid...... Does a bear shiat in the woods?

nrdgrl

2009-10-15 05:42:23 PM

so, how much therapy will the older brother need for luring his annoying baby brother into the balloon and letting it go?

Control_this

2009-10-15 05:42:26 PM

netweavr: Tied from the outside.

Think about this.

Duh duh duuuuuuuh. (queue drama hamster)

wild9

2009-10-15 05:42:28 PM

Keep the scanner updates coming please! I am in a place where I cannot turn on any sound.

GaryPDX

2009-10-15 05:42:33 PM

okay..they're working a grid search..whew.

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 05:42:37 PM

"I think more people care about what happened to the boy, it's like a scooby doo mystery"

And he would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for that meddling pavement!

SlashW

2009-10-15 05:42:37 PM

I can't stop reading this thread. Help me, Obi Wan.

LewDux

2009-10-15 05:42:44 PM

puffy999: wet_dream: Damn you gravity... Damn you all to hell!!!

What's in the box?!

WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOOOXXXX?!!?

Pain

at80eighty

2009-10-15 05:42:56 PM

Nitt, its amazing how you always make Star Wars relevant to a thread

Falcon Hunter

2009-10-15 05:42:59 PM

Wanted for questioning.

/hot as air.

nesler

2009-10-15 05:43:04 PM

GaryPDX: I hope it's just speculation. They're talking about sending trailers too..ugghh.

A trailer? How about they just grab a box of hefty bags?

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:43:05 PM

El Chode: I thought the only thing we do know is that the balloon was not made for this kid to take, and he went full retard without telling anyone.

I've decided to give up on figuring out what is going on and just listen to Wolf Blitzer make things up as he stands there. I'm also waiting for that jackass at the touch screen to get electrocuted the next time he tries to be slick with his diagrams.

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:43:09 PM

Death_Poot: "I think more people care about what happened to the boy, it's like a scooby doo mystery"

And he would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for that meddling pavement!

still not funny, getting closer though

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:43:19 PM

Teodoro: About the communications law thing:

It's certainly policy everywhere, but comm law is incredibly variable by state.

Agreed but they will make all attempts to tell the parents first since they are there

tyethedye: gambitsgirl:

Haye you. I DID pay attention in class :D

cute and smurt :D

I'm sorry did you say something?

/was distracted by your smile
//ok and your bewbs

*thwack*

pisceandreamer

2009-10-15 05:43:29 PM

And the runner up for Parent of the Year is the morons that just chucked *their* kid in front of the cameras...

Oldiron_79

2009-10-15 05:43:30 PM

tetsoushima: Police are combing the Rockies.

we ain't fount shiat

missmarsha

2009-10-15 05:43:35 PM

tinyarena

2009-10-15 05:43:45 PM

Uh-Uh-Uh...
Now?! Now?!
*I think I'm WET*
Now?! Uh-Uh-Uh!

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:43:56 PM

at80eighty: Nitt, its amazing how you always make Star Wars relevant to a thread

star wars is always relevant, even when it's irrelevant it's still relevant

SueDisco

2009-10-15 05:44:11 PM

They're just relaying where they're searching right now. Directions and stuff..."We're moving northeast towards XYZ road..."

SomeoneDumb

2009-10-15 05:44:18 PM

drjekel_mrhyde: witchofthedogs: Oh, gods, CNN is pulling out the science.

Atleast they are covering it

Why? Does this fit anyone's definition of news? Sure, it's a tragedy if the boy died and there's no doubt dramatic footage, but it's more filler than news.

/Not every happenstance needs coverage

acaciaavenue

2009-10-15 05:44:19 PM

at80eighty: I DON'T WANT TO BEREAVE

RACIST!

liverpoolumd

2009-10-15 05:44:43 PM

The stock market went up today people.... the kid had to fall down.

Sacrifices were made....

All hail lord Greenspan.

RogerDodger

2009-10-15 05:45:00 PM

Didn't Joaquin Phoenix have some balloon that followed him around?

Maybe they should ask him what happened.

Superjoe

2009-10-15 05:45:02 PM

How is the balloon? Is it OK?

Layzerd

2009-10-15 05:45:04 PM

witchofthedogs: Wolf: Obviously, this was a backyard project that got out of control.

*blinks*

I'm amazed by the serious stupidity of the CNN broadcast. They are actually bringing in "balloon experts" to explain this scenario.

Wolf- "looks like some sort of flying saucer"

Reminds me of Wolf's "So poor, so black" comment during Katrina (google it).

tarvuz

2009-10-15 05:45:11 PM

I assume his death would be categorized as hilarious by fark.com due to his not having a fark.com account. Please let me know if this is accurate!

WizardofToast

2009-10-15 05:45:13 PM

Falcon Hunter

Wanted for questioning

Your username leaves you wanted for questioning. Tell me, did you release the balloon while he was just looking inside?

PlymouthMeetingMall

2009-10-15 05:45:17 PM

this is like that time that thing fell out of that ship in District 9. And then they reattached the thing to the ship and everyone went home happy.

Pariah.

2009-10-15 05:45:20 PM

They are expanding the search northwards.

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 05:45:26 PM

SueDisco: They're just relaying where they're searching right now. Directions and stuff..."We're moving northeast towards XYZ road..."

Oh God, XYZ road is notorious for this stuff. :(

bighairyguy

2009-10-15 05:45:30 PM

SueDisco: They're just relaying where they're searching right now. Directions and stuff..."We're moving northeast towards XYZ road..."

Have they checked LMNOP Road yet?

squishy2

2009-10-15 05:45:31 PM

homeschooled

2009-10-15 05:45:35 PM

at80eighty: Nitt, its amazing how you always make Star Wars relevant to a thread

I truly believe you two are in a secret relationship.

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 05:45:43 PM

I blame Obama.

boner4usall

2009-10-15 05:45:47 PM

wow maan! whatever that is maan, looks narley maan!

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:45:53 PM

Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

yes, it's parents are relieved

bigbadideasinaction

2009-10-15 05:45:57 PM

Barakku: fernt: naughty accountant: so one of his brother's "saw" him near the balloon and it sets off this chain of insanity. he's probably around the block but the family will never be able to admit it.

Thanks for that.

God dammit, leave it to FARK. I swear, if I want to know what's really going on, this is where I usually find it.

Which is truly, truly sad.

My sis thought it was funny/sad that fark scooped LATimes when I emailed her.

For fark's sake, it used to be that "scoop" meant "we did the investigative research and found out something truly new and special" instead of "we type faster and updated the database sooner"

stuff like this makes me sad for journalism.

Ponzholio

2009-10-15 05:46:00 PM

GaryPDX: okay..they're working a grid search..whew.

If he did fall/jump out. It'll be real easy for Normie to find ~~Aunt Edna~~ him. All he has to do is look for the buzzards.

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:46:00 PM

SomeoneDumb: drjekel_mrhyde: witchofthedogs: Oh, gods, CNN is pulling out the science.

Atleast they are covering it

Why? Does this fit anyone's definition of news? Sure, it's a tragedy if the boy died and there's no doubt dramatic footage, but it's more filler than news.

/Not every happenstance needs coverage

If you have 24 hours to fill, you take what you can get. Then you fill the rest of the time with random speculation and "experts."

Pinner

2009-10-15 05:46:06 PM

liverpoolumd: The stock market went up today people.... the kid had to fall down.

Sacrifices were made....

All hail lord Greenspan.

...or Cameron Diaz pushed the red button....

OnlyM3

2009-10-15 05:46:07 PM

From the early posts in the original thread

nekom [TotalFark] 2009-10-15 02:22:49 PM
I Said: Of course. I really hope it does. How awesome of a story is that for the rest of your life?

Kid will probably grow up to be the next Steve Fawcett.

Wow how's that for hitting the nail on the head. Now this kid is missing too!

// poster should open a psycic hotline
// Hope the insane parents are just pulling some media hoax
//// ... and that the locals tar and feather them when it is found out.

Dire

2009-10-15 05:46:10 PM

I watched the live video for a while (about an hour prior to touchdown until the end) and saw it land. The thing on the bottom (gondola?) was attached the whole time. Unless there was something else that was attached to that structure before I tuned in. Are there any pics of what this thing looked like before takeoff?

Kaka

2009-10-15 05:46:12 PM

can someone please re-post the YouTube we thought was fake?

I am Ahab

2009-10-15 05:46:19 PM

Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

It was beaten to death with shovels upon landing.

Manic_Repressive

2009-10-15 05:46:25 PM

Wanted for questioning:

i106.photobucket.com

choo

2009-10-15 05:46:28 PM

It was a stupid prank, he's hiding in a barn...

/12 monkees

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:46:30 PM

Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

it got shovelled pretty good right after it landed.

The family should sue for the several k$ of helium that was in there.

j/k

Iron Chef Scottish

2009-10-15 05:46:37 PM

Sprang to mind.
4.bp.blogspot.com

hagemand

2009-10-15 05:46:49 PM

E! online says the kid wasn't in the baloon.
So case solved!
You can always trust E!

Tex_Arkana

2009-10-15 05:47:00 PM

Considering Dad's already a proven attention whore (ala wife swap),
would it be so ridiculous to suggest that he told the kid to hide,
released the balloon and called the police and media?
After the child is "found" he will tell the media how he accidentally unhooked the balloon and got scared & hid
and mom, dad and tots will be on every cheesy chat show and news outlet reviving their 15 minutes of fame.

An Americans will lap it up.
Silly doggies.

but - that's just one possible scenario.

Falcon Hunter

2009-10-15 05:47:03 PM

WizardofToast: Falcon Hunter

Wanted for questioning

Your username leaves you wanted for questioning. Tell me, did you release the balloon while he was just looking inside?

Oh Shi-

It completely slipped my mind!

Serendipity!!! (Check the acct creation date!)

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:47:08 PM

Some balloons just aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are too bright. And you rejoice when they are set free, but still you miss them all the same.'

homeschooled

2009-10-15 05:47:08 PM

This is all George Bush's fault.

pestluvr

2009-10-15 05:47:09 PM

chandie

2009-10-15 05:47:17 PM

Der Poopflinger: Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

yes, it's parents are relieved

Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

Every day they have to convince it that it's still a balloon.

Balrog

2009-10-15 05:47:23 PM

This just in. Never was a basket/box. Cops searching for boy hiding in park by his house.

EmployeeOfTheMinute

2009-10-15 05:47:32 PM

Here's to you, Falcon, for thinking outside the box!

SueDisco

2009-10-15 05:47:34 PM

Contrabulous Flabtraption: SueDisco: They're just relaying where they're searching right now. Directions and stuff..."We're moving northeast towards XYZ road..."

Oh God, XYZ road is notorious for this stuff. :(

bighairyguy: SueDisco: They're just relaying where they're searching right now. Directions and stuff..."We're moving northeast towards XYZ road..."

Have they checked LMNOP Road yet?

Smartasses.

missmarsha

2009-10-15 05:47:43 PM

So... should these parents be charged with reckless endangerment
/or murder?

MoiKeA

2009-10-15 05:47:46 PM

I did some quick calculations hoping to determine that the balloon couldn't have lifted the boy. Was disappointed to find it could potentially lift as much as 90 lbs. A six-year-old boy averages 46 lbs, which seems to leave plenty of additional capacity for the weight of the mylar balloon itself.

Manhigh

2009-10-15 05:47:48 PM

Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

No the rescuers stabbed and bludgeoned it with a shovel.

smoothvirus

2009-10-15 05:47:49 PM

KDVR has video of the balloon taking off..

Paryb

2009-10-15 05:47:54 PM

so anybody have a link to wolf blitzer blabbering? Or is that just on TV?

ju66l3r

2009-10-15 05:47:54 PM

See, I told you Obama didn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

NittLion78

2009-10-15 05:47:58 PM

at80eighty: Nitt, its amazing how you always make Star Wars relevant to a thread

I find your abundance of faith reassuring...

www.utdallas.edu

Treygreen13

2009-10-15 05:48:02 PM

Iron Chef Scottish: Sprang to mind.

Congratulations, you're the first person to think about Koko B. Ware in 3 years.

dholway

2009-10-15 05:48:03 PM

For we can flyyyyyyy!!!! (new window)

LineNoise

2009-10-15 05:48:11 PM

wjllope: Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

it got shovelled pretty good right after it landed.

The family should sue for the several k$ of helium that was in there.

j/k

The best part about it was, after they threw dirt on the thing, and beat the living hell out of it with shovels, they put police tape up around it.

"Watch it lou, don't want to step on that thing and ruin our evidence"

simian04

2009-10-15 05:48:16 PM

EmployeeOfTheMinute: So, if a six-year old falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear him, does he make a noise?

Oh yes. A dull, wet thud.

BAKup

2009-10-15 05:48:21 PM

balloonboy was clearly Michael Jackson ordering take-out in heaven.... too soon?

angry bunny

2009-10-15 05:48:23 PM

Sticky Hands: angry bunny: ok so all of Colorado is watching this story. I've been trying to get a document filed in court and haven't been able to get ahold of anyone because there all watching 9 news.

oh awesome and now they're reporting that a deputy watched him fall out of the balloon and did apparently nothing... that's Weld county for you.

Well, what did you want the deputy to do? sprint over for the interception?

well at least check out that area after you notice an object falling from the balloon. It appears that what he did was leave the area wait for the balloon to come down and then when balloon landed sans child he went ahead and let everyone know that they shouldn't be so shocked because he saw something fall out the balloon.

It's just not a well thought out plan. However the interception idea works too

klymen

2009-10-15 05:48:25 PM

There is no kid, it's all made up.

/Falcon? yea right.

lochinvarr

2009-10-15 05:48:25 PM

What is the lifting capacity of the balloon? Could it really lift the kid and the wooden box?

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 05:48:27 PM

Whoa new footage of it just leaving from a neighbors camera...creeepy

at80eighty

2009-10-15 05:48:38 PM

acaciaavenue: RACIST!

TOUCHE SIR!!!

Kaka

2009-10-15 05:48:41 PM

Manhigh: Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK?

No the rescuers stabbed and bludgeoned it with a shovel.

But first they threw dirt on it...

/slaps head

NittLion78

2009-10-15 05:48:43 PM

homeschooled: at80eighty: Nitt, its amazing how you always make Star Wars relevant to a thread

I truly believe you two are in a secret relationship.

he's my SEEKRIT MUSLIN terrist luver

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:49:01 PM

BAKup: balloonboy was clearly Michael Jackson ordering take-out in heaven.... too soon?

no, just not funny, extremely lame, you should be ashamed for making up such crap

missmarsha

2009-10-15 05:49:07 PM

Kaka: can someone please re-post the YouTube we thought was fake?

Link (new window) watch at 13 secs

SueDisco

2009-10-15 05:49:14 PM

Well, he's not in Highland Meadows Parkway or surrounding neighborhoods. The search has been finished there.

cksewell

2009-10-15 05:49:15 PM

BAKup: balloonboy was clearly Michael Jackson ordering take-out in heaven.... too soon?

I rored

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:49:16 PM

Superjoe: How is the balloon? Is it OK

Did you see the dude beating it with a shovel?

acaciaavenue

2009-10-15 05:49:21 PM

at80eighty: acaciaavenue: RACIST!

TOUCHE SIR!!!

Hahaha

RU_Rules

2009-10-15 05:49:21 PM

Geez, the NTSB is being interviewed on CNN. I am sure the "Met blimp" might come under their purview, but just how many other dirigibles carrying passengers are there in the US?

\I can haz my 1936 back?
\\Is this TranZep Air? I'd like to book passage for a flight tomorrow... yes, NY to Berlin. Oh, there is a choice between a hydrogen flight and a helium flight?

I am Ahab

2009-10-15 05:49:28 PM

Stroke_N_Focus: Whoa new footage of it just leaving from a neighbors camera...creeepy

Links?

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:49:36 PM

lochinvarr: What is the lifting capacity of the balloon? Could it really lift the kid and the wooden box?

somewhere between enough and not enough

gorgor

2009-10-15 05:49:41 PM

Nancy Grace's box reporting in.
http://tinyurl.com/yhqfe4r
(copy and paste)

star_topology

2009-10-15 05:49:42 PM

Knucklepopper: homeschooled: Let's not all kid ourselves.... he's dead. Sad... but he's done.

Ten bucks says crazy dad killed the kid then set the balloon off.

Oh wait, hang on...
*Rustles through desk papers, finds tinfoil hat*
Ok, let's do this.

I think the kid launched the balloon himself, and made an elaborate in an effort to lash out against his family for not giving him enough attention.

zombie.Michael Jackson

2009-10-15 05:49:44 PM

What a waste.

smoothvirus

2009-10-15 05:49:55 PM

What is the lifting capacity of the balloon? Could it really lift the kid and the wooden box?

About 66 pounds but that's not accounting for a launch altitude of 5300 feet ASL

forkandspoon2008

2009-10-15 05:49:56 PM

Barock Obama doesn't like half white half Asian people.

Ecliptic

2009-10-15 05:50:00 PM

missmarsha: So... should these parents be charged with reckless endangerment
/or murder?

Yes... living with knowing they were stupid and (potentionally) got their child killed is not enough. Punish them! Ruin their lives more and make damned sure their remaining children are farked up for life from not only losing a brother but watching their parents rot in jail.

I hate people like you (if it wasn't obvious).

cksewell

2009-10-15 05:50:14 PM

missmarsha: Kaka: can someone please re-post the YouTube we thought was fake?

Link (new window) watch at 13 secs

Removed!

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:50:33 PM

lochinvarr: What is the lifting capacity of the balloon? Could it really lift the kid and the wooden box?
'Are you suggesting balloons migrate?'

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 05:50:34 PM

bigbadideasinaction: stuff like this makes me sad for journalism.

Fark didn't scoop shiat; Channel 9, the local broadcast btw, got the story first.

bongmiester

2009-10-15 05:50:43 PM

wolf can talk about this for 5 hours but can only give 10 minutes or less to health care reform?

Kaka

2009-10-15 05:50:47 PM

missmarsha: Kaka: can someone please re-post the YouTube we thought was fake?

Link (new window) watch at 13 secs

Been removed due to "a privacy violation"

The plot thickens

Barakku

2009-10-15 05:50:53 PM

bigbadideasinaction: Barakku:My sis thought it was funny/sad that fark scooped LATimes when I emailed her.

For fark's sake, it used to be that "scoop" meant "we did the investigative research and found out something truly new and special" instead of "we type faster and updated the database sooner"

stuff like this makes me sad for journalism.

Just how the internet works. The most important part is the headline and a link to the real story, and just about anyone can break that.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 05:50:57 PM

I am Ahab: Stroke_N_Focus: Whoa new footage of it just leaving from a neighbors camera...creeepy

Links?

http://www.kdvr.com/news/livestreaming/

the guy filming it at one point goes "They aint getting that back"

Falcon Hunter

2009-10-15 05:51:00 PM

klymen: There is no kid, it's all made up.

/Falcon? yea right.

What? That's a perfectly acceptable name!

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:51:10 PM

Insert_Obscure_80's_Pop_Culture_Reference_Here: UPDATE: Police are reportedly looking for a box that was attached to the bottom of the balloon -- a box Falcon's brother says he saw him go into before it took off.

Erwin Schrödinger approves.

BumpInTheNight

2009-10-15 05:51:11 PM

Did he barrel roll?

star_topology

2009-10-15 05:51:13 PM

drjekel_mrhyde: Last seen watching this

I blame Pixar for this catastrophe.

Andulamb

2009-10-15 05:51:29 PM

Why? Does this fit anyone's definition of news? Sure, it's a tragedy if the boy died and there's no doubt dramatic footage, but it's more filler than news.

Why wouldn't it be news? It's an event that is of widespread interest. Since when does news have to have any real merit? "News" has ALWAYS included the sensational. In fact, I would argue that the news of 100 years ago was about ten times more sensational than it is today.

And really, you have to admit that this is one of the most interesting child predicaments of all time. It's the best thing to happen since that girl fell down the well.

Of course, this will turn out to be nothing but a prank. The kids set the balloon free, and the six-year-old is hiding.

sadistic-savior

2009-10-15 05:51:34 PM

Deputy thought he saw something fall, search ongoing

Link

TheQuest35

2009-10-15 05:51:36 PM

The shame is if the kid is alive but injured, we dont have Obama care to fix him.

LineNoise

2009-10-15 05:51:37 PM

star_topology: Knucklepopper: homeschooled: Let's not all kid ourselves.... he's dead. Sad... but he's done.

Ten bucks says crazy dad killed the kid then set the balloon off.

Oh wait, hang on...
*Rustles through desk papers, finds tinfoil hat*
Ok, let's do this.

I think the kid launched the balloon himself, and made an elaborate in an effort to lash out against his family for not giving him enough attention.

Bullshiat. The kid WAS the balloon, and was running away from home because he was sick and tired of his brothers asking him "hey, are you high?"

gambitsgirl

2009-10-15 05:51:39 PM

Stroke_N_Focus: Whoa new footage of it just leaving from a neighbors camera...creeepy

but was there a basket????Kaka: missmarsha: Kaka: can someone please re-post the YouTube we thought was fake?

Link (new window) watch at 13 secs

Been removed due to "a privacy violation"

The plot thickens

That doesn't sound good :-(

I better not have seen him falling for realz

pope183

2009-10-15 05:51:40 PM

From CNN website
Live Developing Story! : Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

well damn that IS imprtant

/pffft

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 05:51:54 PM

smoothvirus: What is the lifting capacity of the balloon? Could it really lift the kid and the wooden box?

About 66 pounds but that's not accounting for a launch altitude of 5300 feet ASL

That's assuming the balloon was filled to capacity though, right?

CaptSacto

2009-10-15 05:51:56 PM

Layzerd: witchofthedogs: Wolf: Obviously, this was a backyard project that got out of control.

*blinks*

I'm amazed by the serious stupidity of the CNN broadcast. They are actually bringing in "balloon experts" to explain this scenario.

Wolf- "looks like some sort of flying saucer"

Reminds me of Wolf's "So poor, so black" comment during Katrina (google it).

This

/I've been absolutely amazed at the complete retards that CNN has on the air these days. WTF, people?

//Obviously been a while since I watched CNN for any reason

Korb

2009-10-15 05:52:01 PM

OMG! Live Developing Story on CNN.com! Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

that1guy77

2009-10-15 05:52:06 PM

missmarsha: So... should these parents be charged with reckless endangerment
/or murder?

No, we should bomb Canada instead though. But only where the stupid people live.

bride_of_adam_cole

2009-10-15 05:52:08 PM

17 year old male coming down of ecstacy! Lucky bastard!

Wight Power

2009-10-15 05:52:11 PM

Did the scanner just say something about a kid tripping balls on X?

mekkab

2009-10-15 05:52:13 PM

InferiousX: Wasn't the conclusion of that thread that the guy was basically making the whole story up?

like most TFDs, sadly.

/I still wonder if that nursing student actually died... but only because she was hot.

RodneyAChance

2009-10-15 05:52:25 PM

BAKup: balloonboy was clearly Michael Jackson ordering take-out in heaven.... too soon?

'bout right.

NeuroticRocker

2009-10-15 05:52:36 PM

Man, this really gives new meaning to the term "flight or fright"

eh? eh?

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:52:38 PM

lochinvarr: What is the lifting capacity of the balloon? Could it really lift the kid and the wooden box?

we've been through this - i got 77 pounds total lift hence ~50-60 pounds max payload for lift off.

others get different answers depending on the assumed volume of Helium. someone else pointed out that there's also a correction factor of ~3/4 due to the mean barometric pressure in Colorado...

overall - it's not completely nutty that the balloon could have lifted a ~40 pound kid.

but it was clear from the video near the end of the balloon's flight that there was no kind in there. whether or not he was in there initially, and got separated from the craft, remains unclear.

the people providing info from police scanners are in control of this thread now.

SueDisco

2009-10-15 05:52:41 PM

Apparently there's a 17 year old coming down off esctacy in the area too.

trappedspirit

2009-10-15 05:52:43 PM

If only the boy had had helicopter parents maybe they could have rescued him

star_topology

2009-10-15 05:52:44 PM

klymen: There is no kid, it's all made up.

/Falcon? yea right.

Dude, he has a sibling named Bradford. Falcon is a definite possibility.

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 05:52:46 PM

Has anyone mentioned that given the balloon would take off as soon as it was untethered, rather rapidly, there's no way the kid could've untied it, and then gotten inside? Unless the mooring ropes were tied down right by the base, which makes no sense and doesn't even lend itself to a workable solution.

SaltyWalrus21

2009-10-15 05:52:53 PM

Fallcon's as flat as a...
orugallu.net

yelmrog

2009-10-15 05:52:56 PM

Andulamb: Of course, this will turn out to be nothing but a prank. The kids set the balloon free, and the six-year-old is hiding.

Maybe the kid found a really good hiding place, and then went to sleep. He'll wake up around 6PM and wander back home.

Korb

2009-10-15 05:52:58 PM

pope183: From CNN website
Live Developing Story! : Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

Damn it. I was too slow.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 05:52:58 PM

gambitsgirl: Stroke_N_Focus: Whoa new footage of it just leaving from a neighbors camera...creeepy

but was there a basket????Kaka: missmarsha: Kaka: can someone please re-post the YouTube we thought was fake?

Link (new window) watch at 13 secs

Been removed due to "a privacy violation"

The plot thickens

That doesn't sound good :-(

I better not have seen him falling for realz

I couldnt tell and i watched the clip a couple times...its just tooo far away by the time the guy gets his cam on it.

MBooda

2009-10-15 05:53:08 PM

Great, just before the GMRBR. Thanks a lot, little 6-year-old idiot.

/and the idiot cowboys in China who killed the Dutch tourists

LittleDickie

2009-10-15 05:53:13 PM

Via Scanner: They just found him...he aged to 17yo and is coming down off ecstacy

Teknowaffle

2009-10-15 05:53:17 PM

I am always happy to see when Foreign papers pick up our stupid American headlines and interest stories.

Link

Link

Farklee

2009-10-15 05:53:20 PM

Ok CNN, I can take your coverage of the sweat lodge deaths; even the balloon boy miniseries you just kicked off. But, do we really need to know that the drummer for KISS has breast cancer?

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:53:23 PM

Kaka: missmarsha: Kaka: can someone please re-post the YouTube we thought was fake?

Link (new window) watch at 13 secs

Been removed due to "a privacy violation"

The plot thickens

They probably don't have an option for "utter horseshiat."

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:53:25 PM

Man, the meme/tasteless joke barrel is getting empty....

netweavr

2009-10-15 05:53:26 PM

WhyteRaven74: Has anyone mentioned that given the balloon would take off as soon as it was untethered, rather rapidly, there's no way the kid could've untied it, and then gotten inside? Unless the mooring ropes were tied down right by the base, which makes no sense and doesn't even lend itself to a workable solution.

Several times.

homeschooled

2009-10-15 05:53:28 PM

star_topology: Oh wait, hang on...
*Rustles through desk papers, finds tinfoil hat*
Ok, let's do this.

I think the kid launched the balloon himself, and made an elaborate in an effort to lash out against his family for not giving him enough attention.

We should call his secretary, who we'll say "Oh yes, he's up in the hot air balloon" when in reality he's in Argentina visiting his mistress lover all while his wife and kids sit at home.

boner4usall

2009-10-15 05:53:29 PM

always wanted to be a space monkey.....until i met one today and he touched me

Rooks_Sorgen

2009-10-15 05:53:30 PM

el chode, my friend, its Rikkitikkitembonosarembocharibariruchipipperipembo. not Tikkitikkitembonosarembocharibariruchipipperipembo. comon now.

plywoodjungle

2009-10-15 05:53:38 PM

He might have survived if his brother hadn't yelled "Do your impression of David Caruso's career!"

Secular Satanist

2009-10-15 05:53:40 PM

I hate people ~~like you~~ (if it wasn't obvious).

I smell hoax. It seems that there never was a basket attached.

tetsoushima

2009-10-15 05:53:47 PM

SaltyWalrus21: Fallcon's as flat as a...

Both funny and original.

scalpod

2009-10-15 05:53:47 PM

Falcon Hunter: Wanted for questioning.

/hot as air.

Coming from you that really means something. Uh huh.

j4x

2009-10-15 05:53:48 PM

Video on the Denver showing the balloon taking off doesn't show a basket hanging from it. I think the kid is def hiding somewhere.

Treygreen13

2009-10-15 05:53:55 PM

Wight Power: tripp

Yep. They are sending an ambulance there now.

LineNoise

2009-10-15 05:53:56 PM

The sheriff has activated the posse according to KDVR

So wait, you have actual standby posses in colorado? How badass is that. Do you get pagers, or does a big siren go off? What else can the posse be called up for, aside from cattle rustling

TsukasaK

2009-10-15 05:54:03 PM

Ecliptic: missmarsha: So... should these parents be charged with reckless endangerment
/or murder?

Yes... living with knowing they were stupid and (potentionally) got their child killed is not enough. Punish them! Ruin their lives more and make damned sure their remaining children are farked up for life from not only losing a brother but watching their parents rot in jail.

I hate people like you (if it wasn't obvious).

This. How the FUC|{ would any reasonable person expect their kid to both hop in a hot air balloon, and then have said balloon come unanchored?

A grease fire, missmarsha. Go die in one.

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 05:54:04 PM

pope183: From CNN website
Live Developing Story! : Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

Garth reportedly dedicating his album "Ropin' the Wind" to the boy in the balloon.

SystemFault

2009-10-15 05:54:12 PM

Korb: OMG! Live Developing Story on CNN.com! Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

Also, Garth and Drew have the SAME BIRTHDAY! The plot thickens!

fernanernie

2009-10-15 05:54:13 PM

smoothvirus

About 66 pounds but that's not accounting for a launch altitude of 5300 feet ASL

6/M/CO from what I heard.

CygnusDarius

2009-10-15 05:54:19 PM

The Gentry took him.

basestats.files.wordpress.com

/Let's hope they find him.

MIGGO

2009-10-15 05:54:26 PM

Farklee: Ok CNN, I can take your coverage of the sweat lodge deaths; even the balloon boy miniseries you just kicked off. But, do we really need to know that the drummer for KISS has breast cancer?

HAD breast cancer. Seems to me that the story is all about raising awareness that dudes can get it too.

That's what killed Shaft.

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:54:27 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: Man, the meme/tasteless joke barrel is getting empty....

it's empty, people are grasping at balloon strings now

mr_larry

2009-10-15 05:54:30 PM

They have activated the posse.
Sounds like sexy time.

raygundan

2009-10-15 05:54:43 PM

This needs a truly ridiculous ending, like the kid being found alive on top of some other aircraft when it lands after searching for him. Unfortunately, it appears we're mostly talking about helicopters.

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:54:49 PM

CNN.com, updated 10 minutes ago (17:44 ET)

"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."

that1guy77

2009-10-15 05:55:04 PM

j4x: Video on the Denver showing the balloon taking off doesn't show a basket hanging from it. I think the kid is def hiding somewhere.

So they watched it take off and filmed it?

DerekSD

2009-10-15 05:55:14 PM

i used to run away from home on an almost weekly basis when i was this kid's age.

he'll go home when he's hungry enough.

/mebbe.

SapperInTexas

2009-10-15 05:55:21 PM

But how many coconuts can that thing carry across the English Channel?

That's what I want to know.

klymen

2009-10-15 05:55:23 PM

This is all a distraction by the democrats while they pass the health care bill with a public option!

/when will people learn

LarryDan43

2009-10-15 05:55:24 PM

Do you feel good about this? Are you concerned?

Shut up newslady.

smoothvirus

2009-10-15 05:55:24 PM

smoothvirus: What is the lifting capacity of the balloon? Could it really lift the kid and the wooden box?

About 66 pounds but that's not accounting for a launch altitude of 5300 feet ASL

That's assuming the balloon was filled to capacity though, right?

Yes, I estimated for a 20'x5' ellipsoid, it's further up in the thread.

tedbundee

2009-10-15 05:55:27 PM

EdNortonsTwin

2009-10-15 05:55:29 PM

Damn, it's over folks.

Poor kid.

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:55:32 PM

MIGGO: Seems to me that the story is all about raising awareness that dudes can get it too.

People that watch Oz already know this.

yelmrog

2009-10-15 05:55:44 PM

LineNoise: So wait, you have actual standby posses in colorado? How badass is that. Do you get pagers, or does a big siren go off? What else can the posse be called up for, aside from cattle rustling

Clubbing?

a4dzac

2009-10-15 05:55:45 PM

Wow, that Teresa Cline from the Sherrif's Dept. is an absolute dolt.

netweavr

2009-10-15 05:55:47 PM

Kid's just freaked out and hiding.

Use search dogs and candy.

nogochickenfro

2009-10-15 05:55:58 PM

Relevant?

Tempted

2009-10-15 05:56:21 PM

pope183: From CNN website
Live Developing Story! : Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

Garth reportedly dedicating his album "Ropin' the Wind" to the boy in the balloon.

OK. But can play the entire album in b-flat ?

WizardofToast

2009-10-15 05:56:29 PM

We'll likely get an update of someone finding the basket in a few hours if it didn't land in some giant tree in the woods. Then if the body is gone, given if he fell out in the middle of the flight, we'll get a few more days of coverage until the body is found.

This is really going grim. I just want the kid to pop out from the bed or something.

missmarsha

2009-10-15 05:56:35 PM

that1guy77: missmarsha: So... should these parents be charged with reckless endangerment
/or murder?

No, we should bomb Canada instead though. But only where the stupid people live.

them's fight words

also new link to that video here
Link (new window)

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:56:47 PM

netweavr: Use search dogs and candy.

search dogs that shoot candy bees from their mouths

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:56:51 PM

TsukasaK: Ecliptic: missmarsha: So... should these parents be charged with reckless endangerment
/or murder?

Yes... living with knowing they were stupid and (potentionally) got their child killed is not enough. Punish them! Ruin their lives more and make damned sure their remaining children are farked up for life from not only losing a brother but watching their parents rot in jail.

I hate people like you (if it wasn't obvious).

This. How the FUC|{ would any reasonable person expect their kid to both hop in a hot air balloon, and then have said balloon come unanchored?

A grease fire, missmarsha. Go die in one.

Would any reasonable person have a giant helium balloon in the backyard, unattended, with small children able to access it?

It's like leaving your car running and unlocked, then being surprised your kid got behind the wheel and ran somebody over.

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 05:56:56 PM

netweavr: Several times.

I figured, just making sure :)

/why yes I am taking lessons from Captain Obvious, how'd you guess? ;)

blacknite

2009-10-15 05:56:58 PM

why does the kdvr guy think the video of it taking off is "chilling"? its not even cold yet at that altitude...

debug

2009-10-15 05:57:06 PM

They will sue Pixar for not having a disclaimer at the start of "Up" telling the dumbass kid that it's a cartoon and you shouldn't try this at home.

If that doesn't work, they will sue the estate of Jules Verne for not having a disclaimer at the start of "Five Weeks in a Balloon"

bride_of_adam_cole

2009-10-15 05:57:07 PM

I like the guy that says they need to get a warrant because he doesn't want to waste his time in that rich suburb.

AbbeySomeone

2009-10-15 05:57:09 PM

Pope Michael of Discordia: See what happens when kids get high? They end up dropping out!

Beautiful.

j4x

2009-10-15 05:57:17 PM

ROFL

"Don't want to waste my time in that rich neighborhood"

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 05:57:23 PM

j4x: Video on the Denver showing the balloon taking off doesn't show a basket hanging from it. I think the kid is def hiding somewhere.

I agree and call shennanigans.

Howie already proved this shiat don't work.

eraser8

2009-10-15 05:57:29 PM

Lloyd Braun: I blame Obama.

This can't be the first time this has popped up in the discussion...can it?

/won't slog through the other thread to find out

wjllope

2009-10-15 05:57:35 PM

Tempted: pope183: From CNN website
Live Developing Story! : Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

Garth reportedly dedicating his album "Ropin' the Wind" to the boy in the balloon.

OK. But can play the entire album in b-flat ?

The saddest of all keys is D-minor.

/IIRC

fsbilly

2009-10-15 05:57:35 PM

Death_Poot: Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

Actually, no. There's inappropriate/tasteless jokes and there's what you did. Writing "/ticket please", "aisle seat", etc., doesn't magically turn stupid into funny.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 05:57:40 PM

that1guy77: j4x: Video on the Denver showing the balloon taking off doesn't show a basket hanging from it. I think the kid is def hiding somewhere.

So they watched it take off and filmed it?

The video i saw it didnt show from take off..but seemingly pretty close to it cause it was supposidly a neighbor

Pinner

2009-10-15 05:57:46 PM

DerekSD: i used to run away from home on an almost weekly basis when i was this kid's age.

he'll go home when he's hungry enough.

/mebbe.

When he's hungry for some BRRAAAINS!!

netweavr

2009-10-15 05:57:47 PM

WhyteRaven74: netweavr: Several times.

I figured, just making sure :)

/why yes I am taking lessons from Captain Obvious, how'd you guess? ;)

That reminds me, tuition was due earlier this week.

andyofne

2009-10-15 05:57:48 PM

I Said: Insert_Obscure_80's_Pop_Culture_Reference_Here: UPDATE: Police are reportedly looking for a box that was attached to the bottom of the balloon -- a box Falcon's brother says he saw him go into before it took off.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/15/six-year-old-boy-trapped-in-weather-balloon/#ixzz0 U2eoGsLe

There's an awful lot of action being taken based on what Falcons brother says. Any chance the parents know if there was a box attached? Or if one could be?

Wouldn't be surprised to hear that one of the older kids dared the little guy to climb in and then someone let him loose just to see how high he could go.

Taku

2009-10-15 05:57:54 PM

Dr. Picklebacon: Taku: at80eighty: playblu: BULLETIN... A SECOND BOY IN A SECOND BALLOON HAS JUST CRASHED INTO THE OTHER TOWER...

that was funnier when the guy who actually made it tweeted it

I think Fark time was before. The tweet was like 5 minutes ago.

CALL THE INTERNET POLICE SQUADRON! Tell them to bring pies.

I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER AND I NEED PIE.

TsukasaK

2009-10-15 05:57:58 PM

Update: there was no basket
Sauce (new window)

80% probability that the kid is in hiding somewhere, will be grounded in the parental, not the physical sense of the word.

bigbadideasinaction

2009-10-15 05:58:01 PM

plywoodjungle: He might have survived if his brother hadn't yelled "Do your impression of David Caruso's career!"

Goddamn it I shouldn't have laughed at that.

Damn it, now my brain has that and the video clip superimposed.

/sorry if he's dead

cloister the stupid

2009-10-15 05:58:06 PM

luckyeddie: Der Poopflinger: El Chode: Did anyone check South America?

it's always the last place you check

Did you look behind the fridge?

/Cat

Nice Red Dwarf reference.

rufus-t-firefly

2009-10-15 05:58:06 PM

liverpoolumd

2009-10-15 05:58:09 PM

yelmrog: LineNoise: So wait, you have actual standby posses in colorado? How badass is that. Do you get pagers, or does a big siren go off? What else can the posse be called up for, aside from cattle rustling

Clubbing?

sawconcepts.com

Sound the Alarms!

Oldiron_79

2009-10-15 05:58:16 PM

Got a crazy feeling I don't understand
'Gotta get away from here
Feelin' like I shoulda kept my feet on the ground
Waitin' for the sun to appear

Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy

'Cause you can't see what my eyes see
(I can see it, I can see it)
And you can't be inside of me, flying high again

I can see through the mountains watch me disappear
I can even touch the sky
Swallowing colours of the sound I hear
Am I just a crazy guy. (You bet).

Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy

If you could be inside my head
You'd see that black and white is read
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again come on and join me.

Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again come on and join me.

Daddy thinks I'm lazy he don't understand
Never saw inside my head
People think I'm crazy but I'm in demand
Never heard a thing I said.

Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin' sorry
It's something that I enjoy

Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again
Flying high again

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 05:58:27 PM

fsbilly: Death_Poot: Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 05:27:38 PM

Actually, no. There's inappropriate/tasteless jokes and there's what you did. Writing "/ticket please", "aisle seat", etc., doesn't magically turn stupid into funny.

I like the cut of your jib

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 05:58:42 PM

tedbundee: YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR NOT BEING FUN

I'm a lot of fun, just ask your mom.

Pinner

2009-10-15 05:58:50 PM

wjllope: Tempted: pope183: From CNN website
Live Developing Story! : Singer Garth Brooks talks about coming out of retirement!

Garth reportedly dedicating his album "Ropin' the Wind" to the boy in the balloon.

OK. But can play the entire album in b-flat ?

The saddest of all keys is D-minor.

/IIRC

lick my love pump

nekom

2009-10-15 05:58:50 PM

missmarsha: also new link to that video here
Link (new window)

No good quality stills of that? It could have been anything from the look of it. Unfortunately, anything would include the kid :(

boner4usall

2009-10-15 05:59:04 PM

sarahpalintruthsquad.files.wordpress.com

did someone say sexy time!!

YonderScott

2009-10-15 05:59:05 PM

rebelyell2006: He's hiding in the barn.

+1

unicron702

2009-10-15 05:59:08 PM

phedus: I hope this turns into a cool "Flight of the Navigator" situation for him.

Nothing is that cool. Floating over a city

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 05:59:28 PM

fsbilly: Actually, no. There's inappropriate/tasteless jokes and there's what you did. Writing "/ticket please", "aisle seat", etc., doesn't magically turn stupid into funny.

Come on now; there's no fun for the rest of us in laughing at you for getting all uptight on Fark of all places if you don't share with us the post that pissed you off. We have standards here.

toilet engineer

2009-10-15 05:59:57 PM

Anyone have a link of a live feed? I lost the one I was watching :(

Otto's_Jacket

2009-10-15 05:59:58 PM

Knucklepopper: bigbadideasinaction: stuff like this makes me sad for journalism.

Fark didn't scoop shiat; Channel 9, the local broadcast btw, got the story first.

Well, technically my co-workers and I heard it on the scanners here at work (850 KOA), and I watched my boss call 9News (our TV sister station, with both station names painted on the helicopter that was shooting the live footage). I had to wait until they put it on their site to be able to post it here obviously.

/subby

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 05:59:59 PM

I left my office today whistling 'Leaving on a Jet Plane.'

I blame all of you for that...

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 06:00:06 PM

netweavr: tuition was due earlier this week.

d'oh!

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 06:00:11 PM

rufus-t-firefly: Would any reasonable person have a giant helium balloon in the backyard, unattended, with small children able to access it?

It's like leaving your car running and unlocked, then being surprised your kid got behind the wheel and ran somebody over.

Why do so many of you people have 6 year olds so dumb enough or poorly behaved enough to actually do this?

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:00:17 PM

WhyteRaven74: tedbundee: YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR NOT BEING FUN

I'm a lot of fun, just ask your mom.

Well then you're under arrest for giving her crabs.

cpav13

2009-10-15 06:00:18 PM

According to Authorities in Ft. Collins, CO their is a significant rise in 6-year olds getting high in their jurisdiction, and then flying to Weld County.

Mr. Slippyfist

2009-10-15 06:00:24 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: meme

They found him! He's OK!

Link (new window)

myalterego

2009-10-15 06:00:34 PM

Obama's fault.
No, Bush's fault.
Obama's fault!
Bush's
Obama's
Bush's
Obama's

I'm confused over who I should blame.

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 06:01:05 PM

Mr. Slippyfist: Lt. Cheese Weasel: meme

They found him! He's OK!

Link (new window)

you must be new to the internets

tetsoushima

2009-10-15 06:01:23 PM

geniusiknowit: rufus-t-firefly: Would any reasonable person have a giant helium balloon in the backyard, unattended, with small children able to access it?

It's like leaving your car running and unlocked, then being surprised your kid got behind the wheel and ran somebody over.

Why do so many of you people have 6 year olds so dumb enough or poorly behaved enough to actually do this?

False dichotomy, you lose, thanks for playing.

nogochickenfro

2009-10-15 06:01:24 PM

Mr. Slippyfist: Lt. Cheese Weasel: meme

They found him! He's OK!

Link (new window)

I should have known better

yelmrog

2009-10-15 06:01:29 PM

for a name in the world today
for a little bit of fame today
for a name in the U.S.A.
you wanna fly high
you wanna fly high

itazurakko

2009-10-15 06:01:34 PM

Spirit Hammer: I still think that he "accidentally" let the balloon go free, and he took off after it.
Probably pedaling hell-bent-for-leather the last direction he saw it go.

And then realized at some point there was no WAY he can possibly catch it, so THEN he starts the hiding. Or possibly realized he was lost once he started looking at his location instead of just up at the sky.

SaltyWalrus21

2009-10-15 06:01:53 PM

At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

shivashakti

2009-10-15 06:01:56 PM

THEY FOUND HIM! HE'S ALIVE!

OK. Not really. But, wouldn't it be nice?

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:01:56 PM

Missing blonde white women have been getting the press for too long. I'm just glad some boy did something about it. I salute you missing balloon boy.

smoothvirus

2009-10-15 06:01:58 PM

OK it's 6PM here in DC, I'm off to brave the 14th street bridge. I still have a funny feeling the kid is off at the neighbor's house hiding out.. but I guess time will tell.

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 06:02:06 PM

Otto's_Jacket: Well, technically my co-workers and I heard it on the scanners here at work (850 KOA), and I watched my boss call 9News (our TV sister station, with both station names painted on the helicopter that was shooting the live footage). I had to wait until they put it on their site to be able to post it here obviously.

The tv people weren't listening to their scanners? Wow, bad move.

Falcon Hunter

2009-10-15 06:02:09 PM

myalterego: Obama's fault.
No, Bush's fault.
Obama's fault!
Bush's
Obama's
Bush's
Obama's

I'm confused over who I should blame.

Don't blame me!
I can't find him!

Jeff73

2009-10-15 06:02:17 PM

The only way this story could be more American is if he fell onto a house and the owner sues the parents for the roof damage.

missmarsha

2009-10-15 06:02:32 PM

TsukasaK: Ecliptic: missmarsha: So... should these parents be charged with reckless endangerment
/or murder?

Yes... living with knowing they were stupid and (potentionally) got their child killed is not enough. Punish them! Ruin their lives more and make damned sure their remaining children are farked up for life from not only losing a brother but watching their parents rot in jail.

I hate people like you (if it wasn't obvious).

This. How the FUC|{ would any reasonable person expect their kid to both hop in a hot air balloon, and then have said balloon come unanchored?

A grease fire, missmarsha. Go die in one.

If I die tonight in a grease fire I hope you feel bad. I was asking a question, not giving an opinion

animosity4u

2009-10-15 06:02:40 PM

I hope the poor kid isn't hiding in a cave or we'll NEVER find him.

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 06:02:41 PM

I'll give kdvr credit, at least they didn't stick their two anchors in a makeup chair before going on the air. Adds a certain dignity to it all. Heck looks like the dude didn't even comb his hair.

annnd how far is Ft. Collins from the kids home?

Relatively Obscure

2009-10-15 06:02:46 PM

Mr. Slippyfist: Lt. Cheese Weasel: meme

They found him! He's OK!

Link (new window)

Not a chance, Sparky. That news doesn't get released to YouTube first. Also, Jesus Christ aren't you tired of that yet?

cksewell

2009-10-15 06:02:49 PM

He's alive!

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:02:58 PM

myalterego: I'm confused over who I should blame.

I suggest you start with gravity and work your way up.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:03:07 PM

He started off in the balloon ...and ended up not being in the balloon...

weblogs.baltimoresun.com

Cant figure it out..

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 06:03:10 PM

Jeff73: The only way this story could be more American is if he fell onto a house and the owner sues the parents for the roof damage.

Give it time. He landed in a farmer's field during harvest season, after all.

Darth Lebowski

2009-10-15 06:03:12 PM

I like the EMS feed much better than the jabbering news people.

Thanks to whoever posted the link.

citizen_stew

2009-10-15 06:03:21 PM

myalterego: Obama's fault.
No, Bush's fault.
Obama's fault!
Bush's
Obama's
Bush's
Obama's

I'm confused over who I should blame.

Your looking at this all wrong, it is quite obviousely a giant zionist conspiracy.

Who thinks it would be hilarious if he was abducted by aliens while in a UFO shaped baloon.

bigbadideasinaction

2009-10-15 06:03:24 PM

Otto's_Jacket: Knucklepopper: bigbadideasinaction: stuff like this makes me sad for journalism.

Fark didn't scoop shiat; Channel 9, the local broadcast btw, got the story first.

Well, technically my co-workers and I heard it on the scanners here at work (850 KOA), and I watched my boss call 9News (our TV sister station, with both station names painted on the helicopter that was shooting the live footage). I had to wait until they put it on their site to be able to post it here obviously.

/subby

*sigh* none of this is a scoop. This is what's wrong with journalism today - reporting first by two minutes means more than reporting anything of accuracy or substance. And the "new" media of blogs and internet is making this worse, not better. But that's an entirely different rant.

AbbeySomeone

2009-10-15 06:03:39 PM

Mr. Slippyfist: Lt. Cheese Weasel: meme

They found him! He's OK!

Link (new window)

goddammit!

andrewabc

2009-10-15 06:03:44 PM

The boy was found safe

Source: IranRevolution twitter.

LineNoise

2009-10-15 06:03:52 PM

How awesome would it be if the kid picked a well to hide in

orat-on-a-stick

2009-10-15 06:04:03 PM

j4x

2009-10-15 06:04:06 PM

THEY FOUND HIM

Dire

2009-10-15 06:04:10 PM

There must have been a plague of them on the TV when I came home late

They were guzzling marshmallows and jumping off the Empire State

smoothvirus

2009-10-15 06:04:14 PM

he's in Fort Collins

id10ts

2009-10-15 06:04:24 PM

The parents will sue the responders for tearing up the balloon.

Brainz

2009-10-15 06:04:38 PM

Found in Ft. Collins.

Office Ninja

2009-10-15 06:04:41 PM

THEY JUST FOUND HIM!!

wotnartd

2009-10-15 06:04:42 PM

Child has been located. Safe, did he say?

Meauran

2009-10-15 06:04:47 PM

Found him in Fort Collins.

that1guy77

2009-10-15 06:04:50 PM

"Man down, man down" is what the scanner just said...

I Like Chocolate Milk!

2009-10-15 06:04:51 PM

HE'S BEEN FOUND ALIVE - just reported on police radio!

ArgusRun

2009-10-15 06:04:51 PM

He's been found. No seriously. It was on the scanner.

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 06:04:51 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: Well then you're under arrest for giving her crabs.

*snort*

SaltyWalrus21: may God have mercy on your soul

hehe

somnambulous

2009-10-15 06:04:52 PM

scanner says they found him in Ft. Collins.

mesohorny

2009-10-15 06:04:55 PM

i have a feeling his brothers convinced him to get inside the box and pulled the strings.

also at 60 pounds he probably held the balloon down to around 30 feet until the strings snapped.

so there is a good chance he is still alive stuck in tree or in a field with broken bones.

nesler

2009-10-15 06:04:57 PM

They found the kid in Ft Collins. Not saying if he's dead or alive.

HBK

2009-10-15 06:05:01 PM

Per EMS live link, they found him, no news if he's alive.

missmarsha

2009-10-15 06:05:02 PM

nekom: missmarsha: also new link to that video here
Link (new window)

No good quality stills of that? It could have been anything from the look of it. Unfortunately, anything would include the kid :(

you have me confused with someone who knows how to take screencaps (or post pics)

CheetahOlivetti

2009-10-15 06:05:05 PM

The kid is in Ft. Collins. Alive, I'm assuming. Search called off.

Falcon Hunter

2009-10-15 06:05:06 PM

Knucklepopper: Otto's_Jacket: Well, technically my co-workers and I heard it on the scanners here at work (850 KOA), and I watched my boss call 9News (our TV sister station, with both station names painted on the helicopter that was shooting the live footage). I had to wait until they put it on their site to be able to post it here obviously.

The tv people weren't listening to their scanners? Wow, bad move.

t2.gstatic.com

THE ASSIGNMENT DESK DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!!!

rurdy

2009-10-15 06:05:06 PM

Darth Lebowski: I like the EMS feed much better than the jabbering news people.

Thanks to whoever posted the link.

Maybe you could post it again?!

The Kitchen Ninja

2009-10-15 06:05:10 PM

EMS Feed just reported they boy was found safe in Ft Collins, and to stand down the search.

RiverRat

2009-10-15 06:05:11 PM

SAFE!!!! Deputies Said SO!!!!

FOR REAL!!

In Fort Collins .... "Stand Down" "Stand Down"

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:05:18 PM

Meauran: Found him in Fort Collins.

If he's in Ft. Collins, he's drunk.

Atlas Blogged

2009-10-15 06:05:21 PM

Jeff73: The only way this story could be more American is if he fell onto a house and the owner sues the parents for the roof damage.

It would be more American if the kid fell on a roof and died and his parents sued the homeowners for not having a softer roof

Janors

2009-10-15 06:05:26 PM

They found him!

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 06:05:29 PM

id10ts: The parents will sue the responders for tearing up the balloon.

look if they didn't kill it there's a chance it could attack again, wild balloons aren't to be trifled with

pisceandreamer

2009-10-15 06:05:29 PM

FOUND!

UberJumper

2009-10-15 06:05:30 PM

They found him!

Hahnenkam

2009-10-15 06:05:30 PM

that1guy77: Man down

no, "stand down"

pyrolaw

2009-10-15 06:05:31 PM

he's been located in fort collins

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 06:05:34 PM

bigbadideasinaction: *sigh* none of this is a scoop. This is what's wrong with journalism today - reporting first by two minutes means more than reporting anything of accuracy or substance. And the "new" media of blogs and internet is making this worse, not better. But that's an entirely different rant.

A scoop means getting the story first. That used to matter when papers printed the news once a day. Now, scoops are defined by minutes. Though I'm with you on the Internet speeds. It's like journalism on meth.

Gig103

2009-10-15 06:05:37 PM

szaermak

2009-10-15 06:05:37 PM

boy located in fort collins stand down!

nesler

2009-10-15 06:05:38 PM

that1guy77: "Man down, man down" is what the scanner just said...

Stand down, I think. Yeah, they repeated it. Stand down.

AmazinTim

2009-10-15 06:05:45 PM

oldass31: mgbeach: He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

I came for a Flight of the Navigator reference. I can leave happy.

aniyn

2009-10-15 06:05:46 PM

"He's been located"
ALIVE!

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:05:47 PM

Hes alive at the house!?

bud jones

2009-10-15 06:05:53 PM

bwaha suckers he's alivw

mr_larry

2009-10-15 06:05:53 PM

He's alive and at the house!

neener neener

2009-10-15 06:05:54 PM

Little douchbag

klymen

2009-10-15 06:05:55 PM

did they find him?

Office Ninja

2009-10-15 06:05:58 PM

Weld County EMS radio stating they found him.

Bakudai

2009-10-15 06:05:58 PM

alive at the house

ytterbium

2009-10-15 06:06:01 PM

Found alive at house, just announced

LewDux

2009-10-15 06:06:03 PM

mgbeach: He'll return in 10 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

LittleDickie: Via Scanner: They just found him...he aged to 17yo and is coming down off ecstacy

Coincidence?

MENSTRUATION

2009-10-15 06:06:04 PM

He's alive in the house, according to the live news conference. Woo!

pacified

2009-10-15 06:06:05 PM

Ft Collins does make good beer.

hipgnostic

2009-10-15 06:06:06 PM

He's alive at his house according to the news.

Mr. Slippyfist

2009-10-15 06:06:07 PM

Relatively Obscure: Not a chance, Sparky. That news doesn't get released to YouTube first. Also, Jesus Christ aren't you tired of that yet?

Der Poopflinger: you must be new to the internets

Yeah, sorry. It was pretty lame. Just scraping the bottom of that meme barrel.

Would've been better if I quoted Lt. Cheese Weasel's full post.

Secular Satanist

2009-10-15 06:06:08 PM

They just found him. He's at his house.

Devs

2009-10-15 06:06:10 PM

Fire/EMS radio is confirming that they have found the child in Ft. Collins and are calling off the search. No word on whether or not the boy is alive though.

UberJumper

2009-10-15 06:06:10 PM

Haha he was in the house!

moppet

2009-10-15 06:06:11 PM

it said "stand down" not "man down"

at80eighty

2009-10-15 06:06:14 PM

BOY FOUND AT THE HOUSE ACCORDING TO THE NEWS FEED

angry bunny

2009-10-15 06:06:14 PM

Kid's alive and is at the house

Pinner

2009-10-15 06:06:16 PM

Link

BigLuca

2009-10-15 06:06:18 PM

He is found, he is fine at the house

fanbladesaresharp

2009-10-15 06:06:23 PM

HE'S BEEN found

http://www.kdvr.com/news/livestreaming/

Found at the home. Alive.

gas giant

2009-10-15 06:06:24 PM

He's been found alive at his house. Was hiding.

simian04

2009-10-15 06:06:26 PM

Kid's at the goddamn house! I knew it! I KNEW IT! I WIN.... Screw it, I don't win anything but I KNEW IT! Fwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!

orat-on-a-stick

2009-10-15 06:06:28 PM

Found at House ALIVE (new window)

mr_larry

2009-10-15 06:06:29 PM

I want my day back!

cheesepreeness

2009-10-15 06:06:29 PM

Found in Ft. Collins

NeuroticRocker

2009-10-15 06:06:30 PM

he's alive and at the house

/how boring
//shows over

memebot_of_doom

2009-10-15 06:06:34 PM

He's at the house and he's fine.

http://www.kdvr.com/news/livestreaming/

Meauran

2009-10-15 06:06:37 PM

Found alive and well at the residence.

Otto's_Jacket

2009-10-15 06:06:43 PM

They found him at the house alive...

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 06:06:43 PM

And how much will the parents have to reimburse the state for this?

Jean-Puc_Licard

2009-10-15 06:06:45 PM

Now for the biggest thrashing of his short life.

Pariah.

2009-10-15 06:06:45 PM

Police scanner and press conference confirms boy found an Ft. Collins.

RoboNerdOK

2009-10-15 06:06:46 PM

Scanner just said a boy was found alive and well... same one?

Kliffoth

2009-10-15 06:06:48 PM

aniyn: "He's been located"
ALIVE!

GODfarkINGDAMMIT! Wasted all this time following this thread for nothing!

nesler

2009-10-15 06:06:54 PM

He's alive.

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 06:07:01 PM

Next up, Good Morning America!!!!

shivashakti

2009-10-15 06:07:05 PM

OK. Thread's over. Time to go home.

sseye

2009-10-15 06:07:06 PM

so far, fark is the first place i see reporting that he's been found...

themathgeek

2009-10-15 06:07:07 PM

myalterego: Obama's fault.
No, Bush's fault.
Obama's fault!
Bush's
Obama's
Bush's
Obama's

The kid's dad.
I'm confused over who I should blame.

Tex_Arkana

2009-10-15 06:07:13 PM

He's alive he was found in the house and my theory is going to prove 100% correct.

VlagimarPutin

2009-10-15 06:07:14 PM

ahahahah at the house.

HOAX.

sleeping martyr

2009-10-15 06:07:14 PM

Well, he's at the house!

saladan0

2009-10-15 06:07:19 PM

Wanted for questioning...

pacified

2009-10-15 06:07:24 PM

I think for all of this we should be able to hurt him (or at least the parents). My blood lust is not tempered.

Terryg999

2009-10-15 06:07:24 PM

InferiousX: Man too bad the kid is missing, this story has so much win. First of all, I want one of those. Fly over uptown Butte with like a cartoon bad guy black top hat and drop pies on people. Secondly, that wreckage debris looks like something out of Roswell. Do you realize how many people you could f**k with by crashing that in an open area somewhere and bein like 'LOOK OMG WTF IS THAT?' And finally the kid's name is FALCON. I mean, everything in this story is pure awesome.

Except the kid vanishing that is :-/

I was going to try to fix your grammar but all I got to work with here is some sort of pointless, rambling, disjointed thought.

I will say this, however, "There are two spaces after a period!"

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 06:07:25 PM

witchofthedogs: And how much will the parents have to reimburse the state for this?

they did trash the family balloon though

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 06:07:29 PM

Has hologram Will.i.am commented on this story yet?

Korb

2009-10-15 06:07:32 PM

Well I still think he's dead.

/stubborn

ravenlore

2009-10-15 06:07:33 PM

MSNBC reporting Falcon ius ALIVE at home!!!

Mike_LowELL

2009-10-15 06:07:35 PM

The free market corrected this issue. Thank you, Ron Paul. Thank you, Ayn Rand. Your commitment to the will of the people made this a beautiful day.

mouser_inc

2009-10-15 06:07:37 PM

found at home

Office Ninja

2009-10-15 06:07:47 PM

EMS radio stated he's been found "at home".

vygramul

2009-10-15 06:07:47 PM

Why would a perfectly good balloon suddenly just fall to the ground? After only 2 hours? Have you ever brought a helium balloon home? It takes all night for it to come down. And that's if it's not mylar! So something had to have brought down the balloon.

Well, I have an idea: at one point, an extremely bright light is seen in the CNN video of the event:

www.bitlogic.com

miltonbabbitt

2009-10-15 06:07:50 PM

Wow...still no 5th Dimension references?!? Or did I just miss it...

Consider it done (new window)

liverpoolumd

2009-10-15 06:07:51 PM

can we toss him from a balloon anyways?

Walt_Jizzney

2009-10-15 06:07:52 PM

I don't think anyone has posted this yet, but:

The found him, with Jimmy Hoffa and the funny parts of Jay Leno's show!

One Thirty-two and Bush

2009-10-15 06:07:54 PM

Maybe "the boy" is really our collective unease about the state of the economy, the powder keg that is the middle east, and our fear of a swine-flu societal collapse.

Drakonas

2009-10-15 06:07:54 PM

I know why the kid did it.

sallongo.com

And how he fell out.

sallongo.com

Hey i can see down your shirt!

GungFu

2009-10-15 06:07:57 PM

ALIVE, biatches!

Fooled you guys! I was watching Spongebob Squarepants.

fdlgrl

2009-10-15 06:07:59 PM

Has anyone mentioned that was found alive at the house?

ThisIsNotSubtle

2009-10-15 06:07:59 PM

Listening to the scanners over the internet is a weird rush, and yet I feel as if I'm doing something wrong by doing it.

The internet, it's a strange business.

StBC

2009-10-15 06:08:08 PM

Just - Wow, what a relief.

Oldiron_79

2009-10-15 06:08:11 PM

if the kid fell or jumped there is a good chance they won't find a body (see DB Cooper)

trippdogg

2009-10-15 06:08:13 PM

The good news: they found him
The bad news: he's trapped in a well

mrapier

2009-10-15 06:08:16 PM

I hope he's pulled from his parent's home and given to a physically abusive overwieght foster mom, that'll teach 'em.

swahnhennessy

2009-10-15 06:08:18 PM

OK, people, we f*cking know he was found. You can stop posting it.

BunkyBrewman

2009-10-15 06:08:20 PM

Yet Wolf Blitzer and company continue to blab along that the boy is still missing...

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:08:23 PM

Great, now let us discuss the appropriate punishment for this little turd who caused so much excitement in our otherwise dreary lives.

I say we tie him to a large kite and float him over a river full of crocs.

Paryb

2009-10-15 06:08:25 PM

link please?

Purple_Jack

2009-10-15 06:08:25 PM

So they launched a huge manhunt before checking the house first?

Pinner

2009-10-15 06:08:28 PM

Now, Falcon gets punched!

1stgenwhtrash

2009-10-15 06:08:29 PM

Alive? In the house?

The best IRL troll in a long time.
img.chan4chan.com

missmarsha

2009-10-15 06:08:33 PM

yay
/wait.... is he alive?

eraser8

2009-10-15 06:08:34 PM

Kid: 1, Media Bloodlust: 0

Der Poopflinger

2009-10-15 06:08:36 PM

pacified: I think for all of this we should be able to hurt him (or at least the parents). My blood lust is not tempered.

THEY STABBED THE GODDAMNED BALLOON, WHAT MORE DO YOU ANIMALS WANT FROM THEM

itsdrew

2009-10-15 06:08:38 PM

Terryg999: I will say this, however, "There are two spaces after a period!"

Not on Fark.

dontpointthatthingatme

2009-10-15 06:08:41 PM

Found alive? Now we will be inflicted with interviews and analysis and his asshole dad... what a bastard.

half-mad-genius

2009-10-15 06:08:44 PM

So, if a six-year old falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear him, does he make a noise?

Yeah. It's SPLAT!

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 06:08:48 PM

Der Poopflinger: they did trash the family balloon though

They proved it can fly, though. That has to count for something over the next few years while they give over all of their pay to compensate the state for this goat rodeo.

doubled99

2009-10-15 06:08:55 PM

HE"S ALIVE!!!!!!

skribble

2009-10-15 06:08:56 PM

he was home the whole time.

dead either way

Kliffoth

2009-10-15 06:08:57 PM

Oh well, he's still dead to me!

nrdgrl

2009-10-15 06:09:00 PM

yay!

/I still hate the parents though

pestluvr

2009-10-15 06:09:04 PM

Man, some of those "copy"'s are sounding a wee bit terse...

/probably farked up the punctuation, but meh

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 06:09:04 PM

This kid deserves a TF account for life.

YouPeopleAreCrazy

2009-10-15 06:09:07 PM

according to Headline news:
"He's alive, and he's home"

no further details

Lathe

2009-10-15 06:09:07 PM

did anyone post that they found him alive at the house?

VRaptor117

2009-10-15 06:09:15 PM

Hey, hasn't anyone realized he's been found?

at80eighty

2009-10-15 06:09:16 PM

aw fark 50 posts saying just that - thats what i get for leaving a thread for 10 minutes

NittLion78: he's my SEEKRIT MUSLIN terrist luver

YES, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION HERE I COME

Boyd Schidt

2009-10-15 06:09:22 PM

Does anybody know if he was found alive at his house?

jennyz

2009-10-15 06:09:24 PM

They found the kid, seriously

BunkyBrewman

2009-10-15 06:09:28 PM

Little farker was hiding the whole time.

RU_Rules

2009-10-15 06:09:29 PM

FOUND! So says C

silky76

2009-10-15 06:09:29 PM

He's Alive!!

PlymouthMeetingMall

2009-10-15 06:09:31 PM

in the box in the attic in the garage

Hawking

2009-10-15 06:09:32 PM

YAYYYY

bighairyguy

2009-10-15 06:09:35 PM

In the Conservatory with a pipe.

Barakku

2009-10-15 06:09:35 PM

sseye: so far, fark is the first place i see reporting that he's been found...

someone had a live stream to fox; figures the main fox went over to Glenn Beck in time to miss it, and CNN hasn't heard yet, apparently.

fighting17th

2009-10-15 06:09:36 PM

CNN reporting he is alive at home

Dusk-You-n-Me

2009-10-15 06:09:43 PM

Oh thank you universe.

the_jurk

2009-10-15 06:09:48 PM

CNN reporting he's found and at hoome.

mekkab

2009-10-15 06:09:50 PM

miltonbabbitt: Wow...still no 5th Dimension references?!? Or did I just miss it...

Consider it done (new window)

you missed it but it's not your fault...

/that little shiat is SOOOO GONNA GET IT tonight!@

singlemode

2009-10-15 06:09:51 PM

Probably late as all hell with this, but Larimer County Sheriff reports Falcon safe at home.

dobedobeDUE

2009-10-15 06:09:54 PM

IT'S ALIVE!!!

SomeoneDumb

2009-10-15 06:09:54 PM

...and what will capture the nation's attention next?

Vodka Zombie

2009-10-15 06:09:54 PM

Is there any chance that we could stash the kid in a well and light his house on fire to keep this story alive through the weekend?

cksewell

2009-10-15 06:09:54 PM

They found him in Pennsylvania. He was hanging out at the Gosselin's and no one noticed

Brainz

2009-10-15 06:09:54 PM

The found him in a box either in the attic of the garage.

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:09:56 PM

2009 Hide and Seek US Champion.

nekom

2009-10-15 06:10:01 PM

Phew. They found him

Cletus the Slack-jawed Smurf

2009-10-15 06:10:01 PM

Wolf Blitzer is now reporting the kid's been found alive and well.

pyrolaw

2009-10-15 06:10:05 PM

in a box in the attic this whole time.

UberJumper

2009-10-15 06:10:06 PM

haha he was in a box in the garage attic hiding.

I bet the older kids figured this out as a prank.

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 06:10:08 PM

HEY EVERYBODY! THEY FOUND HIM!

First!

Charlie Freak

2009-10-15 06:10:09 PM

"Found in a cardboard box in the garage, hiding from his parents." From the scanner

j4x

2009-10-15 06:10:09 PM

He was hiding in a box in the garage attic ROFL

mesohorny

2009-10-15 06:10:10 PM

grounded for life.

gorgor

2009-10-15 06:10:10 PM

Fort Collins?

He did go to hell.

Kaoilia

2009-10-15 06:10:10 PM

Haha. The kid was hiding in a box in the attic. I'm pretty sure I'd be hiding too right about now.

TheWarmonger

2009-10-15 06:10:14 PM

WTF!!!! If he was in the house this whole time, why did it take so f**king long to find him!!! A publicity stunt by the parents I tell you! Somebody sue them!!!

/Glad the kid is OK

Darth Lebowski

2009-10-15 06:10:14 PM

He was hiding in the garage in box.

pestluvr

2009-10-15 06:10:14 PM

Ha! In the garage, in a box, hiding from his parents!

mouser_inc

2009-10-15 06:10:17 PM

in the garage ina box hiding from parents lol

reservoirr13

2009-10-15 06:10:21 PM

Found in garage under box. Hiding from parents.

dholway

2009-10-15 06:10:23 PM

He is SO getting grounded!

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 06:10:28 PM

memebot_of_doom: He's at the house and he's fine.

http://www.kdvr.com/news/livestreaming/

Damn! I've had Falcon Heene in my deathpool for the last 2 years, too.

twidgetfitch

2009-10-15 06:10:30 PM

He's been at home eating fruity pebbles and watching TV since this whole thing began.

toilet engineer

2009-10-15 06:10:33 PM

Wow. Was hiding in the garage attic, in a box.

Jesus. I'm glad he's okay, but Jesus...

Pariah.

2009-10-15 06:10:38 PM

In a box in the attic of the the garage.
Police guy speculating the 'scared about being in trouble and hid' idea.

nekom

2009-10-15 06:10:39 PM

Cletus the Slack-jawed Smurf: Wolf Blitzer is now reporting the kid's been found alive and well.

A local station I was streaming (Fox 34, thanks to whoever posted that link) just had the sheriff confirming that.

theforesttroll

2009-10-15 06:10:40 PM

he was in the garage

Kirk's_Toupee

2009-10-15 06:10:42 PM

buahahahahahahaha. typical middle child, he definitely got attention!!!!!

Noitall

2009-10-15 06:10:43 PM

Yeah found! I sure hope the parents weren't involved in this!

Jean-Puc_Licard

2009-10-15 06:10:44 PM

Time for a spanking thread!

Mike_LowELL

2009-10-15 06:10:46 PM

Brainz: The found him in a box either in the attic of the garage.

Forget Falcon. Kid's new name is Snake.

trappedspirit

2009-10-15 06:10:46 PM

Does the dad have so many make shift lighter than air ship riding harness platform basket whatevers laying around that he doesn't know if one is missing or not? WTF? Can we get any facts in this story confirmed?

Doctor Funkenstein

2009-10-15 06:10:50 PM

They found him? Well, I guess we can send this guy home then.

Sass-O-Rev

2009-10-15 06:10:50 PM

home and alive.

btw: thanks to Evil Canadian for the Total Fark free month! If you're ever in NS, drop by for a coffee!

Dusk-You-n-Me

2009-10-15 06:10:51 PM

HIDING IN THE GARAGE IN A BOX

pestluvr

2009-10-15 06:10:54 PM

Kaoilia: Haha. The kid was hiding in a box in the attic. I'm pretty sure I'd be hiding too right about now.

Nah, that was Helen Keller.

eagles95

2009-10-15 06:10:58 PM

Ass kicking of a lifetime i'd give that kid

Coronach

2009-10-15 06:11:03 PM

Bet the little twerp untied it then hid to avoid punishment.

/glad he's safe

WizardofToast

2009-10-15 06:11:04 PM

So the good out of this: Boy alive.

And the bad: Money wasted investigating, time wasted investigating and I wasted time instead of studying for a Chemistry exam tonight.

In conclusion: Screw you, balloon. And the kid too.

tetsoushima

2009-10-15 06:11:04 PM

I feel so freaking relieved.

mikey15

2009-10-15 06:11:12 PM

wow I just want to be part of it

Barry McCackiner

2009-10-15 06:11:14 PM

Hai guyz! Has anyone said that he was found yet? At his house?

HE WAS FOUND AT HIS HOUSE!!!!!!

basemetal

2009-10-15 06:11:25 PM

So he's been home all along.....go figure.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:11:27 PM

I always enjoy these live things tho..

I still miss the VW Bug and Helicopter guy Tracy...

I WAS THERE MAN!

ironrat

2009-10-15 06:11:28 PM

Has anyone said he was found at the house yet?

Arke

2009-10-15 06:11:31 PM

Did he put his junk in the box?

mekkab

2009-10-15 06:11:42 PM

FOUND!

/can't believe I was first!

andrewabc

2009-10-15 06:11:43 PM

netweavr: 2009 Hide and Seek US Champion.

You stole that from me in the other thread :P

ravenlore

2009-10-15 06:11:47 PM

And i just heard it on the scanner feed.

Hide and Seek Champion indeed.

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 06:11:52 PM

He's still dead to me.

sidmind

2009-10-15 06:11:59 PM

So Grounded!

Knucklepopper

2009-10-15 06:12:00 PM

Alright, now fark off and go back to work, citizen-droids.

laststarfighter

2009-10-15 06:12:08 PM

If the parents make any money via book deals, media interview, or whatever, I hope they give distribute it to everyone who spent time searching for them.

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 06:12:09 PM

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:12:11 PM

andrewabc: netweavr: 2009 Hide and Seek US Champion.

You stole that from me in the other thread :P

Yes.

bighairyguy

2009-10-15 06:12:12 PM

Did the cops give him a little "stick time"? They like to do that after a long search / chase.

RU_Rules

2009-10-15 06:12:13 PM

A box in the attic in the garage. Only thing missing is COl Mustard and the candlestick.

The Great EZE

2009-10-15 06:12:14 PM

Great. Now we can publicly flog the parents for being dipshiats without the emotional awkwardness of having them lose a child.

As for the kid, send him off to make enough Nikes for every man, woman, and child in America.

sseye

2009-10-15 06:12:17 PM

oh, great, he's safe.

now let's kill him.

JoeCowboy

2009-10-15 06:12:20 PM

I got the sudden urge to play lawn darts

JC

eraser8

2009-10-15 06:12:21 PM

Arke: Did he put his junk in the box?

Dude, he's six.

crazywisdom_uk

2009-10-15 06:12:26 PM

Well, he's really grounded now

/for the rest of his life

itazurakko

2009-10-15 06:12:31 PM

Hiding after all.

Wow. Good luck for him, though!

shep-piece

2009-10-15 06:12:33 PM

wowwwwwwww that was the best waste of an afternoon ever. that bastard.

Barakku

2009-10-15 06:12:36 PM

SomeoneDumb: ...and what will capture the nation's attention next?

Something else shiny, obviously.

skribble

2009-10-15 06:12:37 PM

farkin' 6 year olds

Pinner

2009-10-15 06:12:39 PM

New band name:

GARAGE BOX FALCON

antrat00

2009-10-15 06:12:43 PM

It will be so funny when they find him in the desert with his eyeballs eaten out by vultures.

Dusk-You-n-Me

2009-10-15 06:12:53 PM

Worldwalker called it in the last thread:

Worldwalker 2009-10-15 04:32:32 PM

One of the things they taught us in Civil Air Patrol SAR training: little kids will actively hide from you. Even lost, scared, lonely little kids. When you're on a missing child search, you have to look into every place a kid half the size of the one you're looking for could possibly squeeze into. They will hide, they will cover themselves with brush, they will run away when they hear you coming ... anything to avoid being found.

Basically, little kids don't have any real comprehension of what will happen if they're not found, but they have a very solid idea of what will happen if they are found, and "OMG I'm going to get in huge trouble" overrides "um, I'm gonna die? what's that?" Raising children to to be more afraid of being punished than being lost has cost many kids their lives. I've been out of it for a long time but I suspect that it's even harder to find lost kids today, since they've been taught that all strangers are out to hurt them, and they should run away if a stranger tries to talk to them ... let alone a dozen strangers in muddy fatigues.

yelmrog

2009-10-15 06:12:54 PM

And right on cue when the kid is found, all the dead kid fetish trolls disappear.

/hur hur hur
//got gravitee??? hurrrr

basemetal

2009-10-15 06:12:54 PM

Someone's going to have a very red ass.

HardRocker488

2009-10-15 06:12:56 PM

Sounds like he got scared and decided to hide. Yay for spending thousands of tax payer dollars for nothing!

/Glad he is alive though.

Mike_LowELL

2009-10-15 06:12:56 PM

Oh my God, I was wrong!

He's at home, all along!

Yes you finally made a monkey out of meeeeee...

Oldiron_79

2009-10-15 06:12:58 PM

netweavr: 2009 Hide and Seek US Champion.

Osama is the 2009 World champ though

Lmarie22000

2009-10-15 06:12:59 PM

Just heard on the radio here in Colorado: Boy was hiding in a box in his parent's attic because he was afraid of being in trouble for letting the balloon go.

ironrat

2009-10-15 06:12:59 PM

Auntie Emm!, auntie Emm!

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 06:13:04 PM

tetsoushima

2009-10-15 06:13:08 PM

Now I can eat this jiffy pop with a clean conscience.

cksewell

2009-10-15 06:13:09 PM

"He was hiding in the garage in a box"
The dumbass CNN reporter asks "How did he get in there?"

/he landed there biatch!

AirForceVet

2009-10-15 06:13:10 PM

Happy to hear here on Fark first that the kid is alive and finally emerged from hiding.

Oh, he is going to be SO GROUNDED!

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:13:12 PM

I nominate 'FAILCON' as the post of the year. Whoever it was who did it, burn in hell along with my congratulations, you magnificent bastard.

Pariah.

2009-10-15 06:13:17 PM

Of course its farking legal you hack. WTF seriously. Just shut up.

gunther_bumpass

2009-10-15 06:13:18 PM

So how did the box get into the attic without making a hole in the roof?

Something's really farkin fishy about this.

BunkyBrewman

2009-10-15 06:13:20 PM

Lathe: did anyone post that they found him alive at the house?

MILLIONS of times already.

Yes, he's been found, in the attic of the garage at his parents house.

So... instead of getting his hide tanned like he should, he'll be coddled and told everything is OK for something him and his troublemaking brother got into.

usttsdw

2009-10-15 06:13:25 PM

You can't see me!

Hahnenkam

2009-10-15 06:13:26 PM

ZOMG! Female with low blood sugar!

/gotta close the radio scanner tab
//not alert
///diabetic problems

Cletus the Slack-jawed Smurf

2009-10-15 06:13:27 PM

Colonel Mustard in the library with a candle stick.... or something like that.

LewDux

2009-10-15 06:13:38 PM

MENSTRUATION: He's alive in the house, according to the live news conference. Woo!

Police also found fifteen cases and all the furniture in the garage

Charlie Freak

2009-10-15 06:13:43 PM

He wasn't exactly under the sink, but I think I won something, anyway.

gilgamesh23

2009-10-15 06:13:49 PM

pacified

2009-10-15 06:13:49 PM

Kids today have no conviction or follow through.

silky76

2009-10-15 06:13:58 PM

I thought the police searched the home. That's some fine police work Lou.

mark12A

2009-10-15 06:13:58 PM

I know of a little boy who's not getting dinner tonight...

Kilted_Dude

2009-10-15 06:13:58 PM

Best Hide and Seek EVER!

Wardrobe_Malfunction

2009-10-15 06:14:01 PM

Hahaha

H . O . A . X

fatimcgee

2009-10-15 06:14:04 PM

I think you're right, GoldSpider

NeuroticRocker

2009-10-15 06:14:11 PM

News just said "this is the best scenario we can imagine."

WHAT?

The best scenario is that this didnt happen at all! What a waste of time and resources...

I say parents are in on it.

Attention whores anyway

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:14:12 PM

Now onto the brother who "saw him get into the balloon."

ChaoticLimbs

2009-10-15 06:14:14 PM

His name is now Falcon Mudd.

hipsellipsis

2009-10-15 06:14:14 PM

They just found the kid hiding in a box in the attic. Cool.

Loucifer

2009-10-15 06:14:17 PM

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAX!

blackomne

2009-10-15 06:14:17 PM

I am reminded of the ending to the TRUMAN SHOW.

"Ahhhhh.

So what else is on the TV."

bighairyguy

2009-10-15 06:14:18 PM

He's going to wish he was dead before all this calms down.

sandi_fish

2009-10-15 06:14:23 PM

If that were my parents I'd be alive, but just for a brief moment.

rurdy

2009-10-15 06:14:24 PM

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:14:26 PM

For punishment they are going to put him in that balloon thing.

dholway

2009-10-15 06:14:27 PM

How did he get transported from the balloon to the box?
And who did it?

TBC

2009-10-15 06:14:30 PM

That kid is SO grounded.

Neuman

2009-10-15 06:14:34 PM

What a surprise.

TheWarmonger

2009-10-15 06:14:34 PM

colon_pow

2009-10-15 06:14:34 PM

i was hoping he would be in the grapefruit tree.

pestluvr

2009-10-15 06:14:36 PM

Hahnenkam: ZOMG! Female with low blood sugar!

/gotta close the radio scanner tab
//not alert
///diabetic problems

I thought they said black sugar. This audio sucks.

/needs more duck brains

eagles95

2009-10-15 06:14:37 PM

now MSNBC is talking with the wife swap mom they switched with. shes a hottie..

Dire

2009-10-15 06:14:41 PM

Hiding from a box in his garage's parents.

Blues_X

2009-10-15 06:14:42 PM

YOU LITTLE SHIAT!

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener

2009-10-15 06:14:45 PM

Coronach: glad he's safe

Word to that.

nosajghoul

2009-10-15 06:14:45 PM

K.W. : "Hey Steve Fawcett your death by single person aircraft was good but this 6 year olds is better...."

ottosmom

2009-10-15 06:14:46 PM

I bet the dad told him to hide up there. I hope they get charged for all the public services they used today. I still think the father is up to some kind of shenanigans.

refrigeratorelf

2009-10-15 06:14:51 PM

Couldn't he have waited to pull this stunt until Friday?

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 06:14:55 PM

Awesome. Now I can get back to watching my evening episode of CSI: Miami because I'm itching for some realistic crime-story coverage.

kokomo61

2009-10-15 06:15:00 PM

Alive....and hiding in the attic...

Thank god...

EmployeeOfTheMinute

2009-10-15 06:15:22 PM

LOL America got hoodwinked by a 6 year old. Kudos to you, kid

Loucifer

2009-10-15 06:15:24 PM

Hiding in the attic? Like Helen Keller?

eddievercetti

2009-10-15 06:15:29 PM

YOU MOTHERFARKING SON OF A BITACH!

www.viewing-globe.com

Extreme_Lukewarm

2009-10-15 06:15:34 PM

The area is being combed

kapgar.typepad.com

Julieahni

2009-10-15 06:15:37 PM

Always the last place you look.

jimi32

2009-10-15 06:15:43 PM

sseye: so far, fark is the first place i see reporting that he's been found...

This!

skinnyartist

2009-10-15 06:15:54 PM

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 06:15:57 PM

sandi_fish: If that were my parents I'd be alive, but just for a brief moment.

Seriously. I would be wishing I had jumped in the goddamned balloon and floated away.

SomeoneDumb

2009-10-15 06:16:06 PM

Barakku: SomeoneDumb: ...and what will capture the nation's attention next?

Something else shiny, obviously.

/Sobs uncontrollably at your insight

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:16:07 PM

ChaoticLimbs: His name is now Falcon Mudd.

Well, he gets hot chicks to spread across the galaxy anyway...

FormlessOne

2009-10-15 06:16:09 PM

toilet engineer: Wow. Was hiding in the garage attic, in a box.

Jesus. I'm glad he's okay, but Jesus...

And now, the parents will be billed for the tens of thousands of dollars wasted looking for this little bastard, right?

Right?

HardRocker488

2009-10-15 06:16:15 PM

My mother would have kicked my ass so hard my grandchildren would have bruises.

blackomne

2009-10-15 06:16:16 PM

I wonder how much that cost?

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:16:17 PM

In a box in the attic.

Colorado Police: 1.
Nazis: 0.

Kliffoth

2009-10-15 06:16:17 PM

I think they should kill him anyway. That'll learn 'im!

blacksho89

2009-10-15 06:16:23 PM

It took the cops that long to find him in the garage?

Must have had Boulder PD on scene.

/JonBenet Ramsey

Onix

2009-10-15 06:16:29 PM

Kid was in a box in the attic above the garage. He trolled the nation.

the biggest redneck here

2009-10-15 06:16:31 PM

The ATTIC?! jesus Christ, just kill the parents.

RodneyAChance

2009-10-15 06:16:35 PM

Dusk-You-n-Me: Worldwalker called it in the last thread:

Worldwalker 2009-10-15 04:32:32 PM

One of the things they taught us in Civil Air Patrol SAR training: little kids will actively hide from you. Even lost, scared, lonely little kids. When you're on a missing child search, you have to look into every place a kid half the size of the one you're looking for could possibly squeeze into. They will hide, they will cover themselves with brush, they will run away when they hear you coming ... anything to avoid being found.

Basically, little kids don't have any real comprehension of what will happen if they're not found, but they have a very solid idea of what will happen if they are found, and "OMG I'm going to get in huge trouble" overrides "um, I'm gonna die? what's that?" Raising children to to be more afraid of being punished than being lost has cost many kids their lives. I've been out of it for a long time but I suspect that it's even harder to find lost kids today, since they've been taught that all strangers are out to hurt them, and they should run away if a stranger tries to talk to them ... let alone a dozen strangers in muddy fatigues.

Good call.
Now it's back to the health "care debate".

cksewell

2009-10-15 06:16:36 PM

Did they call out "Orry orry outs in fleeeee!"

Kirk's_Toupee

2009-10-15 06:16:43 PM

shep-piece: wowwwwwwww that was the best waste of an afternoon ever. that bastard.

i concur!!!

i hope he goes far in life.

Seasons I'v Withered

2009-10-15 06:16:46 PM

Its alive

Otto's_Jacket

2009-10-15 06:16:49 PM

netweavr: Now onto the brother who "saw him get into the balloon."

That's what one of my co-workers just said...

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 06:16:53 PM

jimi32: This!

img94.imageshack.us

/screen grab, though who or what is this alve he found?

deadapostle

2009-10-15 06:16:55 PM

Dire: Hiding from a box in his garage's parents.

Well said.

mrEdude

2009-10-15 06:16:57 PM

that little tool

his brother couldn't tell a box in the garage from a box in the balloon?

still confused, but happy he's not dead- but wait til your father gets home!

because good is dumb

2009-10-15 06:16:59 PM

So well this mean that we are gonna have to ban boxes now?

Smeggy Smurf

2009-10-15 06:17:14 PM

sseye: oh, great, he's safe.

now let's kill him.

Beat him to death with the corpses of his parents

twidgetfitch

2009-10-15 06:17:15 PM

WhiteRaven74

img94.imageshack.us

So that's where he was. Norwegian Sea.

Falcon Hunter

2009-10-15 06:17:17 PM

You know who else liked to use distraction to avoid being confronted?

nekom

2009-10-15 06:17:21 PM

I feel relieved now, because now I can laugh at that wacky ass contraption now that I know it hasn't claimed the life of a child. LOL@goofy balloon dude.

hnic17

2009-10-15 06:17:22 PM

First?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-life/

O SNAP

NittLion78

2009-10-15 06:17:25 PM

R.I.P. RED FALCON

gamingvintage.com

Doctor Funkenstein

2009-10-15 06:17:33 PM

He should be sentenced to attend a Roman Polanski party.

burndtjammer

2009-10-15 06:17:41 PM

Obama must have been tired of being covered for his fake Nobel peace prize so he had this kid and balloon story generated. Bush did the same thing with Iraq and nola. Back to your lives citizens

Mernya

2009-10-15 06:17:45 PM

Disappointing finale. I'm all up for finding him alive, but at least he could have fallen in the box into the bed of a truck and was found in Utah or something tomorrow.

ROFLWAFFLE

2009-10-15 06:17:51 PM

mgbeach: He'll return in 10 8 earth years, although to him only moments will have passed. Oh, the zany adventures he'll have.

God, how could you get this wrong?

Death_Poot

2009-10-15 06:17:52 PM

"Der Poopflinger [TotalFark] Quote 2009-10-15 06:05:29 PM

look if they didn't kill it there's a chance it could attack again, wild balloons aren't to be trifled with"

And this is any funnier than what I posted earlier? You need to get out of the basement. At least I was being deliberately stupid. What's your excuse?

Living up to your name I guess:

i82.photobucket.com

See ya, better things to do now after work than this.

ramen_for_all

2009-10-15 06:17:53 PM

Monumental ass-whipping in 3...2...1...

TBC

2009-10-15 06:17:57 PM

AirForceVet: Happy to hear here on Fark first that the kid is alive and finally emerged from hiding.

Oh, he is going to be SO GROUNDED!

Sorry, AirForceVet. Clearly, I didn't RTFT.

/Now *I'm* grounded.
//They'd better not pre-empt Honkbag for this.

rebelyell2006

2009-10-15 06:18:07 PM

PlymouthMeetingMall: in the box in the attic in the garage

So he was hiding after all? Well, so long humanity, it was a nice run.

Purple_Jack

2009-10-15 06:18:08 PM

The kid thought his dad said 'Bring out the gimp', so he hid in a box in the garage. What he actually said was 'Bring out the blimp'.

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 06:18:10 PM

/hot like incest

GungFu

2009-10-15 06:18:21 PM

cksewell: Did they call out "Orry orry outs in fleeeee!"

Oh dear.

EL_FABREZ

2009-10-15 06:18:21 PM

You mean a giant Mylar balloon can't carry a small child away?

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 06:18:27 PM

because good is dumb: So well this mean that we are gonna have to ban boxes now?

No, but they will have to go through the scanner that shows the box's junk.

NittLion78

2009-10-15 06:18:34 PM

R.I.P. THE FALCONER

napjerk

2009-10-15 06:18:44 PM

That little sh*t needs a good ass beating.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:18:46 PM

refrigeratorelf: Couldn't he have waited to pull this stunt until Friday?

Friday is Intergallactic Kegger day...

mikemil828

2009-10-15 06:18:48 PM

FormlessOne: toilet engineer: Wow. Was hiding in the garage attic, in a box.

Jesus. I'm glad he's okay, but Jesus...

And now, the parents will be billed for the tens of thousands of dollars wasted looking for this little bastard, right?

Right?

Probably gonna come out of his college fund

at80eighty

2009-10-15 06:18:50 PM

SNL's next musical: Hoax in a box

Outlaw2097

2009-10-15 06:18:51 PM

hey, do we have that health care thingamajig yet?

sseye

2009-10-15 06:18:56 PM

although i want to make the parents run naked down main st while people pelt them with rotting vegetables and meat, i have to give the kid a break.

many of us did something mortifyingly stupid when we were young. i tried to throw a rock over a car driving past my house and hit it. naturally the guy got out and yelled at me. but i didn't end up as a nationwide news freakout.

i hope his parents never live this down.

who leaves kids in the backyard with a tethered airship?

/parent

Mike_LowELL

2009-10-15 06:19:00 PM

I have a confession to make: I'm the six-year-old kid. I trolled you noobs so hard. You nerds aren't even in my league. This thread has been screenshotted, Youtubed, and reported, and I'm going to do my book report on it. Consider yourself Falcowned.

Kirk's_Toupee

2009-10-15 06:19:13 PM

i bet his older brother convinced him to untie the balloon. then go hide.

toilet engineer

2009-10-15 06:19:17 PM

FormlessOne: And now, the parents will be billed for the tens of thousands of dollars wasted looking for this little bastard, right?

Right?

I mean... maybe? It's not like they KNEW what was going on. I dunno. Seems like it might be appropriate, but honestly I'm sure that's the last thing on their mind. Gah. Glad he's okay.

One Thirty-two and Bush

2009-10-15 06:19:22 PM

Looks like we all got Anne Frank'd.

Turn him over to the Nazis.

rustyspork

2009-10-15 06:19:27 PM

NOT THE ATTIC!!

meat0918

2009-10-15 06:19:28 PM

Some one is going to be without dinner tonight.

And the wild rumpus is canceled.

Korb

2009-10-15 06:19:35 PM

Hey guys, there's a kid in a balloon flying over Colorado! Turn on your TVs and watch!

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:19:39 PM

silky76: I thought the police searched the home. That's some fine police work Lou.

THey searched for Jonbenet too.

Boyd Schidt

2009-10-15 06:19:50 PM

punchaprep

2009-10-15 06:20:04 PM

Cps to the rescue

Taku

2009-10-15 06:20:22 PM

Ok, who had attic?

"Right, then beatings all around."

missmarsha

2009-10-15 06:20:34 PM

bighairyguy

2009-10-15 06:20:39 PM

Have the said what the nationality of the hooker he was found with is?

deevo

2009-10-15 06:20:45 PM

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:20:45 PM

all this over a game of hide and seek!!! what the hell!

cksewell

2009-10-15 06:20:45 PM

Well that's that

Molavian

2009-10-15 06:20:52 PM

silky76: I thought the police searched the home. That's some fine police work Lou.

This.

tnko

2009-10-15 06:20:56 PM

yeah, it's the parents fault they thought their kid was missing when he was hiding in the attic.

nekom

2009-10-15 06:20:56 PM

sseye: although i want to make the parents run naked down main st while people pelt them with rotting vegetables and meat, i have to give the kid a break.

many of us did something mortifyingly stupid when we were young. i tried to throw a rock over a car driving past my house and hit it. naturally the guy got out and yelled at me. but i didn't end up as a nationwide news freakout.

i hope his parents never live this down.

who leaves kids in the backyard with a tethered airship?

/parent

THIS. How easy is it to fathom a 6 year old fiddling around with the ropes and lets the thing go, thinks "OH FARK, DADDY IS GOING TO KILL ME FOR THIS!!!" and running and hiding? Very normal reaction for a 6 year old mind.

If he thought it was possible that that wacky contraption could have carried one of his kids off, he should never have had it back there.

/also a parent

Kliffoth

2009-10-15 06:20:57 PM

OK OK so there's going to be no dead children AT ALL?

/reluctant acceptance

duppy

2009-10-15 06:20:58 PM

Well, stuff him back in the balloon and relaunch it. We want our money's worth, dammit!

geniusiknowit

2009-10-15 06:20:58 PM

The police found him in the attic, eh?

\Note to self: Find better place to stash those 6 year olds...

ArgusRun

2009-10-15 06:21:00 PM

mrEdude: that little tool

his brother couldn't tell a box in the garage from a box in the balloon?

still confused, but happy he's not dead- but wait til your father gets home!

Here's how I'm seeing it. Falcon releases the balloon. The balloon, while not in use, is stored in this box in the attic of the garage. Falcon climbs in the box. Brother sees it. Tells parents that Falcon let the balloon go and is now in the balloon box. Everyone freaks the shiat out and pays no attention to the little kid asking everybody why they just don't search the garage.

Leeds37

2009-10-15 06:21:02 PM

Step two, put a kid in the box?

silky76

2009-10-15 06:21:08 PM

14:59

hnic17

2009-10-15 06:21:17 PM

Mike_LowELL: I have a confession to make: I'm the six-year-old kid. I trolled you noobs so hard. You nerds aren't even in my league. This thread has been screenshotted, Youtubed, and reported, and I'm going to do my book report on it. Consider yourself Falcowned.

O LAWDY.

HappyDaddy

2009-10-15 06:21:26 PM

Then I guess his dad didn't rape and kill him in 1990. Good news.

LancePGH

2009-10-15 06:21:34 PM

Like the dad who makes his son smoke a pack of smokes, he will place lil falcon in a balloon...

EmployeeOfTheMinute

2009-10-15 06:21:35 PM

Someone else in the other thread coined this one, and it seems appropriate: FALCOWNED

Paryb

2009-10-15 06:21:43 PM

listening to the newscast right now. Little boys have been interviewed several times and their stories are consistant....that's because little boys are farking good liars!

rooftopvoter

2009-10-15 06:21:53 PM

falcon sounds like a pussy

Drakonas

2009-10-15 06:21:56 PM

Proper punishment for the crime

ROFLWAFFLE

2009-10-15 06:21:56 PM

rebelyell2006: He's hiding in the barn.

Barn, attic. Close enough.

/James Cole approves

silky76

2009-10-15 06:22:06 PM

I_C_Weener: silky76: I thought the police searched the home. That's some fine police work Lou.

THey searched for Jonbenet too.

Hmm...good point.

Mart Laar's beard shaver

2009-10-15 06:22:13 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: ChaoticLimbs: His name is now Falcon Mudd.

Well, he gets hot chicks to spread across the galaxy anyway...

Don't dare turn this into a hot Star Trek chick threadjack.

/or do ...

punchaprep

2009-10-15 06:22:27 PM

duppy: Well, stuff him back in the balloon and relaunch it. We want our money's worth, dammit!

You owe me a keyboard bastard

because good is dumb

2009-10-15 06:22:31 PM

Contrabulous Flabtraption: because good is dumb: So well this mean that we are gonna have to ban boxes now?

No, but they will have to go through the scanner that shows the box's junk.

It would be hilarious if they found a meth lab and a huge stash of child-porn in the garage as police searched for the boy.

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 06:22:32 PM

twidgetfitch: So that's where he was. Norwegian Sea.

well no wonder he was so hard to find

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:22:38 PM

Paryb: listening to the newscast right now. Little boys have been interviewed several times and their stories are consistant....that's because little boys are farking good liars!

Of course children are good liars. It's a survival tactic.

Dusk-You-n-Me

2009-10-15 06:22:53 PM

missmarsha: yeah, he was responding to me

Ah yeah, and you were responding to me. You called it.

_{(but I liked his story)}

LewDux

2009-10-15 06:23:13 PM

And now over to Ollie Williams for the blackie punishment forecast

cksewell

2009-10-15 06:23:13 PM

Mart Laar's beard shaver: Lt. Cheese Weasel: ChaoticLimbs: His name is now Falcon Mudd.

Well, he gets hot chicks to spread across the galaxy anyway...

Don't dare turn this into a hot Star Trek chick threadjack.

/or do ...

+7/9

NittLion78

2009-10-15 06:23:15 PM

R.I.P. EDIE FALCO

NANCY'S MEAT PUPPET

2009-10-15 06:23:16 PM

PPV ass whipping to pay back the search effort.

rthill6

2009-10-15 06:23:16 PM

Glad he is ok. Now let the ass-beating commence.

witchofthedogs

2009-10-15 06:23:23 PM

Seriously, a six-year old has no concept of what happens in this kind of situation. He's thinking of his limited universe (which is his parents and siblings, mainly) and he's afraid of what their reaction will be to him f*cking up. He has no idea that the rest of the world is watching this...

Now, the parents? Totally different story... The fact they have this thing in the backyard and its tether is so simple a six-year old can launch it? That's a matter of concern right off the bat.

wjllope

2009-10-15 06:23:28 PM

sseye: many of us did something mortifyingly stupid when we were young.

When i was 3 or 4, I walked a couple of blocks from my house to the Serpentarium (Miami Florida) with my fishing pole.

I was fishing for alligators. Someone eventually told on me, and i got pulled away, and eventually taken home in a sherriff's car.

I was so close to landing a LUNKER!

/not clear how i got in there without any money (and toting a romper room fishing pole) but i did. And, Oh my, did my ass get tanned that night.

Barbecue Bob

2009-10-15 06:23:29 PM

Hi everyone.
Did I miss something?
3.bp.blogspot.com

Jodeo

2009-10-15 06:23:30 PM

"She was in the attic the whole time."

dianepernet.typepad.com

5 dollar milkshake

2009-10-15 06:23:31 PM

Add this to the list of reasons that kids are a huge PITA.

and while I'm biatching....
missmarsha: Dusk-You-n-Me: Worldwalker called it in the last thread:

Worldwalker 2009-10-15 04:32:32 PM

One of the things they taught us in Civil Air Patrol SAR training: little kids will actively hide from you. Even lost, scared, lonely little kids. When you're on a missing child search, you have to look into every place a kid half the size of the one you're looking for could possibly squeeze into. They will hide, they will cover themselves with brush, they will run away when they hear you coming ... anything to avoid being found.

Basically, little kids don't have any real comprehension of what will happen if they're not found, but they have a very solid idea of what will happen if they are found, and "OMG I'm going to get in huge trouble" overrides "um, I'm gonna die? what's that?" Raising children to to be more afraid of being punished than being lost has cost many kids their lives. I've been out of it for a long time but I suspect that it's even harder to find lost kids today, since they've been taught that all strangers are out to hurt them, and they should run away if a stranger tries to talk to them ... let alone a dozen strangers in muddy fatigues.

yeah, he was responding to me

Wahhhh! I want my credit for my fark comment!

tinyarena

2009-10-15 06:23:56 PM

The next time, when he really launches himself in a balloon, nobody's going to believe him.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:24:18 PM

So ronery...

HeartBurnKid

2009-10-15 06:24:20 PM

MSNBC is interviewing the lady who swapped into his family on Wife Swap... she claims to be psychic.

All I have to say is that, if she's psychic, why did she not see this coming?

Paryb

2009-10-15 06:24:24 PM

Wonder if the parents knew that the apparatus would probably not carry the child.

itazurakko

2009-10-15 06:24:30 PM

toilet engineer: I mean... maybe? It's not like they KNEW what was going on. I dunno. Seems like it might be appropriate, but honestly I'm sure that's the last thing on their mind. Gah. Glad he's okay.

Yeah.

The one thing *I* find fishy about the parents' freaking out is that it seemed they should have known it was very unlikely the balloon could hold their kid - it appeared huge to me in the video while it was flying, but when it landed you saw just how tiny it was.

Then they start talking about a box that was on the bottom of the circle part that had looked like a gondola (but that turned out to just be part of the balloon itself, right? Or am I mistaken?), that would have been even smaller, no chance the kid was in it.

The parents called the news asking for their news copter to help them find the balloon at first. They didn't call 911 or the police - apparently the news station did that.

Which all together has me wondering if the parents had called the news station just asking for help to find the BALLOON, because, well, it's their big project and valuable to them, but not immediately thinking their kid was on it. Then the TV jumped to conclusions, and the story ran away with itself?

I mean, you'd think the parents, knowing their balloon well, would know all the things we didn't, that the round part wasn't a gondola, etc.

But... anyway, main thing is good the kid isn't hurt.

Gilligann

2009-10-15 06:24:31 PM

Considering the parents, I don't beleive they didn't know where he was. I would like to see their reaction when he was found.

WhyteRaven74

2009-10-15 06:24:32 PM

geniusiknowit: www.fantasticfiction.co.uk

well there's something we don't see every day on Fark, shockingly enough

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:24:32 PM

silky76: I_C_Weener: silky76: I thought the police searched the home. That's some fine police work Lou.

THey searched for Jonbenet too.

Hmm...good point.

"He's not in the fridge...next to the pie."

"He's not under this case of beer."

"Has anyone checked to see if they have the DirecTV Center Ice Package? I mean, I'll check and see if he's hiding in the box with the moving pictures."

Meauran

2009-10-15 06:24:34 PM

Former coworker/partner of Falcon's Dad says he was always putting the kids in harms way. Things like taking the kid tornado chasing and having boxes in the attic. Link ^

LordSunder

2009-10-15 06:24:43 PM

I knew it.

Not a hoax, but after the thing landed and no one was in it, I figures as much.

/was 6 once.

mbillips

2009-10-15 06:24:47 PM

Jeez, people, look at the size of that balloon. Is anybody dumb enough to think a helium balloon that small could lift off the ground with a kid aboard (apparently).

You'd need a gas bag at least 5-10 times that size to lift a 50-pound payload. Blimps are huge for a reason.

Thwack

2009-10-15 06:24:55 PM

I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

Kaka

2009-10-15 06:25:03 PM

sseye: oh, great, he's safe.

now let's kill him.

THIS.

Damned kid. Not in a cynical way, I would love to see some sort of report of people's internet usage, loss of productivity and dollars expended local, state and federal today. The outcome is awesome but I think it would be a fascinating report. Hell, I was just happy to not hear about health care for four hours.

/Hummms
"What the world needs now
is boys in balloons.
They're the only thing that are just too small to fly..."

/sorry
//

eraser8

2009-10-15 06:25:07 PM

HeartBurnKid: All I have to say is that, if she's psychic, why did she not see this coming?

Maybe she did and nobody believed her.

/Cassandra

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:25:08 PM

NittLion78: R.I.P. EDIE FALCO

Rock me Amadeus!

Andulamb

2009-10-15 06:25:08 PM

Quoting myself:
Of course, this will turn out to be nothing but a prank. The kids set the balloon free, and the six-year-old is hiding.

It remains to be seen whether or not this was a prank. Given that the older brother claims to have seen the six-year-old get into the balloon, I'm still leaning towards prank.

In any case, it's a win-win for this attention-whoring family.

E Arkhe

2009-10-15 06:25:08 PM

Thank goodness! I was hoping it was just a prank he and his brother were playing.

spill_thrill

2009-10-15 06:25:15 PM

All worth it for that 9/11 comment in the other thread

No1_vern

2009-10-15 06:25:32 PM

The question comes to mind: Did the kid hide or was the family in it to gain media attention/notoriety??
:(

sseye

2009-10-15 06:25:34 PM

jimi32: sseye: so far, fark is the first place i see reporting that he's been found...

This!

twitter followed closely behind.

of course, next time something like this happens, i'm totally going to post something bogus, claiming to have heard it on my scanner.

oh we're sending our love
down a cardboard box
in the attic

Loucifer

2009-10-15 06:25:35 PM

I think the kid did exactly what his publicity seeking parents told him to do. It was a hoax from the beginning.

True Value

2009-10-15 06:25:37 PM

When I was about eight years old I was playing at a friend's house down our block. My mom called on the phone and said it was time to head home for dinner. I walked home (five minute walk) and came in the front door, and nobody heard me enter. I thought it would be funny to hide in the closet to mess with everyone. About five minutes later my mom opened the front door and looked down the block, then called my friend's mom. When she heard that I had left ten minutes ago she panicked and went outside. They got flashlights (it was getting dark) and started looking around, then called the police. At that point I opened the closet door and shouted "Surprise!", and promptly got my beaten.

My bet is this kid did the same thing.

MONSTERTRUCK

2009-10-15 06:25:42 PM

And the made for tv movie will be ready in 3 days. Amazing!

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:26:00 PM

Paryb: Wonder if the parents knew that the apparatus would probably not carry the child.

There's knowing something, and there's being told your kid is in it.

They might have known, but I'm guessing logical thought went out the window when told their kid was in it.

nekom

2009-10-15 06:26:04 PM

Paryb: Wonder if the parents knew that the apparatus would probably not carry the child.

One would think he'd have a rough idea of what his zany contraption could do. If it actually COULD, then he's a horrible parent for having it back there. If it COULDN'T, that may not have occurred to him. I can imagine having a kid go missing kind of clouds your judgment.

TheKnownUniverse

2009-10-15 06:26:09 PM

He was found in my box

2009-10-15 06:26:33 PM

CNN Headline news biatch is wondering now if the Child Services should get involved. Clearly this menacing child is not being raised properly since he obviously is acting like a 6 year old and made fools of the national media following this circus.

I say there should be a government agency to remove egg from the face of media morons.

LancePGH

2009-10-15 06:26:33 PM

approves

Wise_Guy

2009-10-15 06:26:38 PM

Knew it all along.

Mr. Chainsaw

2009-10-15 06:26:40 PM

Way destroy my productivity, you little farker.
/Glad he's okay
//He won't be for long

The_Sponge

2009-10-15 06:26:44 PM

Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

Butters would be the best choice, IMHO.

*Balloon takes off*

"Oh hamburgers!"

Brainz

2009-10-15 06:26:50 PM

mbillips: Jeez, people, look at the size of that balloon. Is anybody dumb enough to think a helium balloon that small could lift off the ground with a kid aboard (apparently).

You'd need a gas bag at least 5-10 times that size to lift a 50-pound payload. Blimps are huge for a reason.

Hi, my name is mbillips and I can neither do the math involved to make this claim, nor read any of the bazillion comments refuting the claim I have made.

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:26:58 PM

TheKnownUniverse: He was found in my box

Poor kid. He had to share his hiding space with an entire college football team.

Outshined_One

2009-10-15 06:27:03 PM

Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

I want it to be Cartman, simply for all the great fat jokes that would come out of it.

Gordon432

2009-10-15 06:27:16 PM

It's a streetlight, he's hiding in a streetlight.

Dusk-You-n-Me

2009-10-15 06:27:26 PM

NittLion78: R.I.P. EDIE FALCO

oh i laughed...i laughed

unlikely

2009-10-15 06:27:31 PM

Attic.

Neat.

chumbucket

2009-10-15 06:27:34 PM

I'm totally grounding my 5 year old when I get home, just because...

Little Bunny Foo Foo

2009-10-15 06:27:40 PM

mikemil828: FormlessOne: toilet engineer: Wow. Was hiding in the garage attic, in a box.

Jesus. I'm glad he's okay, but Jesus...

And now, the parents will be billed for the tens of thousands of dollars wasted looking for this little bastard, right?

Right?

Probably gonna come out of his college fund

Nah, WifeSwap will pick up the tab - look at all the advertising they got today...

barneyfifesbullet

2009-10-15 06:27:45 PM

I didn't watch a second of it on TV, and I am LMFAO at everyone that has been sucked into this latest media free-for-all for the last few hours.

Suckers.

/back to torrents

SangamonTaylor

2009-10-15 06:27:46 PM

mark12A: I know of a little boy who's not getting dinner tonight...

His dinner will still be there, and it will still be warm.

Kaka

2009-10-15 06:27:48 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: Mart Laar's beard shaver: Lt. Cheese Weasel: ChaoticLimbs: His name is now Falcon Mudd.

Well, he gets hot chicks to spread across the galaxy anyway...

Don't dare turn this into a hot Star Trek chick threadjack.

/or do ...

So ronery...

Harcourt Fenton Mudd! What have you been doing?! Where have you been?! (sniffs) Have you been drinking???!

19 Kilo

2009-10-15 06:27:54 PM

Yo, Fark thread 4703125, Imma let you finish, but I just had to say that Fark thread 2018473 had the best happy ending ever.

Jimsus

2009-10-15 06:28:07 PM

NittLion78

2009-10-15 06:28:10 PM

R.I.P. EVGENI MALKIN

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:28:19 PM

Im guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew hed be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

Cup_O_Jo

2009-10-15 06:28:32 PM

UH HUH---OF COURSE HE HAS BEEN AT THE HOUSE THE WHOLE TIME--I think they should be fined for EMS services..

fighting17th

2009-10-15 06:28:36 PM

Dear State of Colorado:

Don't be too worried. We know what it's like to be Punk'd on National TV when searching for a missing person. You'll be the butt of jokes for a few weeks, and then it will get better.

Love,

The Madison Police Department

itazurakko

2009-10-15 06:28:37 PM

nekom: THIS. How easy is it to fathom a 6 year old fiddling around with the ropes and lets the thing go, thinks "OH FARK, DADDY IS GOING TO KILL ME FOR THIS!!!" and running and hiding? Very normal reaction for a 6 year old mind.

If he thought it was possible that that wacky contraption could have carried one of his kids off, he should never have had it back there.

Yeah, another reason I suspect that the parents WEREN'T thinking the balloon had carried their kid off. If they really had, they also would have called 911 I'd think.

And absolutely Worldwalker nailed it too - a lot of people searching for the kid in the house probably weren't searching well enough because they didn't realize just how well paranoid kids can and will hide. If the kid had just wandered off unrelated to the balloon, then calling him or just doing a cursory walk through the house would have probably found him, but no, he was in a box when already inside a not-so-well-used room. Hiding big time.

/not a parent
//but have done the "oh shiat time to hide" thing

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:28:40 PM

chumbucket: I'm totally grounding my 5 year old when I get home, just because...

Whip that little turds ass with a knotted plow line, just to be sure.

AbbeySomeone

2009-10-15 06:28:40 PM

Kirk's_Toupee: i bet his older brother convinced him to untie the balloon. then go hide.

That's what I was thinking.

Barbecue Bob

2009-10-15 06:28:44 PM

Had the whole nation stareing at a balloon for 5 hours?!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
What's his Fark name?
I'll be the first to buy him TotalFark.

Kaka

2009-10-15 06:28:52 PM

SH: CNN Headline news biatch is wondering now if the Child Services should get involved. Clearly this menacing child is not being raised properly since he obviously is acting like a 6 year old and made fools of the national media following this circus.

I say there should be a government agency to remove egg from the face of media morons.

Only if the egg is "powered by helium"

/christ

Aeonite

2009-10-15 06:29:00 PM

True Value: When I was about eight years old I was playing at a friend's house down our block. My mom called on the phone and said it was time to head home for dinner. I walked home (five minute walk) and came in the front door, and nobody heard me enter. I thought it would be funny to hide in the closet to mess with everyone. About five minutes later my mom opened the front door and looked down the block, then called my friend's mom. When she heard that I had left ten minutes ago she panicked and went outside. They got flashlights (it was getting dark) and started looking around, then called the police. At that point I opened the closet door and shouted "Surprise!", and promptly got my beaten.

My bet is this kid did the same thing.

Except for the last part. He won't get beaten, or punished.

Rubberband Girl

2009-10-15 06:29:03 PM

FTFA - Richard Heene is a meteorologist and former television weatherman who has submitted to CNN iReports accounts of his sons helping him chase Hurricane Gustav, among other contributions.

Um, way to go there, Dad, taking small children storm chasing. Couldn't you have waited until they were teenagers and therefore better equipped to take care of themselves and you if something went wrong?

What am I saying? This is the same parent who saw nothing wrong with subjecting their kids to reality show cameras, specifically a show where they get a replacement Mommy for two weeks.

Not a whole lot of rational thought here...

Porous Horace

2009-10-15 06:29:06 PM

I feel bad for the poor Afghani girl who simply wanted some American friendship and was crushed to death by the falling, delivered boy whose parachute failed to open.

/why can't we be friends?

OnlyM3

2009-10-15 06:29:08 PM

witchofthedogs [TotalFark] 2009-10-15 05:17:28 PM
This whole situation simply reinforces my belief that Wolf Blitzer is an illiterate cock.

And you would be correct (unlike all of wolf's answers
http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0909/wolf_bombs_on_jeopardy.html

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:29:21 PM

barneyfifesbullet: I didn't watch a second of it on TV, and I am LMFAO at everyone that has been sucked into this latest media free-for-all for the last few hours.

Suckers.

/back to torrents

I knew it all along. I knew the kid was safe. That Wolf Blitzer is a moron. That there was only one gunman and he wasn't on the grassy gnoll. That New Coke would fail miserably. That OJ was innocent. I knew it all along.

Atlas Blogged

2009-10-15 06:29:30 PM

I have found Fark's one weakness: balloon kid

Eirik

2009-10-15 06:29:43 PM

Cletus the Slack-jawed Smurf: Blitz

Wait, Blitzer reported it? I'm not going to believe it until I see Andy Richter confirm it.

Molavian

2009-10-15 06:29:49 PM

I_C_Weener: TheKnownUniverse: He was found in my box

Poor kid. He had to share his hiding space with an entire college football team.

Luckily there was room to spare.

StreetlightInTheGhetto

2009-10-15 06:29:54 PM

itazurakko: toilet engineer: I mean... maybe? It's not like they KNEW what was going on. I dunno. Seems like it might be appropriate, but honestly I'm sure that's the last thing on their mind. Gah. Glad he's okay.

Yeah.

The one thing *I* find fishy about the parents' freaking out is that it seemed they should have known it was very unlikely the balloon could hold their kid - it appeared huge to me in the video while it was flying, but when it landed you saw just how tiny it was.

Then they start talking about a box that was on the bottom of the circle part that had looked like a gondola (but that turned out to just be part of the balloon itself, right? Or am I mistaken?), that would have been even smaller, no chance the kid was in it.

The parents called the news asking for their news copter to help them find the balloon at first. They didn't call 911 or the police - apparently the news station did that.

Which all together has me wondering if the parents had called the news station just asking for help to find the BALLOON, because, well, it's their big project and valuable to them, but not immediately thinking their kid was on it. Then the TV jumped to conclusions, and the story ran away with itself?

I mean, you'd think the parents, knowing their balloon well, would know all the things we didn't, that the round part wasn't a gondola, etc.

But... anyway, main thing is good the kid isn't hurt.

Yeah... it might have just been extreme, worst case scenario panic....

Or it could have been awesome AWing if they damn well knew the kid couldn't be there, especially since they apparently were on Wife Swap before.

I'm hoping the former, but in any case:

19 Kilo: Yo, Fark thread 4703125, Imma let you finish, but I just had to say that Fark thread 2018473 had the best happy ending ever.

this.

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:30:02 PM

Stroke_N_Focus: Im guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew hed be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

Couldn't have, the "box" on the balloon was still tied and sealed from the outside.

The balloon was released and Falcon hid while his brothers reported we was in said balloon.

Gwynplaine

2009-10-15 06:30:17 PM

I like the people who are concerned about the money wasted on the near full scale search that almost had to be launched.

Am I to understand that if the child was found splatted somewhere the money spent (and much more if it had taken days to find the remains) would be well spent?

People doing their jobs is not wasted money. CNN blowing a butt-load of money to cover this may have been wasted money, but I'm sure the ratings are with them and this was money well spent.

The tragedy in all this is that once they announced the boy had been found alive I couldn't find my remote control and spent ten extra minutes watching CNN.

GungFu

2009-10-15 06:30:28 PM

TheKnownUniverse: He was found in my box

You have a huge box.

/stretchy

eraser8

2009-10-15 06:30:38 PM

This whole episode is giving me a great idea for a kidnapping.

Uchiha_Cycliste

2009-10-15 06:30:42 PM

I said it at the other thread's inception and i'll say it again:
9.8 m/s^2

I'm that jerk

2009-10-15 06:30:45 PM

basemetal: Someone's going to have a very red ass.

Paging gorgor, gorgor please report to the jackass kid thread.

gregscott

2009-10-15 06:30:46 PM

Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

I vote for kenny. He can fall to his death.

Shrew2u

2009-10-15 06:30:58 PM

blackomne

2009-10-15 06:31:14 PM

How Exciting!!!
latimesblogs.latimes.com

Uchiha_Cycliste

2009-10-15 06:31:19 PM

Atlas Blogged: I have found Fark's one weakness: balloon kid

baloon kid, boxxee, beer and boobies. maybe blunts.

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 06:31:36 PM

Nancy Grace's vagina just got more wet.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:31:45 PM

This thread is without tiller or captain now. It is drifting in the giant miasma of the tubez. It only purpose is to 'be'.

So, here is Fat Elvis.

Meauran

2009-10-15 06:31:48 PM

Did anyone else notice the date?

10/15

Nevar fergit!!111

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:31:53 PM

Gwynplaine: I like the people who are concerned about the money wasted on the near full scale search that almost had to be launched.

Am I to understand that if the child was found splatted somewhere the money spent (and much more if it had taken days to find the remains) would be well spent?

People doing their jobs is not wasted money. CNN blowing a butt-load of money to cover this may have been wasted money, but I'm sure the ratings are with them and this was money well spent.

The tragedy in all this is that once they announced the boy had been found alive I couldn't find my remote control and spent ten extra minutes watching CNN.

Not really sure what money was spent that was outside the budgeted amount.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:32:05 PM

netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: Im guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew hed be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

Couldn't have, the "box" on the balloon was still tied and sealed from the outside.

The balloon was released and Falcon hid while his brothers reported we was in said balloon.

THE BROTHERS MUST PAY THEN!

Millzners

2009-10-15 06:32:05 PM

Question from someone who's not a parent yet: how long will a 6-year old hide out until he gets bored or hungry and comes out?

neongoats

2009-10-15 06:32:16 PM

This was great, watching fark go all "persian revolution" about a weather balloon and a kid hiding in a box. It's not news(worthy), its Fark.com

sseye

2009-10-15 06:32:32 PM

wjllope: sseye: many of us did something mortifyingly stupid when we were young.

When i was 3 or 4, I walked a couple of blocks from my house to the Serpentarium (Miami Florida) with my fishing pole.

I was fishing for alligators. Someone eventually told on me, and i got pulled away, and eventually taken home in a sherriff's car.

I was so close to landing a LUNKER!

/not clear how i got in there without any money (and toting a romper room fishing pole) but i did. And, Oh my, did my ass get tanned that night.

cool story, bro.

no really, that's exactly what i'm talking about. but you didn't end up the subject of a statewide manhunt.

Mad_Radhu

2009-10-15 06:32:34 PM

Cool, they found him. Now that means that the hot psychologist I kidnapped will finally believe me about the virus that is going to end the world.

Maybe we should go on a vacation and enjoy the time we have left.

Hack Patooey

2009-10-15 06:32:48 PM

Uchiha_Cycliste: Atlas Blogged: I have found Fark's one weakness: balloon kid

baloon kid, boxxee, beer and boobies. maybe blunts.

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica!

AbbeySomeone

2009-10-15 06:32:49 PM

witchofthedogs: Seriously, a six-year old has no concept of what happens in this kind of situation. He's thinking of his limited universe (which is his parents and siblings, mainly) and he's afraid of what their reaction will be to him f*cking up. He has no idea that the rest of the world is watching this...

Now, the parents? Totally different story... The fact they have this thing in the backyard and its tether is so simple a six-year old can launch it? That's a matter of concern right off the bat.

I'm not so convinced that the child launched it. Could be the fall guy for his older brother's shenanigans.
Older siblings have persuasive powers.

/2 younger brothers

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:32:53 PM

"So, can you get back to looking for me now?"

starrion

2009-10-15 06:33:08 PM

Well son...

We took a quick poll on twitter for what punishment to give you.

45,325,245 people said no dessert and no electronics for two weeks.
37,234,894 people said No dessert and no electronics fo a month.
237,000 voted for beheading.

BigG

2009-10-15 06:33:13 PM

The Ninj': rebelyell2006: He's hiding in the barn.

12 MONKEYS REFERENCE! I WIN!

Mixing up your alts are you?

phillyguy1547

2009-10-15 06:33:15 PM

No one looked in the farking child-sized box in the farking attic?!?!

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:33:16 PM

Stroke_N_Focus: netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: Im guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew hed be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

Couldn't have, the "box" on the balloon was still tied and sealed from the outside.

The balloon was released and Falcon hid while his brothers reported we was in said balloon.

THE BROTHERS MUST PAY THEN!

Have the kids "arrested" for lying to police. Spend the night in "jail."

Freak them out.

SundaesChild

2009-10-15 06:33:20 PM

The_Sponge: Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

Butters would be the best choice, IMHO.

*Balloon takes off*

"Oh hamburgers!"

My vote is for Kyle's brother Ike.

Loneman1

2009-10-15 06:33:32 PM

I knew he was too good of a soldier to do something like that.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:33:42 PM

Millzners: Question from someone who's not a parent yet: how long will a 6-year old hide out until he gets bored or hungry and comes out?

2 hours. This process may be speeded up by baking cookies.

I_Should_Be_Working_Right_Now

2009-10-15 06:33:59 PM

Millzners: Question from someone who's not a parent yet: how long will a 6-year old hide out until he gets bored or hungry and comes out?

3-4 hours, tops

canyoneer

2009-10-15 06:34:04 PM

Haha! I can't stop laughing!

star_topology

2009-10-15 06:34:10 PM

I_C_Weener: "So, can you get back to looking for me now?"

Win.

/first thing I thought of when the story broke, but I can't easily post HTML pics from my Blackberry

Gilligann

2009-10-15 06:34:30 PM

So the basket that was supposedly attached was empty? Was their balloon not able to support an empty basket?

Headcheese

2009-10-15 06:34:30 PM

Well, at least now I know what my Halloween costume will be.

spidermann

2009-10-15 06:35:05 PM

His name is Flower.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:35:15 PM

netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: Im guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew hed be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

Couldn't have, the "box" on the balloon was still tied and sealed from the outside.

The balloon was released and Falcon hid while his brothers reported we was in said balloon.

THE BROTHERS MUST PAY THEN!

Have the kids "arrested" for lying to police. Spend the night in "jail."

Freak them out.

You think falcon was hiding out of fear for releasing the balloon? Worried he screwed up daddys toy? He must have been scared

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:35:21 PM

phillyguy1547: No one looked in the farking child-sized box in the farking attic?!?!

The brothers and consistently and repeatedly said he was in the balloon. Why waste resources searching every corner of the house?

They did a preliminary search then, after it became obvious what was going on, did a thorough one and found him.

Not really going to blame the cops/parents here.

LancePGH

2009-10-15 06:35:26 PM

LOL Headcheese

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:35:31 PM

Gilligann: So the basket that was supposedly attached was empty? Was their balloon not able to support an empty basket?

The balloon was a success. The rope system to hold the gondola...not so much.

"Would you classify this as a design or launch problem?"

rebelyell2006

2009-10-15 06:35:44 PM

BigG: The Ninj': rebelyell2006: He's hiding in the barn.

12 MONKEYS REFERENCE! I WIN!

Mixing up your alts are you?

Are you saying I have an alt? Or the guy that quoted me has an alt?

mistrowl

2009-10-15 06:36:00 PM

Found alive in the attic?

wjllope

2009-10-15 06:36:29 PM

I_Should_Be_Working_Right_Now: Millzners: Question from someone who's not a parent yet: how long will a 6-year old hide out until he gets bored or hungry and comes out?

3-4 hours, tops

unless he falls asleep in there.

EmployeeOfTheMinute

2009-10-15 06:36:40 PM

canyoneer: Haha! I can't stop laughing!

THIS

deadapostle

2009-10-15 06:36:41 PM

This is the hot space women thread, right?

hyperflame

2009-10-15 06:36:45 PM

mistrowl: Found alive in the attic?

Yup

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:36:50 PM

mistrowl: Found alive in the attic?

Just like bats. Except, unlike this boy, bats can fly.

itazurakko

2009-10-15 06:36:51 PM

netweavr: Couldn't have, the "box" on the balloon was still tied and sealed from the outside.

And that "box" (the round flattish cylindrical part) was never a gondola to start with, was it?

It looked like it from the air (though suspiciously without windows) but then from the air the balloon was appearing huge to me. When it landed I was surprised at just how small it was.

I mean, what was the height of that bottom cylinder even to start with?

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:36:51 PM

I_C_Weener: Gilligann: So the basket that was supposedly attached was empty? Was their balloon not able to support an empty basket?

The balloon was a success. The rope system to hold the gondola...not so much.

"Would you classify this as a design or launch problem?"

Always blaming the engineers! No respect I tell ya, no respect!

eraser8

2009-10-15 06:36:58 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel: 2 hours. This process may be speeded up by baking cookies.

I hated chocolate chip cookies when I was a kid. Honestly, I still hate them. Other cookies are okay. But chocolate chips make me want to vomit.

I also hated hot dogs and cola drinks.

It was rough growing up.

Uchiha_Cycliste

2009-10-15 06:37:01 PM

Hack Patooey: Uchiha_Cycliste: Atlas Blogged: I have found Fark's one weakness: balloon kid

baloon kid, boxxee, beer and boobies. maybe blunts.

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica!

Go Bears! bikes too.

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:37:06 PM

Stroke_N_Focus: netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: Im guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew hed be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

Couldn't have, the "box" on the balloon was still tied and sealed from the outside.

The balloon was released and Falcon hid while his brothers reported we was in said balloon.

THE BROTHERS MUST PAY THEN!

Have the kids "arrested" for lying to police. Spend the night in "jail."

Freak them out.

You think falcon was hiding out of fear for releasing the balloon? Worried he screwed up daddys toy? He must have been scared

He's six.

If you're paranoid have CPS interview him, but I doubt anything is going on outside the norm here.

...I mean besides the dad being a crackpot with a big balloon.

Negligible

2009-10-15 06:37:32 PM

TROLL OF THE YEAR

True Value

2009-10-15 06:37:52 PM

gregscott: Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

I vote for kenny. He can fall to his death.

I vote for Butters, egged on by Cartman. Cartman basks in the publicity and the search effort, while Butters nervously hides in the attic.

coinspinner

2009-10-15 06:37:52 PM

BoxInTheAttic Boy ruined all of my productivity today.

yogaFLAME

2009-10-15 06:38:01 PM

Goddammitsomuch. I would wager 10:1 that this stupid family becomes the object of the media's attention for months to come.

Meh. At least they do science.

toilet engineer

2009-10-15 06:38:05 PM

itazurakko: Yeah.

The one thing *I* find fishy about the parents' freaking out is that it seemed they should have known it was very unlikely the balloon could hold their kid - it appeared huge to me in the video while it was flying, but when it landed you saw just how tiny it was.

Then they start talking about a box that was on the bottom of the circle part that had looked like a gondola (but that turned out to just be part of the balloon itself, right? Or am I mistaken?), that would have been even smaller, no chance the kid was in it.

The parents called the news asking for their news copter to help them find the balloon at first. They didn't call 911 or the police - apparently the news station did that.

Which all together has me wondering if the parents had called the news station just asking for help to find the BALLOON, because, well, it's their big project and valuable to them, but not immediately thinking their kid was on it. Then the TV jumped to conclusions, and the story ran away with itself?

I mean, you'd think the parents, knowing their balloon well, would know all the things we didn't, that the round part wasn't a gondola, etc.

But... anyway, main thing is good the kid isn't hurt.

I know what you're saying. It seems kinda strange. I'm sure we'll find more info about it over the course of the next few weeks, but it seems like something that could've happened as you described.

It's just weird that everyone jumped to the conclusion that he WAS FOR SURE in the balloon. They said they searched his house/yard (I don't know if that includes garage), but I guess they could've missed him. I guess when there's a *chance* that he could've been up in the balloon, you'd focus on that first.

Anyways, like you said. Important thing is he's okay.

Kittrina

2009-10-15 06:38:19 PM

altinos

2009-10-15 06:39:00 PM

Charlie Freak: "Found in a cardboard box in the garage, hiding from his parents." From the scanner

img210.imageshack.us

cburkard

2009-10-15 06:39:14 PM

Barbecue Bob: Hi everyone.
Did I miss something?

4.bp.blogspot.com

Not sure, someone tripped over the power cord.

bighairyguy

2009-10-15 06:39:20 PM

The media seems to be turning on the family for all their subversive balloon building.

iAdmin

2009-10-15 06:39:25 PM

I hope that poor boy is okay.

What?

Balrog

2009-10-15 06:39:31 PM

The 9News anchors said that the parents called the station (apparently before the police) to have them help find the balloon.

Is a publicity stunt.

Stroke_N_Focus

2009-10-15 06:39:34 PM

netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: netweavr: Stroke_N_Focus: Im guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew hed be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

Couldn't have, the "box" on the balloon was still tied and sealed from the outside.

The balloon was released and Falcon hid while his brothers reported we was in said balloon.

THE BROTHERS MUST PAY THEN!

Have the kids "arrested" for lying to police. Spend the night in "jail."

Freak them out.

You think falcon was hiding out of fear for releasing the balloon? Worried he screwed up daddys toy? He must have been scared

He's six.

If you're paranoid have CPS interview him, but I doubt anything is going on outside the norm here.

...I mean besides the dad being a crackpot with a big balloon.

I get hes 6...which is why he would hide after making a mistake like that so of course its not out of the norm. Yeah his dad chasing storms and extraterrestrials according to the feed i was watching

clambam

2009-10-15 06:39:43 PM

The father is obviously an attention whore. I think he faked up the whole thing.

blacksho89

2009-10-15 06:40:07 PM

Millzners: Question from someone who's not a parent yet: how long will a 6-year old hide out until he gets bored or hungry and comes out?

I'm sure I'm not the only one that has fallen asleep while hiding. Kids (boys, anyway)can hide a long time...it's the bladder capacity that makes the final determination.

FriarReb98

2009-10-15 06:40:15 PM

Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

We were at the bar watching this. It's a CSI:LV episode, the mother killed the kid, hid the body, and let the balloon go as a cover. Or something like that.

luckyeddie

2009-10-15 06:40:15 PM

Julieahni: Always the last place you look.

Behind the Fridge.

wjllope

2009-10-15 06:40:49 PM

The last time i wasted a several hours straight on a fark thread(s) was then that guy went ballistic and shot a judge and stenographer in Atlanta and escaped.

Satanic Lily

2009-10-15 06:41:04 PM

Farking kids.

dobedobeDUE

2009-10-15 06:41:13 PM

Most famous kid hiding in the attic since Anne Frank. (And it's only an urban legend that Pia Zadora was acting so badly in a play about the same that audience members yelled "She's in the attic!" when the soldiers showed up at the front door.)

Kirk's_Toupee

2009-10-15 06:41:22 PM

True Value: I vote for Butters, egged on by Cartman. Cartman basks in the publicity and the search effort, while Butters nervously hides in the attic.

yes!!!!

Greatwhitehype75

2009-10-15 06:41:25 PM

so, did he untie the rope than hide to make people think he flew off?

The Invisible Sky Wizard

2009-10-15 06:41:42 PM

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:41:49 PM

Balrog: The 9News anchors said that the parents called the station (apparently before the police) to have them help find the balloon.

Is a publicity stunt.

By the news media.

"Hey, we got some guy wants us to find his balloon."

"We don't do stories like that unless there is some danger involved."

"He says its big enough to carry a small child."

"Now, we are talking. Is there a missing child? Is it heading toward a lightning storm? Can we say that the parents were building the balloon to take a trip to the moon?"

"He says to say whatever, he just wants his balloon back."

"Okay, go with human interest tragedy angle"

Alphakronik

2009-10-15 06:41:53 PM

Never cry wolf.

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:42:23 PM

This was all a gigantic pwnage by Drew. I have evidence from my link into ULTRAFARK the clearly shows ++++++++++Carrier Lost++++++

mekki

2009-10-15 06:43:22 PM

Stroke_N_Focus: I'm guessing if the brothers really DID see him get into the balloon it went like this, they saw him get in the balloon..went to tell the parents...Falcon got out when he realized it was going up or when he noticed his brothers were going to rat him out, and knew he'd be in trouble so he kicked it in a box in the attic for 5 hours or whatever.

I can see this happening.

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2009-10-15 06:43:37 PM

awesome

livingdread

2009-10-15 06:43:38 PM

Hoax! The parents knew where the kid was the whole time. If they really called the media before calling the police, then that proves that this was just another bid to get attention. They'll be pitching their own reality show tomorrow.

Asherah loves YHWH

2009-10-15 06:43:53 PM

I blame big butt Skinner.

Lloyd Braun

2009-10-15 06:44:01 PM

I honestly believe that Jesus had a part in bringing this young boy home safe and sound. God bless him and his family.

cfish78

2009-10-15 06:45:10 PM

i think this is a douchey publicity stunt.

The Good Logins are Gone

2009-10-15 06:45:16 PM

Outshined_One: Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

I want it to be Cartman, simply for all the great fat jokes that would come out of it.

Hmmmm... Cartman tries it and, of course, the balloon won't lift his big-boned butt. Then while everyone else is farking with him over that, Butters, in the guise of Professor Chaos, with his trusty sidekick General Disarray climb into the balloon and take off. Zany antics thereafter ensue...

Tr0mBoNe

2009-10-15 06:45:27 PM

After hearing about this, and then hearing the kid wasn't in the box when it was found, and now hearing that he was hiding in the attic, I can't wait for the storm of butthurt that's on its way.

/pops corn

noah balloon

2009-10-15 06:45:49 PM

Lloyd Braun: I honestly believe that Jesus had a part in bringing this young boy home safe and sound. God bless him and his family.

He never even left home. Your god isn't real.

mrEdude

2009-10-15 06:46:12 PM

Father is behind the entire thing, in order to draw attention to his craptastic pseudo-scientific hijinx.

Just wait.

Unless his threatening the boys with death was enough to keep them shut up.

DCBuck

2009-10-15 06:46:14 PM

RIP MILOSLAV MECIR

www.netzeitung.de

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2009-10-15 06:46:15 PM

'Ima let you finish, but the Rick Roll was the best troll of all time.'

Do you're own damned shoops....

antrat00

2009-10-15 06:46:18 PM

Lloyd Braun: I honestly believe that Jesus had a part in bringing this young boy home safe and sound. God bless him and his family.

Your a Moran

iBette

2009-10-15 06:46:24 PM

Julieahni: Always the last place you look.

Of course. Once you find it, why keep looking?

/ahem

netweavr

2009-10-15 06:46:25 PM

livingdread: Hoax! The parents knew where the kid was the whole time. If they really called the media before calling the police, then that proves that this was just another bid to get attention. They'll be pitching their own reality show tomorrow.

They didn't. The media heard it on the Police scanner.

TheKnownUniverse

2009-10-15 06:46:41 PM

It was a college baseball team IC - I don't sully my vagina with American fagball.

YAY FOR FALCO, he lives on! I did lines in the bathroom with him. Greedy greedy Falco.

SofaKingFresh

2009-10-15 06:46:43 PM

They found him soon to be spanked booty
gather up the balloon and bring it back to me

I_Should_Be_Working_Right_Now

2009-10-15 06:46:48 PM

Soooooo, did we all just get trolled by a 6 year old?

I'm thinkin so...

dan78

2009-10-15 06:46:48 PM

TimeWaste

2009-10-15 06:46:56 PM

It was his idea:

www.tribute.ca

/Been said? At work, can't see pics.

Otto's_Jacket

2009-10-15 06:46:57 PM

Check out the kid and his brothers in this video:

Link (new window)

Nice.

HellFace

2009-10-15 06:47:32 PM

As an older brother, I know it will be the 17 who catches all kind of hell for this while they serve the 6 year old a big bowl of ice cream.

OneFretAway

2009-10-15 06:48:34 PM

"Apparently, he's been there the whole time," Alderden said. "Hiding in a box a cardboard box, in an attic above the garage."

That is awesome. Makes my day.

I felt sick for this kid all day, and even worse when I silently started thinking of him as "Fallout Boy."

VlagimarPutin

2009-10-15 06:48:49 PM

Things I find strange about this story:

1. Pops called the news about the balloon flying off, not the cops.
2. When balloon lands, cops don't seem to think that there's any chance the kid is in there.
3. Balloon is probably not big enough to carry away a 50lb kid. 20x5 estimations seem to be on the very generous side.
4. Media then claims that kid might have been in a cardboard box attached to the balloon.
5. Media then claims that the balloon never had a cardboard box attached to it, it took off in the same condition that it was found
6. Kid is found in cardboard box, in the attic.

The Invisible Sky Wizard

2009-10-15 06:49:03 PM

Asherah loves YHWH: I blame big butt Skinner.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Lockehart

2009-10-15 06:49:36 PM

Is it possible the Large Hadron Collider came back in time to prevent the untimely death of this child, thus saving the entire universe?

Cornelius Dribble

2009-10-15 06:49:47 PM

There you have it, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Non-Story of the Decade.

eraser8

2009-10-15 06:50:11 PM

HellFace: As an older brother, I know it will be the 17 who catches all kind of hell for this while they serve the 6 year old a big bowl of ice cream.

Older siblings suck donkey dick.

Eirik

2009-10-15 06:50:12 PM

netweavr: livingdread: Hoax! The parents knew where the kid was the whole time. If they really called the media before calling the police, then that proves that this was just another bid to get attention. They'll be pitching their own reality show tomorrow.

They didn't. The media heard it on the Police scanner.

Even if they did,I could easily see, in a panic, the first thought about who has a helicopter likely in the air is a local news station. The father is a storm chaser, it's not that far fetched to think that he's got some kind of professional relationship with someone at the station and in a panic he thought of getting them to send their copter over first.

TheAngryGazebo

2009-10-15 06:50:14 PM

FriarReb98: Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

We were at the bar watching this. It's a CSI:LV episode, the mother killed the kid, hid the body, and let the balloon go as a cover. Or something like that.

No, it'll be a NUMB3RS episode. They'll need to use mathematical projections to figure out where the balloon could have gone down, and algorithms to determine how long the kid could survive on his own.

noah balloon

2009-10-15 06:50:22 PM

I do love that one of the tags for this story is conjecture.

KingPsyz

2009-10-15 06:50:29 PM

Link (new window)

Buy my shirt you! Made in good ol MS Paint in a minute.

Mr.BobDobalita

2009-10-15 06:50:41 PM

this was almost as big as when they found BIGFOOT a few months back... :D

56Kay

2009-10-15 06:51:02 PM

Wait did I miss this whole debacle? Nice, you all got trolled, HA!

/goin' back to bed now.

Thwack

2009-10-15 06:51:15 PM

Kirk's_Toupee: True Value: I vote for Butters, egged on by Cartman. Cartman basks in the publicity and the search effort, while Butters nervously hides in the attic.

yes!!!!

They already did that. Cartman convinced Butters it was the end of the world and he had to hide in a cellar, that way Cartman got to go to Stan's birthday party at Casa Bonita. Big search party is called on to find Butters.

lamecat

2009-10-15 06:51:29 PM

wjllope: The last time i wasted a several hours straight on a fark thread(s) was then that guy went ballistic and shot a judge and stenographer in Atlanta and escaped.

My last time-wasting thread was the taco sauce thread. Like this one, it ended rather lamely.

/made her taco pop
//he was in the attic the whole time!

ghare

2009-10-15 06:51:29 PM

When I was 5, I hid under the bed and wouldn't come out and I thought it was a great gag. There was a pond behind the house.

I think it was my grandmother who found me, but whoever it was believed in corporal punishment.

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:51:33 PM

TheKnownUniverse: It was a college baseball team IC - I don't sully my vagina with American fagball.

YAY FOR FALCO, he lives on! I did lines in the bathroom with him. Greedy greedy Falco.

Falco seems older than 6 in this video. (new window)

CapnSquash

2009-10-15 06:51:36 PM

The most epic of all epic fails.

numbone

2009-10-15 06:51:36 PM

Box his ears.

OnlyM3

2009-10-15 06:52:03 PM

City should send the asshat parents a nice bill to pay for the Emergency Response Teams time, etc...

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:52:39 PM

OnlyM3: City should send the asshat parents a nice bill to pay for the Emergency Response Teams time, etc...

Wait. The media called them. I say bill the local news people.

Mr.BobDobalita

2009-10-15 06:53:05 PM

Balloon Boy brought to you by these guys (new window)

dudemanbro

2009-10-15 06:54:13 PM

Someone deserves a spanking.

Gloval

2009-10-15 06:54:24 PM

You guys seem disappointed that you didn't get a dead six year old out of this story. Sorry about that.

fsbilly

2009-10-15 06:55:07 PM

Knucklepopper: fsbilly

Not pissed at all. The post I replied to was a pic (crybaby) in response to an earlier smackdown from Der_Poopfinger. I was just backing up the fact that Death_Poot had, in fact, just got told.

Lockehart

2009-10-15 06:55:52 PM

You guys seem disappointed that you didn't get a dead six year old out of this story. Sorry about that.

No one's saying it had to be this six year old.

Drakonas

2009-10-15 06:56:02 PM

Headcheese: Well, at least now I know what my Halloween costume will be.

Can we please have a rough draft of this "costume"

Dire

2009-10-15 06:56:56 PM

Thwack: I fully expect to see a South Park take on this within a week or two.

Who'll be the balloon kid? Ike? Butters? Kenny?

I was thinking the same thing when the balloon was still in the air. I pictured Ike in the balloon.

I still know they will do an episode based on this though. no doubt about that.

I_C_Weener

2009-10-15 06:56:57 PM

Gloval: You guys seem disappointed that you didn't get a dead six year old out of this story. Sorry about that.

I was kind of hoping for 3 two year olds.

Big Man On Campus

2009-10-15 06:57:01 PM

DarbukaDave

2009-10-15 06:57:19 PM

IN THE ATTIC THE WHOLE TIME!

//relieved

scalpod

2009-10-15 06:57:36 PM

Gloval: You guys seem disappointed that you didn't get a dead six year old out of this story. Sorry about that.

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cYn21

2009-10-15 06:57:39 PM

That is so much win, I can hardly stand it.

Wow.

Bacontastesgood

2009-10-15 06:57:52 PM

His punishment should be to be attached to a fresh balloon and sent on the trip everyone thought the kid was on the first time.

By 'his', I am referring to the buttcheese lookitme father of course.

HellFace

2009-10-15 06:58:01 PM

eraser8: HellFace: As an older brother, I know it will be the 17 who catches all kind of hell for this while they serve the 6 year old a big bowl of ice cream.

Older siblings suck donkey dick.

You're just mad because you were hatched.

Relatively Obscure

2009-10-15 06:59:29 PM

I like how people are pissed off that he isn't dead.

Bacontastesgood

2009-10-15 07:00:56 PM

Gloval: You guys seem disappointed that you didn't get a dead six year old out of this story. Sorry about that.

No one was even maimed. This level of dumb deserves some kind of mayhem.

It's like the universe is out of balance until someone gets their comeuppance.

Finger51

2009-10-15 07:01:59 PM

Relatively Obscure: I like how people are pissed off that he isn't dead.

Is that what gets you off?!!? You sick bastard!

fireclown

2009-10-15 07:02:11 PM

eraser8: I hated chocolate chip cookies when I was a kid. Honestly, I still hate them. Other cookies are okay. But chocolate chips make me want to vomit.

I also hated hot dogs and cola drinks.

It was rough growing up.

where did you grow up, at a state fair?

FunkOut

2009-10-15 07:02:17 PM

I wonder if the middle brother thought it would be funny to tell his little brother to hide, then let the balloon go and told everyone lil bro was up up and away in the beautiful balloon.

public option

2009-10-15 07:02:18 PM

This kid is an asshat for causing so much turmoil and resources. His punishment: Dropped from a hot air balloon at 5000 feet

Otto's_Jacket

2009-10-15 07:02:31 PM

I've asked a few different people in the newsroom here if the father called 9news before he called 911 and nobody can confirm or deny that...all I know is my boss called their newsroom when we heard it on the scanners. It is very possible they heard it at the same time, or they had already spoken to the dad.

Dire

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