Holy Crap!

[FL-Orange]

I saw that on the news, shit's crazy. Hopefully he is just hiding on the ground somewhere scared because unfortunately I don't see any way of this ending well at all.

Hope your right and he didn't fall out.

 

[blkGT500nCA]

the boy was it the aircraft, now it has landed and the boy is nowhere to be found.
Scary shit. They said it got up to 11k ft.

 

[Sonic_GT]

Darwin at work. I bet the parents were trying to pull a prank on people with that saucer..........and it backfired

I was thinking the same thing. That's a damn big "weather balloon" to be keeping in a yard. If it was intended to be a prank I doubt the family will admit to it.

 

[Sonic_GT]

Another thing, I haven't heard anything on who was watching the kids when this happened.

 

[00slvrL]

parents did it...........................................

 

[low03tb]

When they didn't find anything...my thoughts were a diversion of some sort for something they did....NOT GOOD!

 

[lokslikasolstic]

Poor lil guy

 

[BLOWN PONY]

Make sure to keep the thread updated for us at work...

I feel so bad for the pool lil' guy.

 

[FL-Orange]

Poor lil guy

I feel so bad for the pool lil' guy.

+1 I absolutely HATE reading about bad things happening to kids..

 

[Sonic_GT]

Experts are calculating that there wasn't enough lift to pick up the kid. They're pretty much sure of it.

 

[FL-Orange]

Experts are calculating that there wasn't enough lift to pick up the kid. They're pretty much sure of it.

That may be a very good point. Ever catch the Mythbusters episode where they used ballons to try to support a small child. It was a crapload of balloons.

 

[canibus]

he's more than likely hiding from the beating his parents are going to give him for releasing it.

 

[FL-Orange]

That may be a very good point. Ever catch the Mythbusters episode where they used ballons to try to support a small child. It was a crapload of balloons.

Don't mind the music, it was the first video I found with the subject matter.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8i7ESjCw3o"]YouTube - Balloons Blades and A Babe[/ame]


At about 1:55 you see the balloons just to barely lift a 3 or 4 year old.

 

[low03tb]

Question is...Is helium a more suitable lifting element than regular Oxygen? Weight of the materials also plays a role. It showed those long ropes attached so I wonder if it got up or it was in the air and somehow detached and was off....

 

[lokslikasolstic]

They are now saying they don't think the boy was in it. Oh, and the parents were on the show 'Wife Swap'. My guess, they are trying to get their 15 minutes of fame back, and the boy is just fine (I hope).

 

[03Sssnake]

very bizarre...

 

[FL-Orange]

Hope the deputy is wrong...........
9NEWS.com | Colorado's Online News Leader | Deputy thought he saw something fall, search ongoing

 

[SNCBOOM]

Balloon family was featured on 'Wife Swap' - CNN.com

 

[SIr RicCuS]

Few threads on this...

 

[chrisheltra]

Jesus this reporter on CNN sounds like a ****ing moron. He keeps stuttering and repeating words. Its driving me crazy.