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Balloon Believed to Be Carrying Boy Lands, Boy Not Inside

Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:22 pm

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This story is absolutely amazing. After getting home around 3:30 pm EST, I turned on the news and saw this story live and was in shock.

Summary:

So there was a family in Colorado who loves weather stuff, and they launched a weather balloon today from their house. One of their sons said his brother climbed into the balloon right before it took off, so the police spent a couple hours chasing it down until it landed probably around 30-40 minutes ago. The police open it up and the kid isn't inside, so now they're doing a ground search to try and find him.

Re: Balloon Believed to Be Carrying Boy Lands, Boy Not Inside

Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:13 pm

Wow, that's kinda terrible. I hope they find him.

Re: Balloon Believed to Be Carrying Boy Lands, Boy Not Inside

Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:47 pm

Holy moly. This is one of those times I hope it's a hoax. At least he'd be safe.

I hope they find him safe and sound -- and if he did ride in the balloon, he'll have quite a story to tell!

ETA: Just went to the gym, and they said on the news that he'd been found safe at home. Bet he accidentally unleashed the balloon, got scared, and hid.

Re: Balloon Believed to Be Carrying Boy Lands, Boy Not Inside

Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:04 pm

Siniri wrote: Bet he accidentally unleashed the balloon, got scared, and hid.

My thoughts exactly

Re: Balloon Believed to Be Carrying Boy Lands, Boy Not Inside

Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:17 am

ginny-ROX wrote:
Siniri wrote: Bet he accidentally unleashed the balloon, got scared, and hid.

My thoughts exactly

Or his parents <allegedly> put him up to it so they could get their own reality TV show.
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