Mr. Pickles
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6 yr. old alone in runaway experimental balloon (1 Viewer)
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St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
This kills me too. I didn't see the video as I was getting the play-by-play on teh radio. How could anybody believe that ballon was big enough to pick up a kid that size?Deputy pic.
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heckmanm
Footballguy
"This is the worst balloon disaster since the Hindenburg.""Am I right?"
"What? Too soon?"
HERBERT THE HIPPO
REAL Ultimate Power
General Malaise
Footballguy
Solid parenting, Henne family. Solid through and through.
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
This whole thing just keeps getting better and better.
Death Bytes
Footballguy
Who the hell is Falcon?HERBERT THE HIPPO said:
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
When asked about this line by CNN, after much hesitation, the family claimed they said "Falcon."
The_Hoser
Footballguy
Most large news organizations keep an expert file in the same way they keep an obituary file. In the event something of this nature happens, they have the phone numbers of industry experts, college professors, etc., they know will talk with them.
The_Hoser
Footballguy
Beats the crap out of Nickelback.
Bring The Stink
Footballguy
Anyone hear the attorney on CNN last night when they were talking about the sweat lodge case?
Wolf Blitzer asked the guy, "what would you tell your client not to do at this point if you were his attorney?" <<paraphrasing>>
The attorney said something like, "I wouldn't let him talk to you after seeing what you did that day on the balloon boy story."
Wolf Blitzer asked the guy, "what would you tell your client not to do at this point if you were his attorney?" <<paraphrasing>>
The attorney said something like, "I wouldn't let him talk to you after seeing what you did that day on the balloon boy story."
cstu
Footballguy
Anyone hear the attorney on CNN last night when they were talking about the sweat lodge case?Wolf Blitzer asked the guy, "what would you tell your client not to do at this point if you were his attorney?" <<paraphrasing>>The attorney said something like, "I wouldn't let him talk to you after seeing what you did that day on the balloon boy story."
cstu
Footballguy
Just Wolf settin' em up and knockin' em down.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
cstu
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Cool, thanks. I swear, you can find out anything on this site.
General Malaise
Footballguy
At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Yep.Of course I didn't actually see the balloon so I'm going to cut myself a little slack.At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?".
That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
The_Hoser
Footballguy
Glad to be of service.Cool, thanks. I swear, you can find out anything on this site.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Maybe you're ready to become a loyal Nancy Grace viewer?At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
krista4
Footballguy
There are not enoughAt the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
smileys for this post, GBGM.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
youve just been outragiacked.At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
Fennis
Footballguy
And to top it off, you cut so many priceless moments like the Who the hell is Wolf? clip!At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
Dexter Manley
Footballguy
I'm actually rooting for nothing to happen to the parents. When this balloon thing went down, I was following it reading all the updates in this thread, not on TV. I wasn't emotionally invested or anything, but I believed the accounts of the posters in this thread wrt the balloon.Then I finally see the balloon on tv, and I'm like everyone thought there was some kid in that thing?At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
Where were the people in here during this whole circus who were actually watching this on tv and making fun of the majority of posters who were naive enough to think there was a kid in that contraption? I was pretty disappointed with the FFA after the fact, so I would like to see the parents get off scot free as a result. 
The Noid
Avoid me!
All this talk about only idiots thinking there was really a kid in there after seeing the balloon is typical FFA chest-thumping. It was an in-the-moment thing that was happening live across America's TVs. The footage we were seeing was against the background of...the atmosphere of the Earth. There was no perspective to know how "big" it was or to instantly ascertain what could or could not be in it. If you have to make a call on whether or not there's a kid in there, you can't fault anyone for assuming the worst. But if you assume the best and are wrong, it's much more of a severe consequence.
Signed,
Blaise Pascal
Signed,
Blaise Pascal
E-Z Glider
Footballguy
there was nothing in the picture to give you context when it was flying. could have been the size of the Hindenburg for all we knew.I'm actually rooting for nothing to happen to the parents. When this balloon thing went down, I was following it reading all the updates in this thread, not on TV. I wasn't emotionally invested or anything, but I believed the accounts of the posters in this thread wrt the balloon.Then I finally see the balloon on tv, and I'm like everyone thought there was some kid in that thing?At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
Dexter Manley
Footballguy
Ok. The first TV footabe I saw was the close up when the thing was spinning and the saucer edge was drooping down. Fairly obvious there was no way a kid could be in there, as the balloon could barely support itself. So if they were showing far away shots leading up to that, then it's more understandable thinking there was a kid in there.there was nothing in the picture to give you context when it was flying. could have been the size of the Hindenburg for all we knew.I'm actually rooting for nothing to happen to the parents. When this balloon thing went down, I was following it reading all the updates in this thread, not on TV. I wasn't emotionally invested or anything, but I believed the accounts of the posters in this thread wrt the balloon.Then I finally see the balloon on tv, and I'm like everyone thought there was some kid in that thing?At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Still holding out for hope that we're actually dealing with a sane man here.
TommyGilmore
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Maybe you're ready to become a loyal Nancy Grace viewer?At the risk of getting flamed for this, I'll admit that I was sucked into this story the second I heard about it. We have a TV in the office that is tuned to CNBC 99% of the time. The only time it isn't is when there's a sporting contest on that we're gambling on. Or a really cool car chase. We're suckers for those. But this thing had me riveted. And I'm not the only one. My co-worker, who like me also has a 6 year old son, was also glued to the set. Why? Because we thought there was a little boy trapped inside a balloon that was hundreds if not thousands of feet up in the air and moving like a shooting star. Immediately, I thought "my god, what would my 6 year old son be thinking were he trapped inside this device? How on earth would he survive? How helpless must their poor parents feel right now?" I had boatloads of compassion for the family and hoped like hell they could get this boy down safely. From there, the discussion exploded into "how the hell would you get him down?". That's the best explanation I have. And to find out it was nothing more than a hoax angers me beyond belief. I invested time and emotion needlessly. These paretns toyed with the emotions of millions of people in the middle of the day for their own selfish amusement. They 'punked' America, but not in a funny way. Rather, it was done in a sick, twisted, cruel manner and I the only reason why I still care today is because I would LOVE justice to be carried out. Sorry doesn't cut it. This was a vile, depraved, disgusting prank to pull and I hope the famly pays the price for that.
I guess.
Verbal Kint
Footballguy
I'm thinking that all this outrage against the parents has nothing to do with the wasting of taxpayer money, but has everything to do with people being pissed off that they fell for the scam.
Dexter Manley
Footballguy
Stinger Ray
Footballguy
Or it could be people are outraged at how stupid this family is, or they used a 6 year old as part of the story, or the Denver airport actually closed airspace, or that people were out frantically trying to help find and rescue the kid, or the fact they lied on national tv several times about it, or that people realize the dad is a complete tool.Many people were skeptical from the beginning on this.
Verbal Kint
Footballguy
Nope. I thought of that. But everyone's just embarrassed all to hell that they got suckered. Its OK, you can admit it.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
That's some pretty stinky bait.
Stinger Ray
Footballguy
Death Bytes
Footballguy
I have no outrage against the parents. People do stupid things all the time. The Heele's are just another example.I just wish the news media wouldn't present stupid people and the things they do as breaking news before they've gathered all the facts. In the end, because the news media operates this way, it actually encourages more stupid people to do more stupid things because they know the news media will air it.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
I WANT TO BELIEVE
Tigran Petrosian
Footballguy
It's still real to me, dammit.
Verbal Kint
Footballguy
When was the last time I fished anybody, Captain Ahab?
Brock Middlebrook
Footballguy
I just wish the newsmedia would go back to ignoring them. I feel sorry for the whole family.
Death Bytes
Footballguy
I wish the newsmedia would go back to ign oring them too. But not because I feel sorry for the whole family. The family got what they asked for... to be in the media spotlight. Granted they were hoping for that the spotlight would be coming from a different angle, but either way it's still the media spotlight.I wish the newsmedia would go back to ignoring them because there is nothing news worthy about the Heely family. There never has been and there probably never will be. I really wish the newsmedia wouldn't give attention to stupid people and the stupid things they do. Stories about people like this and the things like this that do belongs on shows like Cops. It's not news. It's entertaining, but it's no where near being news.
Dexter Manley
Footballguy
Verbal Kint said:
People that say otherwise are being mentally dishonest with themselves or are flat out lying.And you know people, it's ok to admit this. This sort of thing happens to everyone.
For example, I will readily admit I was completely snookered in similar fashion back in the early 90's. Shawn Bradley, the 7'6" uber athletic big man picked 2nd overall in the NBA draft by Philly, had me convinced he was going to be one of the greatest centers of all time. And when I say convinced, I mean moreso than you people who were positive there was a boy in that balloon.
Bradley had me fooled, to say the least. I was wrong. Many people have laughed at and poked fun at me for this. It's ok. I have high self esteem and am a very secure person.
And to this day, I still hold no ill will towards the "Death Stick." What's the point?(And ftr, Bradley costed the Philly organization a hell of a lot more $$$ than this crazy Wife Sway family cost the community.)
E-Z Glider
Footballguy
I agree that people are pissed because they fell for it. I disagree than anyone without previous knowledge of the balloon could have known there wasnt a kid inside based on the early footage.
Im just grateful that the kid wasnt in there. Its so much better to be able to look back and laugh about the whole thing.
Im just grateful that the kid wasnt in there. Its so much better to be able to look back and laugh about the whole thing.
tomarken
Footballguy
Not that this really comes as a surprise, but I just heard on CNN a few minutes ago that the mom confessed to authorities that the whole thing was a hoax.
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Phase of the Game
Footballguy
Based the assertion that people are only pissed because they fell for it seems to imply that what they did was fine and no one has any reason to be upset for what they did. That doesn't make sense.I was skeptical in this thread quite often about what they did and I think the parents deserve whatever punishment they get for acting like idiots.
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TexanFan02
Footballguy
Oops. She's not very good at this hoax thing.
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