Oct 16 2009
Balloon Boy: Was it All over a Show?
Yesterday a 6-year-old little boy made the news after he was rumored to have got inside an experimental weather balloon (hot air balloon) that his family made. This would’ve been nothing but according to an older brother when he got in, the wind picked up, unteethered it and floated away with him. There were various rumors that the boy was inside and another that he was never in it, later when it landed there was no boy. Worry about the boy falling out made some people search the ground.
I worried that the boy could’ve fallen out before it started getting filmed by the news crews, others worried that while the National Guard and others were trying to deflate it that he could’ve possibly fell out. The older brother had also mentioned he thought he saw him fall out in the beginning but never found him.
Rumors ran rapid that this boy could’ve fallen out and was crushed against the earth, others stated maybe his parents murdered him and thought this was the best way to discover the body, smashed somewhere. Some thought he was hiding after he unteethered the balloon in fear of getting in trouble. A few even cosidered this to all be staged, that since this was a family to have already been on Wife Swap maybe they wanted a bit more fame.
Today, after watching Larry King I wonder that last part myself. Apparently Larry asks the little boy “Why did you hide? Why didn’t you answer when your parents called you?” He couldn’t hear him so his dad asked him the same question, his response may shock you:
”You guys said we did this for a show.”
The father ignores him and states, “yeah, hmm.” His mom though states, “Noo.” (this is at 40 seconds in) You tell me, was this all a way to get some attention and get booked on tv shows?
