# Runaway ballon with 6 year old inside
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898 "2009-10-15T12:08:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/41 "2009-10-15T13:01:41Z")
Anyone else find it kind of funny his name is Falcon
---
### Author:  [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/42 "2009-10-15T13:02:46Z")
> [@Blown&Stroked](#):
>
> Dude I seen this fam on a television show where they chased tornados.
saw
---
### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/43 "2009-10-15T13:03:50Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
>
> Anyone else find it kind of funny his name is Falcon
Well, the family was on Wife Swap on ABC and has a giant weather balloon tied to their house… do you really expect them to give their kids normal names?
---
### Author:  [@Blown\_Stroked](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blown_Stroked)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/44 "2009-10-15T13:04:17Z")
I think it was called Trading Spouses…
---
### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/45 "2009-10-15T13:08:34Z")
> [@Blown&Stroked](#):
>
> I think it was called Trading Spouses…
Nope, CNN had the screen cap of the family photo and it was definitely Wife Swap. [http://www.tv.com/wife-swap/heene-martel/episode/1233769/summary.html](http://www.tv.com/wife-swap/heene-martel/episode/1233769/summary.html)
Some more info about why they’re pretty sure the kid WAS in it when it took off.
[http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid=339](http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=125161&catid=339)
> Police say the family’s two boys were playing outside with the rest of the family inside the house. One son watched his little brother go inside the compartment and watched it take off.
---
### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/46 "2009-10-15T13:22:06Z")
cnn is reporting that they now are thinking he WAS NOT in the aircraft and that they are searching the neighborhood
---
### Author:  [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/47 "2009-10-15T13:22:57Z")
> Authorities were looking into reports that something fell from the balloon shortly after it took off from the home. A search was under way near Platteville, 5 to 10 miles outside of Greeley, Colorado.
Not so good
---
### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/48 "2009-10-15T13:23:33Z")
Also, they were on a reality TV show
publicity stunt?
---
### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/49 "2009-10-15T13:30:42Z")
I am kind of amazed that if the boy fell out of this thing from a balloon, no one has called in and said that a random 6 year old boy is laying in their lawn.
---
### Author:  [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/50 "2009-10-15T13:32:15Z")
Because he had to land on a lawn, right?
---
### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/51 "2009-10-15T13:35:54Z")
---
### Author:  [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/52 "2009-10-15T13:38:08Z")
Someway, somehow, this is Dick Jauron’s fault.
---
### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/53 "2009-10-15T13:42:18Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#):
>
> Someway, somehow, this is Dick Jauron’s fault.
Doubtful considering that balloon covered so many yards.
It would have checked down and crashed into a house 2 yards behind where it took off if he was in charge.
---
### Author:  [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/54 "2009-10-15T13:44:33Z")
> [@JayS](#):
>
> Doubtful considering that balloon covered so many yards.
>
> It would have checked down and crashed into a house 2 yards behind where it took off if he was in charge.
👏
you’re on a roll this week.
---
### Author:  [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/55 "2009-10-15T13:50:52Z")
> [@JayS](#):
>
> Doubtful considering that balloon covered so many yards.
>
> It would have checked down and crashed into a house 2 yards behind where it took off if he was in charge.
I feel a little bad considering a kid might be dead in all this, but I can’t help laughing at this. Bravo 👏
---
### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/56 "2009-10-15T14:01:09Z")
All I know is this kid kicks Chris Angel’s ass. I bet he shows up in Vegas.
---
### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/57 "2009-10-15T14:01:38Z")
> [@Geoff](#):
>
> Because he had to land on a lawn, right?
Are you implying that in colorado they have trees and wooded areas?
---
### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/58 "2009-10-15T14:07:33Z")
Hold on balloon boy, imma let u finish, but Amelia Earhart had one of the best disappearances from a flight OF ALL TIME!
---
### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/59 "2009-10-15T14:14:51Z")
the new scoop is that there was a box attached to the bottom of the balloon originally. It had fallen off by the time news choppers found the balloon.
---
### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898/60 "2009-10-15T14:18:08Z")
> [@nitroinsane](#):
>
> Are you implying that in colorado they have trees and wooded areas?
Are you implying they only have lawns?
[Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898.md?page=2)
[Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/runaway-ballon-with-6-year-old-inside/74898.md?page=4)