Posted on 10/18/2009 10:09:18 AM PDT by Steelfish
Colo. sheriff calls balloon saga a hoax He says ordeal was staged to generate publicity for a reality TV show
FORT COLLINS. Colo. - A sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in Colorado's "balloon boy" saga, which he described Sunday as a hoax to generate publicity for a reality TV show.
Deputies searched the home of the boy's parents Saturday night, carrying away several boxes and a computer.
The boy's parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, met with Larimer County investigators for much of Saturday afternoon amid lingering questions about whether he perpetrated a publicity stunt when his 6-year-old son Falcon vanished into the rafters of his garage while the world thought he was zooming through the sky in a flying saucer-like helium balloon.
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Some people are so stupid, even their very idea of success (making a fake U.F.O. and pretending to lose their kid in it) is stupid.
I was one of the few who said nice things and sent prayers on one of the live/immediate post-live threads.
I take them all back and the prayers are now for those poor children being raised by such awful people.
Forgot to add “breaking news”
It may have been planned as a publicity stunt.
However, I doubt that he planned on the youngest son having appeared to have left with the craft.
Live press conf on right now with the sheriff- he’s visibily upset- actually- furious.
Unbelievable family.
Several iterations of this story have been posted on FR since yesterday, so probably not “Breaking News....”
This is such crap... who cares about balloon boy or his family?
Fame and fortune, two really big motivators which have launched many a poorly conceived plan. The good thing is that they didn’t actually launch the kid off in the balloon to achieve realism.
IMO, he should have been more skeptical early on. He looks like an incompetent dufus to be suddenly outraged 72 hours after it was obvious this was a hoax.
They broke the law. They need to be prosecuted.
Since when do conservatives rush to judgement on the allegations of an LEO?
Perhaps or perhaps not, the family set this up.
This poster is not convinced. Any time a local official gets in front of national television and rails in any way on some sudden “tough” crackdown on this or that - fact is often it turns out to be driven in large part by political ambition.
Is the family seeking publicity.
Or is the sheriff?...
The Charges:
Conspiracy; Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor; Filing a False Report etc......
Actually- it’s a fairly interesting story. It illustrates pretty well what the culture at large looks like...
A little of both
They will get a very hefty bill for the “rescue”, among other things they were too stupid to think about while punking the public.
They certainly had the sheriff and his investigators fooled.
They should be made to pay all the agencies for wasted hours and man power used.
The USAF, local Fire and SAR departments, the FAA for clearing airspace, the wheat field that got trashed for the rescue.
Maybe 2 Million should do it. Put them on the installment plan.
Wow! That’s what I get for thinking nobody could be this stupid.
This guy got his fame, but it’s going to take the form of shame.
Way to go numb n-ts.
You may be right- but his explanations were reasonable as to why they didn’t bring them into custody sooner.
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