Noboy in balloon.
No holes or breaches in balloon where anyone might have fallen out.
Hoax? The family are media hogs...appeared on “Wife Swap”..painted their cocker spaniel purple, etc.
Like I said...Not too tightly wrapped.
Parents are described as “storm chasers”. The father has a motorcycle with special equipment to measure magnetic fields as he rides into storms. The wife and children ride behind him in an SUV.
It was an experimental balloon.
Looks like you were right!!!!