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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Yep, makes sense. The guy is a certifiable nutter.
I saw footage of the balloon in flight on TV last night and it’s obvious it doesn’t have enough lift to carry a probably 40lb kid. Why the hell was everyone who had actually seen the balloon getting their panties all wadded?
The hundreds of people professionally involved in the rescue and search for the boy, the people that pay for those professionals, anyone possibly endangered by these safety professionals being diverted to this, and then people like me that believe that staging a publicity stunt that ties up public safety personnel and wastes tens of thousands of dollars of public money warrants prosecution.
Other than them you're right, nobody cares.
I can’t blame the sheriff, although he’s the one who went out to the press and said he saw no evidence it was a hoax the other day. Larimer County is still a pretty rural (and very nice) place, he’s probably not been in this kind of spotlight before and said what he thought was true at the time.
Congrats to FReepers who called this right from the start. I was unsure, but after seeing the video cameras rolling and a kid saying the wrong thing and then puking on live TV the next day, it sure seemed like someone was orchestrating things...
At the time this happened, I thought the parents were away and the kids got into trouble without their knowledge. Then I found out the parents were home, the dad right there when the balloon lifted off.
If he was there, how did he not know his six year old child wasn’t in the balloon?
As you state, this isn’t over yet, but right now these parents are looking like world class jackasses. We’ll see how it turns out.
If in the end they are found to be innocent, you’ll look like a sage. I don’t think that will be the case, but what the hey...
I love this. Wasn’t this the same sheriff that said that it was his professional opinion that this wasn’t a hoax based on his interviews with the parents and the hyperactive boy?
Great, now can we get some real news in the spotlight? Such as the destruction of our country, loss of our sovereignty, and the infiltration of our government by a horde of Marxists?
In the news conference the Sheriff said he had evidence this was a hoax. But due to Colorado law, they can't say what that is.
Reality TV has jumped the shark.
It was bizarre, wasn’t it? Even while something seemed “off”..it was still a nailbiter.
There were a lot of freepers who saw through it quickly- I wasn’t one of them- it just seemed too fantastic that anyone would do such a thing as a hoax.
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OMG- this is hilarious! The sheriff just said the ACLU may be representing the family.
PERFECT!
So the ACLU is possibly gonna be involved in this case?
wow.....
New realty show, “The Heenes in Jail”.
I think the local law enforcement officials are fixing to be reamed by the national media & the ACLU now.....
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if we find out that the democrat party paid them to do this to get negative Obama stories off the TeeVee. Wouldn’t surprise me at all! What weren’t we looking at while we were all watching the UFO?
Always gotta admire a person man enough to do something like that publically. Good on him.
So they don't give a crap about Rush Limbaugh being falsely accused...but they come to the rescue of this family?
Why? Are oriental wives considered "minorities"?
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