FORT COLLINS, CO – Falcon Heene was finally found yesterday hiding in the attic. But some believe there is more to the story than meets the eye.
On Thursday, America watched as local authorities, aviation officials and the Colorado National Guard chased a runaway hot air balloon believed to be carrying 6 year old Falcon Heene. When it finally came down, the balloon was ripped open to find no trace of the child.
Fearing he had fallen from the balloon, police began searching the balloon’s path for any sign of the boy. Although the house had been searched twice, Falcon Heene walked out of the attic and into his mother’s arms.
While many are happy the boy is safe, some are already questioning how the whole fiasco came about. How did the older boy think he saw his brother crawl into the balloon? Why was Falcon hiding for five hours?
Considering the parents’ past of happily accepting attention by appearing on “Wife Swap”, some believe this may have been a planned hoax from the start.
The most telling piece of evidence has been from Falcon’s own mouth. When asked why he didn’t come out after being called for, he said, “We did this for the show.”
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His father seemed incapable of explaining what the statement meant.
This morning, Falcon threw up on two different morning talk shows as his parents spoke to newscasters. While it is being attributed to “the flu”, some think he could be vomiting from being drugged yesterday to sleep away his time in the attic.
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It is unclear at this point whether police will be investigating the parents.
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I cannot not say whether or not the balloon episode was a stunt. I do believe, however, that the kid did a very stupid thing. First, he hid and made his parents believe he was somewhere else. And instead of letting them know he was ok, he continued to hide while thousands of dollars and many caring people's valuable time were wasted searching for him. This was an imaginary event – where nothing actually happened – and yet, we take the time to interview this family who should (as it turns out) be better at hiding. With a child who is so good at hiding – why aren't they all hiding now from the shame they should be feeling from causing everyone so much distress. And finally what I want to know is this – why do we want to interview unintelligent people and make unpleasant situations and people into something that borders on heroic and outstanding? Whatever happened to the days when you had to contribute something in this world to be worthy of recognition. What a shame it is when we devote so much time to ignorance.
Don’t people do the math before spending millions of dollars it is totally imposable for this balloon to carry more that like 10 pounds tops?
Hats off to true adventurers such as Falcon and his dad! Give them credit for almost pulling off a great hoax!
I predict that Falcon Heene will go to an illustrious career on Dancing With The Stars!
How did the police search the house twice and still not find him?
White trash family. I would like to load all of them in a trailer and launch it into space with a Satern 5 rocket. What a family of idiots.
I hope the state of Colorado sends the parents a bill for the rescue efforts. Make an example of those two pathetic media junkies, so other irresponsible fools might think twice before pulling an idiotic publicity stunt like this.