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6 year old boy floats away..

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eljusto.
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I got home and saw this on the news
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091015/APA/910151462
Apparently the boy is at 6,000 feet somewhere above CO in a ufo balloon?



Oct 15 2009 3:02PM
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amo
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you are stupid as shit for not knowing my last name.
Oct 15 2009 4:50PM
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captaincrunch
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whoa whoa whoa.
drop the beef. at least for this thread.
i just wanna know what happened to this kid.
Oct 15 2009 4:58PM
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gmack24
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90% sure he died. The police reported pegs sticking out of the baloon that would have been attached to the basket the boy was in.
Oct 15 2009 5:10PM
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daringharry.
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yes
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Oct 15 2009 5:11PM
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captaincrunch
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holy fuck
im dying
cant breathe
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oct 15 2009 5:14PM
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eljusto.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure he died now but no conclusion until there is proof.
Oct 15 2009 5:14PM
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r0dubs
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4 chan is god
i feel so bad for that kid
but jesus christ
this is amazing
Oct 15 2009 5:17PM
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Smuffy
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leave it /b/ to come up with something this good this fast

+vibes to the kid and fam hope it all works out
Oct 15 2009 5:19PM
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skiminnesota
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CNN is reporting sheriff deputies seeing object fall off balloon. the object has not been found.

hope the boy is ok.
Oct 15 2009 5:20PM
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Tasche
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been doing some math and I am 80% sure that there is no way that could have lifted off the ground at Colorado altitude and a weight of 60 lbs for the boy. just not enough volume.
Oct 15 2009 5:20PM
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blong131
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2nd time ns has had me laughing out loud in accounting class
Oct 15 2009 5:23PM
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r0dubs
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what if it turns out to be something like district 9?
like... what if the box fell off, and someone saw it fall off, but they can never find it.  Then, the box is going to emerge 32 years later and go to the baloon, then fly to the parents house (with the 38 year old inside)

that would be epic
Oct 15 2009 5:24PM
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k-rob
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if life was anything like the movies, i'd be happy.
Oct 15 2009 5:25PM
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captaincrunch
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i would be harry potter
Oct 15 2009 5:26PM
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amo
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ya there was a mythbusters episode like this. it took an assload of weather balloons to get one little girl off the ground. NO WAY that that dinky little ufo thing lifted the kid off the ground.
Oct 15 2009 5:27PM
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captaincrunch
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read the thread. this has already been mentioned.
but yeah youre right.
Oct 15 2009 5:28PM
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Tasche
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if anyone wants to try to calculate this the formula is this.

Volume*28.2/448. Then calculate for air density in Denver which would subtract lift.
Oct 15 2009 5:29PM
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mackcamp
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This is crazy!!!
Oct 15 2009 5:39PM
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VT_scratch
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"The balloon was owned by the boy's parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, who are storm chasers and also appeared on the ABC reality show "Wife Swap."
Oct 15 2009 5:48PM
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captaincrunch
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waaaaaait a minute.
im sensing publicity stunt.
Oct 15 2009 5:49PM
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eljusto.
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Oct 15 2009 5:54PM
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user098123
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Just got word he is sitting at home safe and sound...totally ran off hahaha
Oct 15 2009 6:09PM
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timber
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in the house the whole time... wow
Oct 15 2009 6:09PM
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idontactuallyski
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HAHAAHA FALCON WAS IN THE HOUSE THE WHOLE TIME L.O.L
Oct 15 2009 6:10PM
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Tasche
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where are you guys seeing this?
Oct 15 2009 6:11PM
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idontactuallyski
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the news
Oct 15 2009 6:11PM
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Tasche
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no TV at work fuck...
Oct 15 2009 6:12PM
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eljusto.
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Yeah can't find it
Oct 15 2009 6:12PM
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jimmer
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bahahaha he was just chillin. this kid is going to become a legend.
Oct 15 2009 6:13PM
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bout_it
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fucking epic. hiding in the attic. haha
Oct 15 2009 6:14PM
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captaincrunch
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as happy as i am that the kid is safe...

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!

gaaaaaaaaaah im so fucking angry.
Oct 15 2009 6:15PM
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eljusto.
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This is the prank that got the whole nation. Props to falcon
Oct 15 2009 6:15PM
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Tasche
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if someone would have just sat down for 2 fucking seconds and ran the numbers they would have seen that there was no way that that balloon could have reached that altitude or even lifted off with that volume of helium.

I even called 9 news after it landed and told them that. ass holes.
Oct 15 2009 6:17PM
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user098123
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Thats not exciting news...duh.  Can you imagine how much their ratings just went up?
Oct 15 2009 6:18PM
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captaincrunch
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god damnit youre right. are you as pissed as i am?
Oct 15 2009 6:18PM
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daringharry.
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that kid is a fucking idiot, and so are his parents.
Oct 15 2009 6:21PM
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prosnurfer
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good lets all make funny pictures of him
Oct 15 2009 6:21PM
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Tasche
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I am pissed that the dad, the scientist, who has worked on this thing and knows it capacity, thought it could lift a 60 pound kid.
Oct 15 2009 6:26PM
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kepler.
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With a box. In the attic. Nomensteven called that shit.
Oct 15 2009 6:27PM
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k-rob
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dude has his balloon on the news all day long, got to track where it went for free, etc.

i think he's pretty fucking smart.
Oct 15 2009 6:28PM
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eljusto.
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Oct 15 2009 6:29PM
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Tasche
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this is going to start a whole revolution. I can just see it...



Dude I just landed a 1440!

No way man that is amazing!

Actually, I was just hiding in the attic...

WTF?

Oct 15 2009 6:29PM
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Pippin
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Oh my these are the 3 boys in a rap video, i can hardly believe it real but i am 98% sure that its real.


Oct 15 2009 6:37PM
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J-Wallz
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hahahahaha
Oct 15 2009 6:39PM
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gmack24
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hahahhaha the world just got rick rolled so bad
Oct 15 2009 6:40PM
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captaincrunch
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im speechless...
Oct 15 2009 6:41PM
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Lemuel
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Haha is this the crazy family that did the wife swap like 4 times?  Haha that family is so fucked up from the episodes I saw with them in it (idk why I was watching it but i did).  The kid literally looks like the id "controling the southern hempisphere" haha.
Oct 15 2009 6:44PM
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captaincrunch
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Oct 15 2009 6:46PM
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eljusto.
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Here's my take at that kinda sucks. and that rap was hilarious!!!!
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Oct 15 2009 6:49PM
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alev
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that kid fuckin sucks. he hid in a box for a few hours while his parents almost had heart attacks, and the whole denver area panicked too.
Oct 15 2009 6:52PM
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