Last week, a weather balloon held the hearts of everyone who tuned in to follow it. But it was no ordinary weather balloon, as we were told a six-year-old child was joyriding along in it.
According to the CNN Web site, for two hours over Colorado, Falcon Heene was suspected of being in the weather balloon as it aimlessly drifted along wherever the wind would carry it.
Eventually, when the balloon came down, much to the surprise of everyone at the scene, including police and the Heene family, as well as everyone who was watching this event, there was no one onboard the balloon.
In fact, the entire time, Falcon was hiding up in the attic at the Heene residence, according to CNN.
In an interview between Wolf Blitzer and the Heene family, when asked why the boy didn’t come out of hiding when his name was called, the boy responded with, “you guys said we did this for the show,” according to CNN.
With that statement, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden, called the incident a “hoax,” that the entire situation was staged, according to celebrity, sex and women’s fashion Web site, jezebel.com.
The entire scenario was planned from the beginning as an idea from the Heene family to get their own reality T.V. show.
Charges that could be raised against the family consist of conspiracy, attempting to influence a public servant, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and false reporting to authorities, and that each charge can carry a six year prison sentence and a fine of $500,000, according to wendyista.blogspot.com.
With no reality show offers (yet!) and possible criminal charges to follow, this hoax may have not been worth the original two-month planning the Heenes had in mind.
October 20, 2009...8:18 pm
Balloon boy goes up, up and away
Last week, a weather balloon held the hearts of everyone who tuned in to follow it. But it was no ordinary weather balloon, as we were told a six-year-old child was joyriding along in it.
According to the CNN Web site, for two hours over Colorado, Falcon Heene was suspected of being in the weather balloon as it aimlessly drifted along wherever the wind would carry it.
Eventually, when the balloon came down, much to the surprise of everyone at the scene, including police and the Heene family, as well as everyone who was watching this event, there was no one onboard the balloon.
In fact, the entire time, Falcon was hiding up in the attic at the Heene residence, according to CNN.
In an interview between Wolf Blitzer and the Heene family, when asked why the boy didn’t come out of hiding when his name was called, the boy responded with, “you guys said we did this for the show,” according to CNN.
With that statement, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden, called the incident a “hoax,” that the entire situation was staged, according to celebrity, sex and women’s fashion Web site, jezebel.com.
The entire scenario was planned from the beginning as an idea from the Heene family to get their own reality T.V. show.
Charges that could be raised against the family consist of conspiracy, attempting to influence a public servant, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and false reporting to authorities, and that each charge can carry a six year prison sentence and a fine of $500,000, according to wendyista.blogspot.com.
With no reality show offers (yet!) and possible criminal charges to follow, this hoax may have not been worth the original two-month planning the Heenes had in mind.
Leonard Lai
-Staff Writer
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