Child Floats Away in Balloon

Jim Brennan said:
I'm not trying to belabor the point, but a newsguy saying that the cops say that the other kids says his brother flew away in a balloon doesn't equate to the parents calling that into the authorities, much less doing that as a hoax.
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Sheriff said sibling claiming Falcon was in a box attached to the balloon was interviewed multiple times and his story remained consistant.

Sheriff also said that it was not uncommon for missing children to hide once they learn they are missing because they are afraid they'll get in trouble.
 
Wolf Blitzer: "Boys will be boys"

"We want to meet this family and celebrate with them"

The family will be on the cover of People magazine next week
 
let this be lesson to all parents that you need to properly tether down your homemade experimental flying saucer shaped helium filled ballooon that you have floating in your backyard.
 
jkc123 said:
WOW!

I guess all of us "idiots" thinking it was a hoax was proven right after all huh?
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Truth is no one, not you, not even law enforcement knows what happened right now and may not ever. But they won't even have the potential of knowing until they interview the kids and family more thoroughly later.

A hoax is not a misunderstanding or an accident - two different things.

You can have your suspicions one way or another, but that doesn't make your OPINION or anyone else's a FACT, i.e., right.
 
alveraz said:
uh, no. a kid was hiding. that's not a hoax, that's a scared 6 year old hiding because he screwed up.
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I'm sorry but come on. The media went ape-poo for the past 6hrs. Does a scared 6yr old in "hiding because he screwed up" warrant that kind of coverage.

It's sensationalism at it's worst. I'm sure there were some who wanted to see a kid being pulled out of that crashed balloon (God help them).

This was a car fire that held the media's attn. for hours on end.
 
jkc123 said:
I'm sorry but come on. The media went ape-poo for the past 6hrs. Does a scared 6yr old in "hiding because he screwed up" warrant that kind of coverage.

It's sensationalism at it's worst. I'm sure there were some who wanted to see a kid being pulled out of that crashed balloon (God help them).

This was a car fire that held the media's attn. for hours on end.
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What's your argument? The media over reacted or it's a hoax. Sure both can be true but Alveraz says a kid hiding in a box doesn't warrant hoax, and you respond with a non sequitur attack of how the media handled it.

Media over reacts equals hoax how exactly?
 
alveraz said:
uh, no. a kid was hiding. that's not a hoax, that's a scared 6 year old hiding because he screwed up.
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Jack Daniel Stanley said:
Truth is no one, not you, not even law enforcement knows what happened right now and may not ever. But they won't even have the potential of knowing until they interview the kids and family more thoroughly later.

A hoax is not a misunderstanding or an accident - two different things.

You can have your suspicions one way or another, but that doesn't make your OPINION or anyone else's a FACT, i.e., right.
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Let me get this straight, in your opinion you believe that this spectacle was a misunderstanding or an accident?
 
jkc123 said:
Let me get this straight, in your opinion you believe that this spectacle was a misunderstanding or an accident?
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Like about half the posters here, I SUSPECT, that this was some mistake or MAYBE the kids made it up just being stupid kids. But I don't think I'm abolutely assuredly 100% right, because I don't have all the facts. If I had to bet now that's what I'd say. But I don't know. And neither do you.

Here's the only two arguments people can make about this right now and none of it supported by facts.

One group SUSPECTS - this was all a hoax for the meteorologist dad to further his career
One group SUSPECTS - the risk of such a hoax, i.e., instant career ender and criminal charges, make the hoax angle seem unlikely.

That's all.
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
Like about half the posters here, I SUSPECT, that this was some mistake or MAYBE the kids made it up just being stupid kids. But I don't think I'm abolutely assuredly 100% right, because I don't have all the facts. If I had to bet now that's what I'd say. But I don't know. And neither do you.

Here's the only two arguments people can make about this right now and none of it supported by facts.

One group SUSPECTS - this was all a hoax for the meteorologist dad to further his career
One group SUSPECTS - the risk of such a hoax, i.e., instant career ender and criminal charges, make the hoax angle seem unlikely.

That's all.
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Exactly. Speculate all you want but nobody knows except them. I have an eight and a ten year old. I have no doubt that it's possible the kid was hiding, afraid he was going to get in trouble for letting the balloon go.

It could be something else, but I am not convinced of anything because it's all speculation.

And how did the media over react when (according to reports as pointed out to me in this thread.) they were TOLD THERE WAS A KID IN THE BALLOON?
 
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jkc123 said:
I'm sorry but come on. The media went ape-poo for the past 6hrs. Does a scared 6yr old in "hiding because he screwed up" warrant that kind of coverage.

It's sensationalism at it's worst. I'm sure there were some who wanted to see a kid being pulled out of that crashed balloon (God help them).

This was a car fire that held the media's attn. for hours on end.
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You're all over the place. What is your point exactly, is this is a hoax or over sensationalized? If it's sensationalism, welcome to the United States media, so what? It was a captivating story, of course they are going to cover it the way they did, it was a kid presumably 5 thousand feet in the air. That's good TV!!!

Would you rather read a below the fold story tomorrow in the paper? What does any of that have to do with this so called hoax you've got cooking? The kid was hiding cause he screwed up. My kids hide all the time when they screw up, that's what dumb kids do. The news, law enforcement nor anyone else for that matter had any idea where he was. All they had was a first eye account from his brother placing him in the balloon. That's a HUGE story and got the coverage it deserved.

Again, what's your point?
 
I wouldn't normally be in the 'hoax to further career' area but knowing his dads past and pervious media history I can't help it. Probably losts more to unfold in the next few weeks.

The news just said his dad was grandstanding showing his science videos to the media when the search was under way. HMMMM
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
One group SUSPECTS - this was all a hoax for the wetherologist dad to further his career
One group SUSPECTS - the risk of such a hoax, i.e., instant career ender and criminal charges, make the hoax angle seem unlikely.
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Another group SUSPECTS - The media (once again) jumped on a story with as many facts as we all had. Must have been a slow news day. :happy:
 
ChipG said:
The news just said his dad was grandstanding showing his science videos to the media when the search was under way. HMMMM
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Is that a quote? What news said that? The news actually said, "the dad was grandstanding his science videos"? One, that's not even appropriate grammar and two, no journalist would report that as news without details to back it up. Let me know your source, I'd love to research that one.
 
Guys, hoaxes and sensationalism aren't mutually exclusive. The kid was hiding in a box in the garage. On the family property.

You mean to tell me that the family, the police, neighbors, didn't search every inch of that house before using all resources to find that kid.

Come on people.

Someone was mislead. A six year old boy fooled all these people? Alone.

My point has always been that the media over-reacted and that IMHO this story was fishy.

Alveraz, how many times have you called the cops because your kids were hiding from you?
 
To me at this point it is not an issue of what did or didn't happen to or with the kid. It's about people acting based on what information they have at the time. There is nothing inappropriate about that. What is the alternative? Saying "Ahh, there's probably no kid up there. This guy is just pimping his meteorology skills."?
 
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