This just in from AP...
The boy's father, Richard Heene, said the family was tinkering with the balloon Thursday and that he scolded Falcon for getting inside a compartment on the craft. He said Falcon's brother had seen him inside the compartment before it took off and that's why they thought he was in there when it launched. But the boy fled to the attic at some point after the scolding and was never in the balloon during its two-hour, 50-mile journey through two counties. "I yelled at him. I'm really sorry I yelled at him," Heene said as he hugged his son during a news conference. "I was in the attic and he scared me because he yelled at me," Falcon said. "That's why I went in the attic."
When asked about baseless accusations regarding a publicity stunt, Richard remarked, "That's horrible after the crap we just went through. No."
I'm done with this conspiracy/hoax garbage. Adios.
Did you watch the entire interview?
The dad just admitted that he has a videotape of the entire thing today.
Come on now.
I'm sure that he'll sale it to the highest bidder.