Comments on: Balloon boy, Falcon Heene, found hiding in a box in the attic

By: Falcon Quest

Falcon Quest — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:51:29 +0000

[...] shiny mushroom-shaped balloon floating about his Colorado neighborhood. And he wasn’t hiding in a box in the attic Tom Sawyer-style due to an honest 6-year-old’s fear of reprisal, either. As he [...]

By: Defrocked: Sky Gazing | MuckMakers.com

Defrocked: Sky Gazing | MuckMakers.com — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:16:34 +0000

[...] Those parents may be crazy, but there are worse hands that he could have ended up in… [...]

By: Ed Stark

Ed Stark — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:56:42 +0000

What no one is asking is where was the national guard? They didn’t scramble any f16s to intercept

By: GJ Gervas

GJ Gervas — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:37:48 +0000

The father is mentally ill and has a host of self worth/esteem issues. He needs help and his family need him to be removed from the home asap. He has and is damaging those kids. What a shame. The authorities should bring charges against the Mr. heene for his irresponsible and wanton.

Think of the first responsders who scrambled and put themselves in peril. What if the heli had dropped someone via rope line to attempt to rescue a phantom child. What if the rescuer was injured or worse? For nothing.

How much MONEY is this going to cost Colorado tax payers? It is beyond the pale that a father would involve his SIX year old son in an elaborate hoax to gain attention for himself. He is depraved and sick.

By: nancy

nancy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:31:51 +0000

I only know that if a child (not just my own son) were in trouble, I wouldn’t stop to call a TV station. Henne called the TV news BEFORE he called 911. That says volumes. Period. I feel badly for the child, since he slipped and revealed the truth. I’m not sure about the vomiting, but he’s either sick or very upset. In any case, why would you subject your child to another TV interview after he’s already puked? Why was there a bowl available for him to throw up in and the parents were so nonchalant about it? I hate conspiracy theories and we shouldn’t blame innocent people without proof, but I never believed the family for a minute. Complete stunt to get attention.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:18:39 +0000

Okay, ‘weller,’ are you the same Robert Weller the blogger who writes columns here in IDT? The one with his name in orange linking to his website? You who spells his last name in lower case letters? The same?

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:34:00 +0000

Kind?

Very charitable of you.

By: Robert weller

Robert weller — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:26:18 +0000

Looks like a hoax perpetrated by a panicked kid. Satellite trucks are scary. Legally it is doubtful could be prosecuted. I am scared by the thought of social services getting involved. I sense that you are every bit as kind as any of us.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:21:41 +0000

Okay, what am I missing today?
The kid said on Larry King Alive last night, “We did it for the show.” He said it, and everyone looks at that and now explains why he said that. Hello? Hello?
I vote hoax.

By: Robert Weller

Robert Weller — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:13:10 +0000

Gene:
I think it was a teachers’ day. But I might ask you the same question. At least Falcon had a mission.