Did anyone really believe that kid was in that balloon?

haha exactly. i saw that episode. these people were dumbasses to think that a KID is in that balloon. the helium wouldve killed him anyways XD

Another case of the stupid media looking for a good "story". They wanted a kid in that balloon. Most stations did not take a commercial break for the entire 2 hours that balloon was in the air so they wouldn't miss a kid falling out to his death. Sick!!

Thank God he wasn't. That would have been the ride of his life. Did you see how fast that thing was going? Holy crap!

I figured he was hiding somewhere all along, but now the question is whether the parents were in on it too as a publicity stunt. I knew he couldn't have flown away in it because how do two young kids buy a balloon like that, set it up, fill it with helium and then try to fly it without the parents knowing???

It was hard to tell how big the balloon was from its TV image. A balloon 20 feet across could possibly pick up a small boy...and that was the size first reported. As it turned out 20 feet was the 'circumference', or the distance around...a big difference. It was a cool looking balloon though. I want one!

No choice but to believe it when I heard it on radio reporting, but when it was seen on tv everywhere, I said no way can that lift a boy or a dog either, that high that quickly. How many weather balloons did it take to lift that guy on a lawn chair? One weather balloon was bigger than that weighted flying saucer when blown up.

I didn't believe it for a second. I told my wife as soon as we say the story that the parents should be arrested, they are covering something up. Even if he was in the balloon then they should still be arrested for child endangerment. Now that we know what happend, I think they should still be arrested for inducing panic. Imagine the money spent, and time wasted from there little stunt. Completely ridiculous.

I was skeptical myself. If he was in there and survived, he would be treated like a rock star for the rest of his life. Now he is going to go down as a prankster. I imagine that the kids didn't think that it would get this far. I knew some bastard kids growing up...none of them did anything that would require that much media attention. In some sick way, I find it to be really funny.

It was all a publicity stunt! The boy's parents were on an episode of Wife Swap!!!! You could tell then that the "father" if that's what you wanna call him was nothing more than a camera hound!!! I hope the jackass ends up paying for all of the resources that were used to find the kid!!!

Yes! That family is actually really crazy I watched that episode with that family on Wife Swap and they are WAY too much into their little experiments and the parents act like little kids!

from the moment i heard about it i knew it was a hoax...i knew he wasn't in there. when i heard that this family had been on tv before i had a feeling that they just wanted more tv time so made up the story about the boy being in the balloon.