6 yr old in ballon over CO

[Motasyco]

On Fox news right now. A 6 year old boy is stranded in a loose balloon in Colorado. Looks like a UFO but it's a hot air balloon.

Edited October 15, 2009 by Motasyco
Correct my poor spelling

[Motasyco]

2000 ft up. They're clearing Denver airspace.

[strickj]

With a good BB gun....this problem would be solved

[Guest db99wj]

Holy crap.

[Guest HexHead]

Helicopter with a grappling hook should take care of it.

[Motasyco]

That thing is homemade. Dad has an interesting hobby.

[MikeW]

It is on the way down now... I hope for his sake it has a soft landing or landing gear.

[Guest SUNTZU]

He's the only one who will survive the zombie apocalypse. Quick, everyone go get halloween costumes on before he lands.

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

My first thought upon seeing the fox news feed was:

I would like to be the first to welcome our new alien overlords.

I hope he gets down ok, I know I would be freaking the F out if it was my son.

[Guest db99wj]

He's down....

[Guest db99wj]

Very soft landing. No sign of the kid yet. They are tryiing to secure it to the ground.

[Farman]

It's on the ground. They're opening it up.

[Farman]

Not in the balloon. What happened to the little boy?

[strickj]

I wanna know why DoD didn't shoot this unauthorized aircraft down

Slackers!

[MikeW]

He is not in it..

[Guest db99wj]

Dad said he looked, thought kid was in it...where is he? I wonder if he let it loose, got scared, and ran away to hide..I hope that is what happened and not something worse.

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

I have a horrible feeling about this. :-(

[MikeW]

Reports that people seen something fall out of the sky... not looking good at all

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

I am already of the opinion that the dad needs a horse whipping.

[Volzfan]

Watching that was not fun. I sure hope that he got out before it took off and he didn't fall out. It doesn't look good at this point.

[Chief07]

He is safe! He was hiding in his house.

OK I have 2 younger brothers and we did stuff too.

I can imagine how the conversation went with his brother:

Kid 1- Dad is gonna whip your butt for letting his balloon go.

Kid 2 - Don't tell, what am I gonna do?

Kid 1 - Go hide, I'll tell Dad you flew away.

Kid 2 - Ok Don't tell anyone else...............

It's funny now but when you can't find your kid you go crazy.

Glad he is safe. (Dad's gonna whip his butt). ;-)

[Volzfan]

Glad this ended as well as it did.

[Guest HexHead]

The brother that said he saw him fly away in it needs a trip to the woodshed.

[bubbiesdad]

The brother that said he saw him fly away in it needs a trip to the woodshed.

Or the police station.

[56FordGuy]

The brother that said he saw him fly away in it needs a trip to the woodshed.

Or the police station.

I wonder if the family will get a bill from the Emergency Services for them having to respond?