DISQUS

lexi · 2 months ago

Don’t people do the math before spending millions of dollars it is totally imposable for this balloon to carry more that like 10 pounds tops?

Tom Medlin · 2 months ago

I agree. had some experience with balloons. this does not have the volume of helium to carry a kid. also the thing was made from cardboard and tinfoil. even if the kid was in it, the cardboard would not have held him. if that bottom was reinforced with metal or wood that is also weight it could not lift. it was barely lighter than air and had hardly no lift.

Carol · 2 months ago

Why weren' these kids in school? Why hasn't this 'distraught' mom had anything to say? Dad's comment, "Put your questions in the box" to the media suggests they need to get their stories straight! The kids and mom seem very uncomfortable on camera! I would question them separately and if this is a hoax they should be charged for emergency services! What if someone really in need couldn't have gotten help because the help was 'busy'. Also, one should wonder why so much was 'caught on tape' and why the child had toys, food, and a pillow in his attic box; big coincidences? If he spent time there and kept stuff there, wouldn't that have been the first place either his parents or brothers would have looked for him? Too much wierd stuff to be legit!!

chrismonty · 2 months ago

That's a good point about the kids not being in school. This whole thing just smells fishy, doesn't it?