Bubble Boy 2: Flight Of The Navigator • Everyone is watching this livefeed video about a SMALL BOY flying through the air in a FUCKING ALIEN BALLOON right? Just making sure.
Posted at 3:27 PM in Bad Idea Jeans
Tags: Balloons | Children | Nightmares | Yikes
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Yeah. This sounds like the plot for a cute Disney movie but it must be terrifying for the litlte guy. :( Good thoughts going your way, little buddy!
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It's apparently down to about 100ft and about to go down.
HANG IN THERE, FALCON!
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Yeah, but did you see how fucking fast that thing's flying? He better land in a pile of pillows.
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Never mind, it's down.
The Falcon has landed!
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.....
The compartment was empty. :(
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Balloon landed, but there's no child with it. ?
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I've seen that movie 12 Monkeys before. The kid is hiding in the barn.
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I was thinking the same thing.
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I don't care if there was no kid in there. That was still a pretty cool flying saucer looking aircraft.
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CNN just reported they were on an episode of Wife Swap?
http://abc.go.com/shows/wife-swap/episode-guide/heenesilver/161743?page=2
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Huffpo has more, including a music video (?) of the boys.
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Twitter has gone nuts with #balloonboy.
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Score = 32
i can't decide which is worse, this, or that I laughed at this. A lot. And loudly.
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So, let's see. So far we know that the family is a group of storm chasers/inventors, believes in psychics, have a child named Falcon, and were on Wife Swap.
Suddenly the whole balloon incident is becoming one of the least interesting details of this family.
Score = 6
I keep trying to think of a falcon punch joke but I cannot
I'll get back to you later.
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Wait, so, he fell out? Because that makes this story go from whimsical to really sad.
Score = 5
I am refraining from making jokes until I know that Falcon is alive.
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I'm just glad that kids these days have found something better to do than fall down wells.
Score = 11
his dad Star Fox never should have built that flying coffin in the first place.
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The boy was found alive. At home. In a box in the attic above the garage. He never left his house ever, at all. Which, I mean... Hooray! The boy is alive and not dead. But haha. Network crews spent an entire day chasing a balloon. Grow up, news reporters!
Score = 4