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10-16-2009, 05:10 AM #1
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10-16-2009, 05:42 AM #2
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Apparently, the family was interviewed last night on the Larry King Live show. The boy was asked if he heard his family calling him when he was hiding. He said, "Yes." The dad said, "You did?!" The mom said, "You did?!" When he was asked why he didn't come out, he said, "Because you said...it...was for a show."
There are so many questions that need to be answered.
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10-16-2009, 05:57 AM #3
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Originally Posted by pfunk12
I don't see any. (Other than, as I said, why the cops didn't find the kid the first time they searched the house.)
Kids pull stunts like that all the time. Didn't you ever hide from your parents? Lie to them? Didn't you ever once have a sibling or friend as an accomplice?
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10-16-2009, 06:12 AM #4
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Oak - I think the question that everyone is asking is if the whole thing was a hoax. A publicity stunt for the father/parents/family. Based on what they are learning, the main question is - was this whole thing set up?
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10-16-2009, 07:50 AM #5
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10-16-2009, 07:59 AM #6
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Oh, Oak...forgot to respond to your questions. No. No and no. I was an angel. Originally Posted by OakLeaf
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10-16-2009, 10:09 AM #7
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That is so sad--making your kid lie so that you can get publicity. People are sick. Originally Posted by pfunk12
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10-16-2009, 10:21 AM #8
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Okay. Originally Posted by tulip
I wasn't going to jump into topical conversations.
But I don't buy that the parents coerced the kid into doing anything.
The family had been on reality shows (or show) in the past. They have this bizarro balloon. Maybe the balloon was for an upcoming event (i.e., show) of some kind. I don't doubt that 6 y.o's get confused about what a "show" is if you don't provide the context (um...balloon show, or t.v. show? Is an interview with a news reporter a "show"?).
Big bro' could have seen little bro playing near balloon. Ballon takes off. Little bro' not around. Big bro does the math -- 2 + 2 and comes up with 5.
The whole situation was a cluster**** but I don't think it was sinister.
But, maybe I'm just dumb.
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10-16-2009, 10:32 AM #9
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Please believe me when I say I am not obsessed about this story.
I didn't even know it was happening until I read about it on TE late yesterday! But based on what little I do know, it is very strange and fishy. I just read that as soon as the balloon went up in the air, the father called the local tv station to ask them to send their traffic helicopter in pursuit. Okay...if I thought that one of my girls was in our hot air balloon that is tethered in my backyard......, I would dial 9-1-1 and the last thing I would be thinking is to call NBC4 to ask them to send their traffic helicopter after my balloon. It's just bizarre.
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10-16-2009, 11:06 AM #10
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What puzzles me is that the story was that the big brother told them that he saw the kid get into the balloon and release the tether. Yet we now see video the family took, and in the video Dad is there and he releases the tether of the balloon. So if I'm the Dad and the brother says this - I'm saying, no I was the one that released the balloon, we have it on tape. That's what puzzles me about it. Plus, I'm a cynic at heart.
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10-16-2009, 12:22 PM #11
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I just read on the news thing that pops up from yahoo... that the kid got sick on 2 different morning talk shows this morning - 1st when he was asked to explain the we did it for the show comment, he said he felt sick, ran off stage and vomited.
The 2nd on a different talk show when his father was asked to explain what that meant - kid vomited again.
I can see the we did it for a show just being because he's 6 & gets confused or they're on tv all the time... but in response to specific questions is a little wierd.
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