Ok, so I wasn’t going to touch this story because right from the moment they found the kid it REEKED of a hoax. I didn’t want to feed the sick, fame whoring fantasy the Heene family was rolling in like a pile of Autumn leaves while the rest of the world was freaking out for their son.
But, after initially denying that they suspected it was a stunt, the Fort Collins Sherriff’s Dept is going to press criminal charges.
Now I can talk about it!
By now you have all heard the story -- a 6 year old Colorado boy was thought to be inside a home-made weather balloon that was floating across the countryside. After an extensive search for the boy (that included international news coverage, the National Guard, local and surrounding law enforcement etc. that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars) rescuers were left empty handed and the boy was found hiding in the attic at his home.
The family was interviewed by every major news magazine and the father, Richard Heene, held press conferences and even put question box on the front porch that he would pull and answer later.
And somewhere in the mix they gave an interview to CNN, and the whole story fell apart. Little Falcon, they Balloon Boy himself, outted the family for being frauds. And what does dad do? He shakes his head and stumbles around to try and cover with a story about grocery shopping and having to tell his kid no.
Um, ok dude.
It’s already come out that the family had been shopping around for a reality show of their own. And after being shot down by every network, it sounds like dad came up with a way to get some face time on his own. Oh yeah -- did I mention that in the process of trying to rescue a little boy that was never in danger, the emergency vehicles destroyed the grain crop of a small family farm?!!? That’s right, a family that was hungry for fame has stolen the livelihood of a hard working family just to get a little attention. Smooth, real smooth.
They haven’t said what he will be charged with, but it sounds like he could be looking at up to 6 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
Sounds fair to me.
Tig
Tags: douchebags, DUH, Stupid Shit, wtf