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91. The Balloon Boy (Richard Heene)

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The Heany Family's Balloon Stunt Was a Hoax

Richard heany lost his patience while falcon puked in the background for you to deal with. The sheriff's office backtracked on its assertion that the balloon was capable of carrying falcon when investigators measured the craft for themselves they found it to be 18 pounds heavier than initially thought thus impossible to lift off without a more powerful balloon professor. In addition to these suspicious interviews conducted by the heany family some new evidence had come to light first it was reported that before calling the police when falcon supposedly floated away Richard heany had called channel nine news first it was a bad look but it wasn't even true Richard called the federal aviation administration first to see if they could find the balloon on

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