First – let me start this by saying I truly hope this is a hoax. It was announced the boy is safe and at home by the time I got the the ending of this blog article.
However, this is getting weirder and weirder. There is now a picture showing something that looks like it is falling away from the balloon. The picture is taken by a woman named Lisa Eklund. Doing a Google search I get *about 11,900* results. The top one is for a photographer, named Lisa Eklund, who specializes in weddings. However looking at her contact information she is listed as being in Mount Vision, New York.
So – refining the Google search to “Lisa Eklund”+Falcon – I end up with 1,300 results. The top entry is a Huffington Post article saying Lisa Eklund is a neighbor. So looking for the AP article. I found …
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Neighbor Lisa Eklund described seeing the balloon pass.
“We were sitting eating, out looking where they normally shoot off hot air balloons. My husband said he saw something. It went over our rooftop. Then we saw the big round balloonish thing, it was spinning,” she said.
“By the time I saw it, it traveled pretty fast,” she said.
When did she take the picture? Is SHE the one who took the picture?
The power of the Internet sends information around the world in REAL TIME. I first heard of this issue while in a chat room watching daily domain name drops. As soon as I heard this I went to CNN – top story. I checked out Twitter and at that time this issue was six of the top ten trending topics … WOW!!!
Now CNN is reporting there may not have been a basket (there was, there wasn’t, there was, there may not have been …)
But the family themselves are known for more than just this issue. They were on Wife Swap in Season Five and returned for the 100th episode (which I hear was last week? I don’t know, I don’t watch the show~weird, huh?)
and NOW ~ Breaking News ~ The boy is alive, he is at home. Thank goodness the child IS alive – BUT, everyone who was involved in his *disappearance* needs to be beaten. He was hiding out in a box in the attic of the garage. One of his older brothers said he was in a box … well I guess he was 
If these were your grandchildren ~ how proud would you feel?
The gist of that which was flying around the web, since this story FIRST broke was: This is a hoax. It is a publicity stunt. When will we know for sure Behavior Never Lies )-:
I am truly glad heartened to know the boy is safe ~ I wonder though, will this type *stunt* be attempted again? By one of the Heene children? By one of the Heene children’s friends? By one of the children who watched the drama this stunt created?
As humans, we are always looking for ways to do things bigger, better, with more pizzaz and more WOW …
What are your thoughts on this subject?
