Monday, February 15, 2010
Balloon Boy Stunt
The publicity stunt that I thought of right away was last year's balloon boy hoax. In case you didn't hear about it, here's a quick summary: The parents of a six-year-old boy in Colorado claimed that their son floated away in a gigantic balloon. Apparently this balloon looked like a UFO. The story got attention worldwide. For hours authorities were searching for the balloon and when it finally landed and the boy wasn't inside, everyone got scared the boy had fallen out. Turns out the boy was never in the balloon-he was hiding in the house the whole time. On a Larry King interview, when the boy was asked why he did it, he said, "We did it for the show". The parents had been trying over and over again to be in a reality series, and so that was why they were trying to attract media attention with the stunt. They faced several felony charges because of it. Pretty crazy...all to be on TV.
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pretty crazy what people will do for media attention and to be on television. I remember when this happened as well, it was ALL over the news and everyone was talking about it. I think it is ridiculous that the parents would do something like this and say their son was in a balloon in the sky, but he was actually hiding in the house. sounds insane to me.
ReplyDeleteYea that was definitely a crazy stunt. I remember when this came out, and I still dont get why those people even had a balloon like this at their house, like who owns something like that? I heard those people went to jail but I think I might be wrong, thats a little much for the crime, but thats some seriously bad parenting. It did attrack attention, just not the kind they were looking for. I saw a kid on halloween dressed up like the boy with the balloon attached to him.. it was a hilarious costume
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