Wednesday, 21 October 2009

The balloon boy and 2012

Balloon Boy Dad 'Wants An Apocalypse Bunker'

10:43am UK, Wednesday October 21, 2009

Huw Borland, Sky News Online
An amateur storm scientist staged a hoax involving his son drifting off in a balloon because he fears the world will end in 2012, a researcher has claimed.

Richard Heene and his son Falcon in Fort Collins, Colorado, after a balloon experiment sparked a frantic search

Heene and his son Falcon in Fort Collins, Colorado

Richard Heene is suspected of attempting a publicity stunt in Fort Collins, Colorado, in a bid to get his own reality TV show.

Robert Thomas, who recorded Heene's ideas, told investigators the "obsessed" father wanted fame to earn money for a bunker that would save him from an apocalypse.

"Heene believes the world is going to end in 2012," Mr Thomas' lawyer Linda Lee said.

"Because of that, he wanted to make money quickly, become rich enough to build a bunker or something underground, where he can be safe from the sun exploding."

Runaway balloon in US

The helium balloon

Police believe Heene, and his wife Mayumi, should be charged with falsely reporting that their six-year-old son Falcon had floated away in the home-built helium balloon.

The boy, who was later found at the family home, told reporters he had been hiding in a garage.

Heene was apparently planning a show that focussed on a range of bizarre experiments, like trying to attract UFOs with a weather balloon.

Mr Thomas worked with Mr Heene on the idea for the programme from March until May.

Police interviewed the researcher after he revealed the amateur scientist was planning a media stunt to promote the show, Ms Lee said.

Mr Thomas' notes included Mr Heene discussing a hoax that involved a hot air balloon, the lawyer added.
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