A student who says he worked with Richard Heene, the amateur scientist from Colorado whose family is being scrutinized after the high-flying balloon scare involving his 6-year-old son, claims to have proof that the incident was not an accident, according to The Business Insider.There's already a reality show that would be appropriate for this family: COPS.
Authorities are checking into whether the incident was a hoax.
The student, who remains anonymous, told The Business Insider that he worked with Heene in 2009 on potential reality show proposals to pitch to ABC.
He says that he and Heene pitched a show that would include several pranks, one of which was similar to the high-flying balloon incident, according to The Business Insider.
"When Mr. Heene is denying having any involvement with this being for a show — when the little kid, Falcon, says 'Dad, you said to go hide in the attic, we're doing this for the show' — and then he's adamantly denying that, that's when I started cracking up because I have proof that that's not true," said the student, according to The Business Insider.
The father called a press conference for an "big announcement" this morning. Here's how Breaking News is reporting it:
This guy has used up his 15 minutes of fame.
News networks interrupt programming to air "major announcement" from balloon boy dad, only to tell reporters to put questions in a box.
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I know! Can you imagine how much money he cost the state of Colorado (and news networks all over the country, maybe even the world) by pulling a stunt like this? EVERY news network was following it in real time... the radio shows were as well. Everyone thought a little boy was actually up there and it was all a joke? They even shut down the Denver International Airport! If it can be proven that this was a joke, I hope that guy goes to prison for it! What a moron.
I am hoping it was not a hoax, because that would be a twisted thing for the parents to do.
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