The infamous Ball is very large.
In 2009, when he was 6 years old, the parents of Falcon Heene artificial a cannular elaborated and captivating the globe, all as part of a failed offer for the celebrity of the reality show.
They lied to the authorities, telling them that their child was trapped on a homemade silver weather balloon hovering about 7,000 feet above Colorado.
The new cameras transported the two -hour flight of the ball live from the ball. The Americans feared that Falcon did not survive the accident, not knowing that it was far from the UFO -shaped ball made by his meteorologist father, Richard.
The National Guard was called upon to save the child, collecting taxpayers of $ 40,000. Falcon was sent to stay in the attic of the Fort Collins of the family during the flight of the ball.
Today, the “Balloon Boy” wins fans InstagramWhere he shares images of himself by building tiny multiple houses.
With long hair and a mustache, Heene is hardly recognizable today.
Falcon has and operates Craftsman Tiny Homes in Archer, Florida. Its small houses are sold between $ 25,000 and $ 79,000.
Four years after the hoax, Falcon and his brothers started a metal group called The Heene Boyz.
The group’s first single was entitled “Balloon Boy, no hoax”.
Falcon was then interviewed on CNN, and involuntarily abandoned his parents, saying to Wolf Blitzer “We did this for the show”.
Police finally arrested Richard and Mayumi Heene, who would have unlike a reality show based on science without success after two appearances on “Woman exchange. “”
They guilty For a conspiracy to commit a crime, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by submitting a false relationship to the authorities and trying to influence an official.
He was sentenced to 90 days in prison when she was sentenced to 20 days.