Balloon Boy Takes Us All for a Ride
The man behind the recent hoax captured our attention but smeared amateur science in the process. Fame-hungry Richard Heene used his son and some faked backyard science to launch his reality TV career.
Most people thought it was highly unlikely that a 40-pound boy stowed away in the balloon and floated 50 miles away at over 7,000 feet in the air. But everyone gave this family the benefit of the doubt.
Until the facts stopped adding up.
Just how mad is this amateur scientist? Well, a science reality TV show proposal helps paint the picture. But a YouTube series, called The Psyicence Detectives showcases Heene’s knowledge base when it comes to science. It appears he favors the paranormal, alien and conspiracy theories over real science.
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