Balloon Man

[Deleted User] · July 2015

This happened in Canada, eh!

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/canadian-man-arrested-flying-lawn-chair-helium-balloons/story?id=32257507

mrscomposer · July 2015

Oh the Stampede. So glad I'm moving back to cowboy country

WinstonsGirl · July 2015

Just like to point out that he was from Calgary and the rest of us are not that stupid. He was well prepared though, with a parachute and supplementary oxygen

natswild · July 2015

He may have been well prepared, but I think he was really irresponsible. That set of balloons and lawnchair are still floating around up there, it won't be visible to radar, and could potentially cause issues with the planes flying in and out of Calgary. He should have come up with a way to bring it down. Thankful that he was arrested for that asinine stunt.

[Deleted User] · July 2015

@WinstonsGirl did he get high enough to USE the parachute?

novella1186 · July 2015

Ya know when you see odd warnings in odd places and you think "why the hell does that need to be there? who would do that??"

This guy. That's why.

The movie Up is now going to say "Please don't float away with a giant cloud of balloons"

WinstonsGirl · July 2015

FeeleyToBe said:

@WinstonsGirl did he get high enough to USE the parachute?

Yup, I think so. He just landed in the wrong spot than originally planned. They found the chair and oxygen outside of the city by a highway apparently. He claimed that at one point he looked down and there was a WestJet flight under him, but pretty sure it was landing/taking off cos I think the cold would have killed him if it was a cruising altitude. Getting hit by an airplane would have given him an automatic Darwin Award I think

novella1186 · July 2015

WinstonsGirl said:

FeeleyToBe said:

@WinstonsGirl did he get high enough to USE the parachute?

Yup, I think so. He just landed in the wrong spot than originally planned. They found the chair and oxygen outside of the city by a highway apparently. He claimed that at one point he looked down and there was a WestJet flight under him, but pretty sure it was landing/taking off cos I think the cold would have killed him if it was a cruising altitude. Getting hit by an airplane would have given him an automatic Darwin Award I think

1. I LOVE the Darwin Awards (have you read the books?!)

2. I think he used the parachute to land but it said he had severe ankle injuries so I'm guessing the landing didn't go so well.

Maggie0829 · July 2015

novella1186 said:

Ya know when you see odd warnings in odd places and you think "why the hell does that need to be there? who would do that??"

This guy. That's why.

The movie Up is now going to say "Please don't float away with a giant cloud of balloons"

Just like all fireworks are now going to come with a "Do not set this off on top of your head" warning.

novella1186 · July 2015

Maggie0829 said:

novella1186 said:

Ya know when you see odd warnings in odd places and you think "why the hell does that need to be there? who would do that??"

This guy. That's why.

The movie Up is now going to say "Please don't float away with a giant cloud of balloons"

Just like all fireworks are now going to come with a "Do not set this off on top of your head" warning.

Yeah my mom and I were looking at xmas decorations one year and the lights had a stupid warning like "don't put these in your mouth" or something. My mom was like "Ha! That's so stupid! Why would they put that on there?" And I said, "because someone has done it."

southernbelle0915 · July 2015

Nice.

Yea, I'm way more likely to hire a cleaning company that conducts themselves in a super risky manner and litters... /*sarcasm

lyndausvi · July 2015

[Deleted User] · July 2015

novella1186 said:

WinstonsGirl said:

FeeleyToBe said:

@WinstonsGirl did he get high enough to USE the parachute?

Yup, I think so. He just landed in the wrong spot than originally planned. They found the chair and oxygen outside of the city by a highway apparently. He claimed that at one point he looked down and there was a WestJet flight under him, but pretty sure it was landing/taking off cos I think the cold would have killed him if it was a cruising altitude. Getting hit by an airplane would have given him an automatic Darwin Award I think

1. I LOVE the Darwin Awards (have you read the books?!)
2. I think he used the parachute to land but it said he had severe ankle injuries so I'm guessing the landing didn't go so well.

I don't think ANYTHING about that operation went well...

NowIamMrsKlein · July 2015

natswild said:

He may have been well prepared, but I think he was really irresponsible. That set of balloons and lawnchair are still floating around up there, it won't be visible to radar, and could potentially cause issues with the planes flying in and out of Calgary. He should have come up with a way to bring it down. Thankful that he was arrested for that asinine stunt.

Yea this totally freaked me out as my FI is a pilot who often flies in and out of Calgary. It bothers me so much that people don't think about the safety of other people.

[Deleted User] · July 2015

When my mom told me about this I did not believe it. I figured it was just a fake article on Facebook (she tends to fall for those...). Seriously, how is anyone that stupid!?

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