The Disaster of Balloonfest '86

Balloonfest '86 was a fundraising stunt that wen't HORRIBLY wrong, resulting in thousands of balloons impacting the people of Cleveland, Ohio... #shorts

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[bcproductionvideos]

The sheer amount of "only in Ohio" comments I'm getting on this vid is unfathomable

[kosc]

"What's gonna happen with these baloons after we release them?"
-Nobody, 1986.

[achcaptures]

Being stuck in a large body of water surrounded by thousands of balloons in your final hours is a bad fever dream.

[ritasushiro]

I'm 100% sure that someone warned them about the risks and they chose to ignore it.

[jessebaca]

“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should “

[charlesreynolds]

I swear the 80s was just 10 years of "fuck it and find out"

[stevenbaker]

"Don't worry John they'll find us."

A tsunami of balloons landing all around you.

[GlaciesYin]

The worst part was that it was meant to be fundraising event to raise awareness of a charity to help people - it backfired so horrifically

[imericseo]

If Christopher Nolan directed "Up"

[dylanbasgall]

Imagine being those guys hoping that someone comes to find you but it just starts raining balloons for miles.

[ashleywhispers]

imagine being those two fishermen with your vests on waiting for help and then you see thousands of balloons.

[WarNvrChanges]

“Your Grandfather would still be here in not for tragic events of Balloon Fest 86.”

[tallboots]

Whenever I’m feeling stupid I’m going to remember Balloonfest 86’ and feel little better about myself.

[railfanproductions]

balloon fest sounds like the most 80's thing I've ever heard

[sheamus]

Imagine waiting out at sea to be rescued and then seeing thousands of balloons turn up, almost celebrating your doom 💀

[hammerGAR]

the amount of lag that must have caused... that many props bro💀

[jrobynsmith]

How is this not a gigantic littering episode?

[codyash]

Ah, the “good ole days” when sending 1.5 million rubber balloons into the environment wasn’t something anyone red flagged beforehand...

[thrivinpsilocybin]

That part about the lost men on lake Eerie...that broke my heart 💔

[jamescinatl]

I remember watching that and thinking "WHO THE FUCK THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!!?" I was 15 yrs old.