Know Your Meme: Balloon Boy

Know Your Meme scientist Jamie Dubs recounts the "Ballon Boy" hoax, a day-long media frenzy over the whereabouts of Falcon Heene, a 6 year-old boy who reportedly climbed into a helium-filled balloon and accidentally took off.

[abeenormlSpodermenpls]

Oh no...

Here comes the FNAF fandom...

[Agentpman]

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Don't look at the comments.
Or else you'll start complaining about the fnaf comments

[UnknownChan]

I didn't know about this until now. Still better than FNAF.

[Azated]

I'd completely forgotten about this until I aw this video.

[FoxinaTheKitsune]

ok who thought this was going to be about fnaf 2

[ThePoketrix]

4:54
Oooh, I see what you did there! XD

[sirrex]

I remember this. I remember my dad ranting for twenty minutes how it was fake, and my screaming at him it was real. Even when I was so young (because who has time to check what year it was?) I enjoyed watching people argue.

[gocheckoutmynewchannelinde]

I can hear all the disappointed fnaf fans now!

[flipvallarta]

It's funny watching this more than a year later and seeing that last part. How long will this stay relevant? Not very long as I recall.

[PaceBreaker]

3:52 - That reminds me that a Houston radio station had a call contest for the best joke about this. One person said Michael Jackson was ordering takeout in heaven - the people at the station laughed but said it was too soon.

[ratatatcat]

wait...
he was hiding in the attic eating papa johns?

BWHAHAHAHHA WOT

[scaryawwsnap]

Sees the title.


Checks flashlight.
Thank god. My batteries are still here.

[fLyD]

If u dont like fnaf: Its their opinion!

[Luigi]

Was I the only one who knew it was a hoax because you would need over 2000 cubic meters of helium to lift a child?

[TheWarnerSister]

I didn't notice the box until he tried to climb out of it.

[SakuraKitsune_]

This actually happened near where I live.

[Shrimp]

The last video i saw before my computer got hacked, i got it back now :D

[MerlinYoda]

Advice dog (seen in intro) told Richard Heene to do it.

[Mogster]

How long will it stay relevant: I thought this was a new meme when I clicked on the video.

[slipknot]

I live in colorado, the baloon actually went over my school