Monday's Quote of the Day
09:38 UK time, Monday, 19 October 2009
"He may be nutty, but he's not a professor" - Sheriff casts doubt on "balloon dad" Richard Heene's claimed scientific credentials.
Last Thursday, the Heene family of Colorado claimed their youngest boy had floated off in a run-away weather balloon. TV schedules were cleared and hearts stopped in mouths. But it turned out he'd been hiding in the attic - and told one of his many interviewers that his father said "it was for a show". Local sheriff Jim Alderton re-interviewed the family and told reporters it was a publicity stunt.
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