DO YOU BELIEVE HIM? | Internet Historian Balloon Boy Reaction 

What's even crazier, We know Richard was telling the truth. Incognito mode posted a second vid with richard offering his side of the story, and the state of colorado actually let the charges go and absolved richard of any wrong doing!

The Heene's got an official pardon not too long ago. The alderman who pushed the case through the courts to make himself look better was convicted of an unrelated crime after all this took place. Falcon maintains to this day that it wasn't a hoax. I think it's pretty clear that either Richard really was innocent, or at the very least, enough shady stuff happened that the case should have been thrown out.

My only takeaway from this is that Internet Historian is a better detective than most investigative journalists.

In defense of Richard's unhinged behavior: Humping the truck was a bit for a commercial. I once worked for a guy who portrayed himself as his own mother for a commercial to advertise frozen pizza. It's unhinged, yes, but that's marketing, baby. As for yelling at his wife: I don't know how much that baloon cost to make (in direct money, time and effort now wasted, electronic equipment inside the balloon, and additional costs of safely getting it all back- even before the whole kid being in there thing), but losing that much money over 1 person's mistake is- at the very least- not easy to stay calm over.

Richard Heene is just an eccentric. Having passion for life does not make a man a drug addict.

This story is great at showing that anybody can be guilty of something if they get coerced enough.

Damn, its sad how most of chat is jumping to conclusions even when seeing evidence of the opposite.

I don’t believe it to be a hoax and I don’t think he’s a coke head. His ads have a billy mays vibe to them and honestly back then billy mays was a goat at selling soap. I can see this as a dad attempting his best to make money for the family

Chat is a great example of how bad the court of public opinion can be at judging people. People accusing everyboy of lying, declaring Heene should have his kids taken away, based on fuck all - even as IH is explaining why, most likely, Heene *didn't* do anything wrong. (especially as, by now, we know he didn't - Heene was retroactively absolved of any guilt, in part thanks to the exposure IH provided for how the case was mishandled) And no, Chat, someone yelling at their kids isn't a reason to call CPS. They're going to laugh at you and call you names, because CPS has to deal with *actual* cases of child abuse, and a dad telling his 10-year old to "shut the fuck up" does not qualify. In Chat's defense, *most* of them seemed to be actually paying attention. Just a few people who were weirdly insistent at condemning Heene basically to the end, based on a lot of nothing but their first impressions - that's exactly what media and propaganda counts on, giving you a false first impression and hoping you stick to it regardless of what later evidence tells you.

12:06 the yelling is either due to the cost, or he knows damn well how much shit he could be in if things go wrong with where it goes.

I mean, if your kid took a car out of park and it rolled off a cliff, I'd bet you'd be pretty pissed and raging too, even if it was a total jalopy... Like, he lost tons of very expensive electronics when that balloon floated away, never mind the fact that he could be fined thousands on top of that for aviation laws broken. I'd be pissed out of my mind too.

Hahahaha the balloon boy not knowing GRAVITY of their situation is ironic

Dude, that one person in chat accusing absolutely everyone of lying. You think Richard still talks to the woman he was married to _on television?_ Sheree had no reason to lie about that family. If she had shit to spill, she would've spilled it.

When I was 7 years old, I was asked if I headbutted my best friend in the back of the head on purpose or "on accident" (sic) and my dumbass brain went "on purpose" because I *didn't know the difference*. I can believe the kid just said the wrong thing.

"a 36k fine isnt that bad" ....my entire family would be destitute and likely dead from that

To be fair its not clear if this rage flipout is normal behavior. With something like an experiment like this, no telling how much time and money sunk into it, it's definitely something that might make someone temporarily lose rationality and lash out at random.

If you ever have to plea guilty because you cant afford the defences, that should be Tip No.1 for bad systems. The fact nobody has rioted over that is crazy. "Your innocence is worth a lawyers fee, cant pay it? Well, stop being guilty i guess."

Gotta call out Arqangel in the chat suggesting Heene calling the FAA first means he either didn't care about his kid, or makes him look suspicious. I'd love to know what glitched in their head for that reasoning to make sense

Alicia saying the 60 days in jail, 36k fine, lawyer fees, and negative press for a couple and their three young children wasnt that bad is crazy

Alicia not getting that they were wasting all that resources in a child is not because of the child, is because of the balloon that might fall on someone or the traffic that had to be rerouted

That was perhaps the strangest take I've seen so far regarding his case/video. The conclusion of "man's on coke fr fr" is pretty insulting. Also, I gotta be honest, I don't think adding twitch chat to the video and your viewing has improved the experience for yourself or the viewers. Those were some wild and unhinged takes from chat, and some were pretty racist too, that was disappointing to see.

I was 8 almost 9 when this happened I still remember family being disappointed. The media saying the father was abusive and making this up for no real reason was just suspicious but who cares anymore. I saw this video in 2019 and I saw the next video going over more of the story on… incognito mode channel! It’s so sad and angering what the government and media did to the father.

I highly recommend you also watch internet historyians fallow up video were he interviews and gets information from Richard heney himself

theres a huge, massive difference between missing, and literally in a known location in the sky possibly plummeting to their death at any moment.

Humping trucks and yelling is acting like an idiot; not an asshole. Two different things.

The shit the cops did to throw them under the bus was absolutely vile.

I really hope Alicia watches the followup video to this, its incredible. 'Balloon Boy | In Richard Heene's own words' on Internet Historian's second channel: Incognito Mode

They were pardoned in 2020.

One of his best classic videos. I also really recommend "The Gentleman Pirate" for a longer video if you ever have time.

I could totally see Richard having ADHD and never having it treated like me. Untreated ADHD made school a living hell for me, and to this day I still never sought treatment for it because my parents told me that they didn't want me on pills as a kid despite the doctor diagnosing me and willing to prescribe medication. Having gotten older it has become more manageable, but I can tell it still affects me in my adult life.

Glad to see Twitch chat remains the same regardless of community.

The lesson is, if you're gonna start shit with a corrupt sheriff, you better make sure you're never going to need the police, because they're not gonna be on your side and in fact are going to take any opportunity to ruin you.

"Screaming at your family like that?" Looses a LOT of money's worth because of an "Oopsie Daisy, I forgor" will really pop your veins off your head. Imagine having a PS5 knowing you and your siblings will use it equally. You do the work for all the accessories and games to play. So, you just give 1 job, ONE JOB to your sibling and that is to the shelf or counter on where you put your PS5. Then once you all booted it up in the first time, the bloody shelf just gave in because your sibling "Oops, I forgot to nail it down". Just think on how infuriating that is.

I for one believe old Ricky is a bit wacked out, but was genuinely concerned for the safety of his child and did everything in his power to make sure he was safe. To be fair though, I've had several instances of bad encounters with the police, where I was stopped for WALKING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PATTED DOWN, but anyways, man was forced into taking a plea deal to prevent all sorts of financial and familial drama, like losing his wife and potentially children, as well as undoubtedly millions of dollars in fees and bail, and a significant amount of time, likely in prison instead of jail.

I mean a child floating in a balloon that can be easily tracked is definitely gonna get more people looking. Yeah it sucks that not everyone gets the same media attention. But no it isn't concerning. Its a insanely rarely sequence of events. Definitely not a W, but like not fully a L either. Its like thumbs in the middle.

Nah, the anger was honestly kinda fair when you think about how expensive that shit would be, just losing the balloon on its own would be infuriating.

Knowing the US police calling the news first probably gets them into action quicker than calling the department.

Honestly that’s just some middle age midwestern white dad rage right there. If my dads taught me anything.

I can really feel the generational gap; everyone getting excited over being cussed at by a father...y'all don't even know how it was in the 80's lol

as my work colleague who's been to prison has said "prison is much, much better than jail. it isn't good, but it's better, so if you commit a crime that will give you a little less than a year, then go and do another little bonus one so you can go to prison instead" fun fact for those who don't know: you get sent to prison for any crime where you're locked up for a year or more so since it's for a longer stay, the conditions are better

Her saying he’s on drugs and I saw someone in chat say ADHD…y’all do know people can be naturally emotional and out there, right? Not saying I know what his situation is, if I’m wrong I apologize. I just hate when someone acts hyper and gets emotional and people immediately assume something is wrong with them. Same thing happens when people act super shy and reclusive too, people assume the worst, it’s sad. Also just wanted to say, yelling and cursing is not abuse. I saw a few people say it in comments and, this is the reason why real abuse victims can’t get help. Because people want to call anything not absolutely perfect abuse nowadays and we for some reason have to cater to prissy people who can’t take anything emotionally. Those people need to grow a pair and the real victims need to stop being told to grow a pair. Don’t confuse real abuse and “oh no my dad was really mad once”. I’m just saying this for anyone in chat that doesn’t know what real abuse is. And to be fair, I don’t either. And if he was frequently yelling like that, I might be on your side. But if this was just a one time meltdown, don’t say he deserves to have his kids taken just because you can’t take yelling and you assume the kids can’t take it either.

Your community is hilarious. Dudes an asshole and starts yelling and agrily screaming sure, but all i see in the chat is stuff like "thats domestic violence". You can admit hes an awful person without equating him to a monster and thus normalizing actual physically violent domestic abusers. I stg some people have never gone through family and domestic struggle Also its hilarious everyone was on the side of the prosecution and taking the kids away and shit, but then immediatley when it came to the mothers interview when she didnt speak english well, its all "ACAB". Im not saying the police werent corrupt in this case, but the absolute hypocrisy some people have. Im sorry but some of your twitch community is insane

04:23 I love the racists in chat "It's because hes white" even though he is mixed Japanese lol.

Internet historian has a follow up video on incognito mode that has Richard heeny Actually join in and add some more details.

IH posted a follow-up to this video on his Incognito Mode channel when Heene himself got in touch. That video is: Balloon Boy | In Richard Heene's own words

Real talk, they'd been working on that balloon for at least 8 months, and probably had a decent amount of money and a ton man-hours poured into it at that point. That was a lot of shit to lose to something as simple as a tether not being tied down. Obviously screaming at your wife like that is pretty damn unacceptable no matter the circumstances, but this wasn't 'you put the can opener in the wrong drawer', it was 'my hobby project of nearly a year's work just flew away because you told me it was tied down and it wasn't'. I don't think you need to be a cokehead to get that enraged, you just need a poor control over your emotions. Dude needs some anger management for sure, but I've known husbands who get more angry over way smaller issues, no substance abuse necessary.

18:22 You can tell she’s Canadian and not American with the endearingly naive view of the criminal Justice system.

Therea a follow up video on IHs second channel. Richard got in touch and told his side of the story

I have been waiting for this one! So glad you reacted to the video!

It's a child in danger(at least to them) so it was an emergency situation that could resolve as fast as possible if they worked enouth, cause he could've fallen and died along with potentially also hurting or killing other people. People consider children to not have yet to experience much in life, hence why they take these situations as a big deal. Not saying adult cases shouldn't be taken seriously, just what a lot of people tend to think usually There are a lot of cops or protection services that are bad actors but that doesn't mean everyone is wasteful, lazy, careless, etc. It was their job and it was an emergency, so they did exactly as they were supposed to That's all I can say about this. If I am wrong about something, I'll listening

Just wanted to mention on the claiming that the guy did coke, if he did then i imagine that mightve been found out when the police investigated their house and found nothing (unless he hid it somewhere else.. idk where people usually hide drugs...)

Bad take on the true crime thing Search and rescue ops are very different from a search for a fleeing suspect/abducted child/whatever other words I meant to use here. It's not unusual for there to be large numbers of personnel, even the local National Guard. And that's what that was, a hastily organized search and rescue op. It's generally because there's a wide search range, and they need people to physically canvas the entire area.

Imagine being so good at hide and seek people have to send an entire search party to find you

This video is a good representation of "You're not inmune to propaganda/fake news"

I was so stoned that day and I watched the whole thing live it was hilarious and awesome

Alisia we don't draw the line at screaming. Not even close. You don't know parental relationships like that

A channel i would love to see some reactions out of is "LEMMINO" He does similar things to Internet Historian, where he finds a topic and just goes deep into the lore and history and everything related to it. Any video that strike your interest would work.

I will forever recommend PlagueOfGripes' "Let's Gripe About Villains."

Honestly I don't wanna judge him for his actions while extremely livid. He got pissed, real pissed and probably regretted the way he acted towards his family.

One time as a waiter in Japan i heard an American wholesome-English-teacher type talk to his little Japanese wife like that over dinner while she just quietly took it; i genuinely hope that woman put a non-lethal amount of poisin in his coffee lol Far as Heene, i 100% buy that the kids honestly thought Falcon was on it, distracted on his shit the dad believed them, and hearing all his profanity and yelling, the little bean got scared and hid because he thought he was in trouble. Not a hoax, just a prime example of why you shouldn't operate dangerous equipment with actual children as your assistants.

My brother was going to get taken away because the woman who was talking to him was using games to have him answer his questions. Thing is, he will say what ever you want so he can play the games. He is high functioning autistic and was 10. She got him to pretty much say we were beaten with whips and sticks, my mom never hit any of us and the most we got was no dinner if we complained about the food(brothers hated mushrooms lol)

whats poppin' haha, i get it

I recommend watching the incognito mode of the version

Oh yeah, I remember this! Wild times

He made a second video because richard heene watched this one and showed IH a bunch of extra evidence supporting his case. You should watch it! It's called Balloon boy | In richard heene's own words

Lets go. Was just watching the RainFurrest vid you posted

I'm gonna save yall a bunch of money. You don't need a Bear Scratcher. All you need is a door frame. 🙃

Lets gooooo all 3 parts!

One can plead guilty for all sorts of reasons. Heck, in many parts of the US, public defenders are so overworked the only sound advice they have the resources to give their clients is "plead guilty for a lighter sentence." A guilty plea ends the trial, and all the money spent, and anxiety, that comes along with it.

Internet Historians videos “Any Polls the goal” and Brads wife are fun ones

Ooooh I hope you get into the whole Camping at the End of the World video Internet Historian did!

'To infinity and beyond.'

Lol got out of that Canadian hood lol

I super duper recommend IH's Gentleman pirate video it was like watching a movie.

great video alic

Not gonna lie, I would love a Bear Scratch to get those spots you just can't reach.

“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices... to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill... and suspicion can destroy... and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own-for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.”

I want to believe

Late to the party, but I should point out that a lot of guilty pleas aren't actually because the person is guilty. They are like Richard here where they simply can't afford a proper lawyer and are afraid that they will lose even if they are innocent. So the plead guilty so they can get through things with as little pain as possible and try to rebuild their lives sooner. It's actually a common legal problem in the US.

Good one. You could also do the dramatic reading of "My Immortal" HP fan fiction by Sundance Rejects. It has 3 parts, though, so it's quite a commitment.

YES, BALLOON BOY

I think that it wasn't a hoax, but regardless of that, there absolutely is not enough evidence for it being a hoax to put someone in jail.

Pogging vid as always keep it up :D

Hope you watch the follow-up to this one

I definetely recommend watching the second video too...its quite sad really..

Just remembered pedo bear meme feels so nostalgic when my parents going through nasty divorse I was giggling in my bed with samsung galaxy s2 readin shitposts and meme's from internet watching dantdm pewdiepie markiplier legends who saved me from emotional scar

There is a follow up video on his second channel to this video

There’s another video of more details

6:50 Your dad is a fellow Sinfeld enjoyer as well.

Hi

I'ma be completely honest with you, I might call the News first too if my kids in some sorta ridiculous scenario/danger. Who's really gonna act faster over a wild story? News or cops?

08:05 He reminded me of Ace Ventura.

Love to see a reaction to the Followup Vid

btw if you haven't seen Heist with Markiplier or In Space With markiplier i highly recommend them, though they're fairly long.

Damn. This shit turned No Man's Sky even faster than his actual No Man's Sky video😂

Part two!

If I wanted the police to find my hypothetical lost airborn kid I would probably call the press first just to light a fire under the cops asses. The search was a huge operation do you really think it would have been that big if he just called the police?

Bear Scratch!!!

I am not gonna cap, you saying Ishowmeat actually made me wake up my folks with the most devious cackle I released from within me 💀

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