(Images taken from CBC.ca)

Today a strange helium balloon was seen floating in Colorado. It was thought that there was a six-year-old boy aboard. The whole Internet watched in awe as the story unfolded. It was found out that the boy was actually hiding in his attic. Now the story is lolz, and has led to some precious tweets such as:

“What did Beyonce say to the parents of the 6-year-old kid that flew away in a balloon? If you liked it then you should have put a string on it.”

“Yo Balloon Boy, Imma let you finish, but Anne Frank had the best attic hideout spot of all time…”

“#balloonboy needs his ass poped…no pun intended lol”

I’ll say it again… what would we do without the internet?

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