Balloon Boy Larry King Hoax Video: Is Falcon Heene Story a Scam?

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Everyone's favorite Balloon Boy, Falcon Heene, appeared on Larry King Live tonight just hours after he had apparently been trapped in a giant UFO-shaped balloon traveling over Colorado. By now, we all know that the whole thing was one big sitcom-esque misunderstanding and that little Falcon wasn't in the balloon. Instead, he was hiding in his family's garage. The Falcon Heene appearance on CNN, however, has some wondering if the whole Balloon Boy story is a hoax.

Falcon Keene appeared on Larry King Live alongside his family: father Richard Heene, mother Mayumi Heene, and brothers Ryo and Bradford. Guest host Wolf Blitzer asked Falcon Heene why he hid as his parents called out to him during their search effort.

The 6-year-old Balloon Boy responded: "Um. You guys said that, um, we did this for a show."

Later in the program, Blitzer asked Falcon Heene what he meant by that statement. Before he could answer, father Richard Heene interrupted and said that he was "kind of appalled" by Wolf Blitzer's line of questioning.

Falcon Heene's appearance on Larry King is leaving many wondering if a Balloon Boy hoax was concocted by Richard Heene and Miyako Heene to draw publicity to the family of so-called storm chasers. The Heene family has a history in the public eye, having appeared on the ABC reality series, "Wife Swap."

Here is the Balloon Boy Falcon Heene on Larry King video.