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A man has been charged after attempting to parachute into the Calgary Stampede from a lawn chair suspended by dozens of balloons, police say.
Daniel Boria, of Calgary, faces one charge of mischief causing danger to life, and police say more charges may be coming.
Calgary residents were stunned when a person appearing to be seated in a lawn chair suspended by dozens of balloons floated up and over the Stampede grounds.
Twitter users captured the strange sight, posting images of it on social media.
Calgary police said they're still looking into the incident, but said the person landed safely near the Ramsay neighbourhood.
Police called the incident a stunt.
www.ctvnews.ca...
originally posted by: real_one
It looked just like a scene out of Disney’s “Up.”
Life can be boring at times and this guy decided to do something fun
A man has been charged after attempting to parachute into the Calgary Stampede from a lawn chair suspended by dozens of balloons, police say.
Daniel Boria, of Calgary, faces one charge of mischief causing danger to life, and police say more charges may be coming.
Calgary residents were stunned when a person appearing to be seated in a lawn chair suspended by dozens of balloons floated up and over the Stampede grounds.
Twitter users captured the strange sight, posting images of it on social media.
Calgary police said they're still looking into the incident, but said the person landed safely near the Ramsay neighbourhood.
Police called the incident a stunt.
www.ctvnews.ca...
He's very lucky that he didn't run into a flock of birds...!
Even though this prank had an element of danger and stupidity to it, I still find it quite entertaining. I'm just glad no one got hurt and I hope the local police aren't too hard on him.
The first link mentions he may have been trying to promote his business, this is not for sure as far as I know. That being said, that could be a great advertising ploy depending on what business you are in and what kind of clientele you want to attract.
Anyone here willing to give it a try
Cameron Robb
Although off topic, helium is a non-renewable resource. The world has a limited supply. Something to consider next time you want to have a squeaky voice party or go floating over a major tourist event in a lawn chair.