Brazil priest carried off by balloons, page 1

Brazil priest carried off by balloons

au.news.yahoo.com

A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons is missing off the southern coast of Brazil.

Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing boats were searching off the coast of Santa Catarina state, where pieces of balloons were found.

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Lol, i think you would have to have a lot of balls to do something like this...

I wouldn't trust balloons, and the wind to take me to a altitude of 6,000M. No Way, anyway lets hope he is found safe and sound.... Probably floating in the water lol!

Hmm -Stupid

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reply to post by JDN24

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A thought just struck me..... i wonder if that was what flew over pheonix...hehe. I saw this on the msm news here in sydney. All the channels were running it. Apparently he had last radio contact about 50 miles out to sea, he was ment to be blown inland as he wanted to set a record for travelling by ballon, i guess his travels will be recorded for a different reason now. I hope he had his speedo's on.

reply to post by atlasastro

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He wasn't the Lights in Pheonix was he?? Just imangine if it was him:


NEWS HEADLINE: Missing Pope Cause Mysterious Red Lights In Pheonix

hahahaha ..... Hm Stay Focused..

[edit on 24/12/2007 by JDN24]

reply to post by Sir Francis Bacon

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Hahaha Good one lol... But seriously WHY? Why would you do something as stupid as this.... Even on Mythbusters, they specifically told all the viewers:

"DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME"

For crying out loud - The person that did this was a POPE! You would think that he had more brains....or maybe not

reply to post by SystemiK

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Hahahaha, i think im having the time of my life on ATS right now

I'm still laughing at this:

"A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons is missing off the southern coast of Brazil."

[GENERIC INTERNET ACRONYM]

A brass Pi in the sky. And every day is, indeed, The Day Today, today, tonight.

"Amor fati," Priest.

reply to post by JDN24

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2500 meters????

Thats 8200 feet... the balloons would have a hard time surviving after that kind of fall.

No failsafe system? Not a good idea when left to mother nature.

Jesus!!!

Thats a whole lot of balloons.......



Enjoy!

AoN
EDITED to add: WOAH!! were those images at the end of the vid REAL??!!!

Or just the video editors bad idea of a 'joke'??

[edit on 22-4-2008 by Anomic of Nihilism]

EDIT: yes it is, just read the info... he DIDN'T burst into flames in midair.

[edit on 22-4-2008 by Anomic of Nihilism]

That priest had to be NUTS to do that!

I do remember a guy in California did that before though. But he used weather balloons.

This is the guy who mentioned in the original article article who he was "emulating".

"Lawnchair Larry" or the "Lawn Chair Pilot"

Here's another guy who floated 193 miles using balloons, but they look like they're as big as weather balloons also.

Man Floats 193 Miles Using Chair, Balloons

I think having a parachute as back-up was smart, but I think it might have also have been wise to have had a spotter plane following him around, an airplane, a helicopter, an ultra light, SOMETHING, just in case of something like this happening!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to add a life vest just might have been a good idea also being he couldn't stear the balloons and didn't know where he might end up!

Other than that, I hope the rescue teams find him alive and well.

[edit on 22/4/08 by Keyhole]

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