This little muthaf- boy allegedly climbed into his parents’ experimental air balloon and uncontrollably flew thousands of miles over Colorado. Turns out the boy was never in the balloon and was in his attic/garage the whole time.

So, an afternoon of CNN coverage, Army involvement, Apache Black Hawk helicopter deployment, and Twitter trending topics all for a hoax. Why does this seem like a bad episode of “Jon and Kate Plus Eight?”

Oh, and sidenote, someone farts 43 seconds into the video… Right after the kid drops the bomb.