DENVER (Reuters) - The bizarre flight of a home-made helium balloon, thought to have a 6-year-old boy inside, was a hoax and publicity stunt, a Colorado sheriff said on Sunday.
"It has been determined that this is a hoax, that it was a publicity stunt and we believe we have evidence at this point to indicate that this was a publicity stunt in hopes to better market themselves for a reality show," Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden told reporters at a press conference.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb, Editing by Sandra Maler)
