The saga continues:  Here’s video of the balloon taking off from the family’s back yard.

No way there was a kid in that balloon and no way you could think there was.  I hope this guy gets jail time.  Is excommunication/deportation still an available punishment?

Update: Video changed for one with audio.  The dad only seems to be mad about the fact that the wife wasn’t holding the tether, and even that seems faked.  I wanna punch this guy more and more as the story unfolds.