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    Proof Balloon Boy Was A Hoax

    Gawker paid a former assistant to Richard Heene for his story that puts the boy-in-the-attic story in even more serious doubt.

    Scott Lamb
    by Scott Lamb

    BuzzFeed, VP of International

    Proof Balloon Boy Was A Hoax

    gawker.com

    "And Richard said, 'how much do you want to bet we could facilitate some sort of a media stunt that would be equally profound as Roswell, and we could do so with nothing more than a weather balloon and some controversy?' "