Can we talk about how bizarre today was?
Not only did much of the country watch a UFO-looking silvery helium balloon soar over northern Colorado for a good portion of the afternoon, but we were also worried that a child might be aboard.
And things really got weird when we heard that the family involved had been on ABC's "Wife Swap." Soon, The Desert Sun newsroom was buzzing, wondering if the child thought to be aboard the balloon was in fact Curtis, "the bacon kid."
Luckily, we soon discovered that Falcon Heene was on another episode of "Wife Swap" (one that, I'll admit, I have seen in its entirety) and King Curtis was presumably safe on the ground.
As it turns out, so too was Falcon... Well, he was technically in a box up in the attic over his family's garage, but that sure beats flippin' and floppin' around thousands of feet up in the air.
But when that balloon turned up empty after its landing, people in the newsroom started wondering if this would turn out to be some elaborate publicity stunt, if it was somehow all for (the) show.
In any case, though... srsly, how bizarre was today?