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Unbelievable, bounce house flies away with kids in it. Is it real?
Bouncy House Flies Away, Seriously Injuring Children
Huff Post, but many news sources are reporting this. A bouncy house was swept away by a gust of wind Monday, sending two boys and a girl inside flying 50 feet into the air.  The children, ages 5, 6 and 10, fell out of the bouncy house set up in South Glens Falls, New York, on Monday. The two boys were seriously injured, WNYT reports. One of them landed on a parked car, and another landed on asphalt. The girl sustained minor scrapes and bruises. A former employee of the Post-Star -- which first reported the story -- snapped a photo of the bouncy house in mid-air: bouncy house From the Post-Star: Taylor Seymour, a resident of the apartment building where the accident occurred, said the wind picked the structure up and spun it around as if it was in a small tornado. One boy was thrown 30 or 40 feet northwest onto Ferry Boulevard, the other about 20 feet southeast, landing on the back of Seymour's car. The bounce house was at least 15 feet off the ground when the boys fell out. "It was like a horror movie," she said. "It just kept going up and up. It cleared our building and the trees." The toy was reportedly set up and owned by a nearby resident, who was letting the neighborhood children play in it. Parents said it was affixed to the ground with stakes, but that the wind blew it free. The condition of each child was unclear as of Tuesday morning, but at least one of the boys was seen conscious and talking after the fall.
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05-13-2014, 08:15 PM
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Cogito Ergo Sum
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Not buying it. Those things deflate rapidly once they lose a power and air source
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05-13-2014, 08:19 PM
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I Think its possible. But only in America.
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05-13-2014, 08:34 PM
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Still seems doubtful.
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05-13-2014, 08:42 PM
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That's why in my title I said "is it real?"
OTOH, I've seen pop-up shades with 20 lbs. of weight on each corner go flying across the desert. They have a lot less surface area than a bounce house.
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05-13-2014, 08:44 PM
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So I guess the lady from the Post-Star got her job back
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05-13-2014, 08:57 PM
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That picture looks more like 80-90 feet. In 1990 or so with first gen digital.
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05-13-2014, 09:27 PM
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My local news us reporting the boys are still in hospital so appears real.
FWIW I had a similar one for my kids and I can see it happening. |
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I agree with rusnak; If that castle in the pic is 12' square, then doesn't it look like it's at least a few hundred feet up?
I say "fake."
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05-14-2014, 04:59 AM
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New reports have multiple eye witnesses that said the kids fell out when it was around 15 feet off the ground and that 2 of the 3 were airlifited to hospital.
Don't forget it's a cell phone pic, fixed focal lens. They tend to make things appear farther away than they really are.
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05-14-2014, 05:10 AM
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If this story is true, will it be remembered like balloon boy (which was a staged hoax)?
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05-14-2014, 05:27 AM
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Why do people feel compelled to slap 5hitty instagram filters on every picture they take?
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05-14-2014, 05:32 AM
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It happened in Australia some years ago. There are big rules now about how those things are secured.
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05-14-2014, 05:42 AM
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I thought it was bogus too until i looked it up and there are lots of times this happened.
Here's a video 13 injured when bounce houses go airborne in New York - CNN.com
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05-14-2014, 06:16 AM
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Wow! Surface area and air pressure can be a friend or foe...
I can see it being real. Scary real...
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05-14-2014, 06:22 AM
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This is a really good question. I am pretty tired of the hipster look.
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05-14-2014, 06:27 AM
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What is this? A bouncy castle for ants? How can we expect children to play safely if they can't even fit inside the bouncy castle?
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