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"Balloon Boy" Dad Richard Heene's Greatest Hits (VIDEO)

By Deirdra Funcheon Wed., Dec. 12 2012 at 7:38 AM
Categories: Almost-Great Ideas
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You wondered what  "Balloon Boy" family had been doing in the three years since they transfixed the entire nation, reporting that six-year-old Falcon Heene had floated away in a homemade flying saucer. 

And we told you in this week's feature story, which catches up with the Heene family in their new home of Spring Hill, Florida -- where the three Heene sons are focusing on their metal band.

Richard Heene has invented numerous contraptions in the intervening years -- and here are the videos that will blow your mind.
Promo for "Bear Scratch":




Promo for his Heene Duty Truck Transformer:


And our favoite, the video for "Aluminum Man":



WHY did he make that Aluminum Man vid? Here's his explanation:

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