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

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...

By Deirdra Funcheon

December 12, 2012

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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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