5. Balloon Boy

On October 15th, 2009, 6 year old, Falcon Heene was launched in a giant silver balloon and floated for miles, or so the media thought. When the balloon had landed 12 miles away from the Denver International Airport hours later. Falcon was never found in the balloon because he was hiding in his room as the scene unfolded. During an interview on Larry King Live, Wolf Blitzer asked why Falcon had hid in his room so long in which Falcon responded with: “You guys said that, um, we did this for a show.”