Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Balloonist Found

A sad day in Brazil. Lawn-chair balloonists take note. To me, the mystery is why the priest, with all his preparations, didn't forsee this development. The ocean is to the east, the wind is from the west - it should have been easy to see this coming. But he was brimming with confidence....
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The body of a Brazilian priest who floated out over the ocean suspended by hundreds of helium-filled party balloons, has been found off the coast of southeastern Brazil, police have confirmed.

The corpse of Father Adelir Antonio de Carli was spotted by a tugboat at sea near the city of Macae, three months after he disappeared while flying a contraption buoyed by balloons over the Atlantic Ocean in a fund-raising stunt.

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