10-28-2010, 08:47 PM
Buck Wolf
(Oct. 28) -- Richard Heene has got the itch to return to the public eye, but this time he's not sending his kid up in a crazy balloon.
Now, he's selling "Bear Scratch," a post that attaches to an interior or exterior wall that allows humans to scratch an itchy back the same way bears do in the wild.
"If you itch like a 'son of a twitch' there's just one thing to do the job," Heene boasts in a video promotion, in which he describes himself as "an inventor."
This new venture comes just one year after the infamous hoax in which he and his wife claimed that their 6-year-old son was trapped aboard a large silver weather balloon lost over the skies of Colorado.
The media and general public were transfixed as the strange aircraft drifted 50 miles and emergency personal scrambled to save the child, who was actually hiding in the Heenes' home.
The rescue operation involved military helicopters, briefly causing Denver International Airport to be shut down. In all, various agencies spent at least $62,000 in the rescue mission.
On a CNN interview, Heene asked the boy, who had supposedly been hiding in a cardboard box, "Why didn't you come out?"
The rehearsed banter didn't work out, and the boy admitted on national TV: "You told me we were doing this for a show."
Heene and his wife eventually pleaded guilty to various charges. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 60 days of work release.
Heene had long been known as a self-promoting would-be reality TV star who had appeared on ABC's "Wife Swap" and had pitched other shows involving storm chasing and unexplained phenomena.
Last month, the family moved to a neighborhood near Bradenton, Fla., where Richard Heene registered as a convicted felon, as required by state law, and listed his occupation as a general contractor, the St. Petersburg Times reported.
But Heene still sees himself as a public personality. He's involved in a paranormal research group called "The Science Detectives" and recently video blogged about life on Mars.
The Bear Scratch sells for $19.99 -- and while it might just be Heene's latest ply to keep himself in the public eye, at least this time he's not exploiting one of his children.
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/articl...r/19691543
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(Oct. 28) -- Richard Heene has got the itch to return to the public eye, but this time he's not sending his kid up in a crazy balloon.
Now, he's selling "Bear Scratch," a post that attaches to an interior or exterior wall that allows humans to scratch an itchy back the same way bears do in the wild.
"If you itch like a 'son of a twitch' there's just one thing to do the job," Heene boasts in a video promotion, in which he describes himself as "an inventor."
This new venture comes just one year after the infamous hoax in which he and his wife claimed that their 6-year-old son was trapped aboard a large silver weather balloon lost over the skies of Colorado.
The media and general public were transfixed as the strange aircraft drifted 50 miles and emergency personal scrambled to save the child, who was actually hiding in the Heenes' home.
The rescue operation involved military helicopters, briefly causing Denver International Airport to be shut down. In all, various agencies spent at least $62,000 in the rescue mission.
On a CNN interview, Heene asked the boy, who had supposedly been hiding in a cardboard box, "Why didn't you come out?"
The rehearsed banter didn't work out, and the boy admitted on national TV: "You told me we were doing this for a show."
Heene and his wife eventually pleaded guilty to various charges. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 60 days of work release.
Heene had long been known as a self-promoting would-be reality TV star who had appeared on ABC's "Wife Swap" and had pitched other shows involving storm chasing and unexplained phenomena.
Last month, the family moved to a neighborhood near Bradenton, Fla., where Richard Heene registered as a convicted felon, as required by state law, and listed his occupation as a general contractor, the St. Petersburg Times reported.
But Heene still sees himself as a public personality. He's involved in a paranormal research group called "The Science Detectives" and recently video blogged about life on Mars.
The Bear Scratch sells for $19.99 -- and while it might just be Heene's latest ply to keep himself in the public eye, at least this time he's not exploiting one of his children.
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/articl...r/19691543
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