Man Ties Balloons To Lawn Chair, You Won't Believe What Happens Next

It was one man's dream to soar amongst the birds and the clouds, except he forgot to tell air traffic control that he would be flying across the sky in a lawn chair tied to giant balloons at 16,000 feet! In this insane true stunt, a man crafts a homemade flying device and breaks some laws and records while soaring across the skies.
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[@lucaio502]

Interviewer: Why did you do it? Larry: My goals are beyond your understanding

[@connordervoncyberlifegesen8529]

Interviewer: why did you do it? Larry: You wouldn’t get it.

[@ricksanchez7999]

TV_show murica

[@fruitsnac6364]

Employee: how many balloons do you want? Man: have you seen the movie up?

[@Hecor._.]

FruitSnac Employee: I gotcha fam

[@RNVNate]

Lolol

[@confuzzled7265]

Lol

[@PersonOfManyNames]

lol this is funny

[@edgelord8337]

People be taken my comment idea.

[@duchi882]

"Man Ties Balloons to Lawn Chair, Reaches 16,000 Feet" *Carl Fredricksen:* Ah, I see you're a Man of Culture as well

[@scorpioserpent7936]

Duchi this is the commentary I came for

[@slurp3194]

this dude was an idiot cost thousands of dollars for all the help he needed. And the dude was an idiot didnt even plan it right and almost everything went wrong

[@elmotrollz5004]

-no- _no_ *no*

[@justamanofculture12]

Yes i am. Thank you kind stranger.

[@sciencerscientifico310]

Aka, about 5200 meters

[@_Ocariao]

In Brazil we had a similar history. A Catholic priest flew with balloons too, but he disappeared, probably died. He won the Darwin awards in that same year.

[@bluespark6084]

WHAT 😰😥

[@FMHikari]

Flew right into the heavens

[@ciaradunne806]

Oh no

[@_kraken117]

@M P eeee o boi he might be in heaven but you are going to *h e c k* for that joke...

[@mooplex4466]

Wot_Studios why? It wasn’t a very bad or dark joke

[@williamhommel4252]

Imagine ATC. They get a report of a guy in a lawn chair at 10,000 feet with a gun.

[@DWoodsII]

Joshua Productions you don’t say...

[@suthinscientist9801]

ATC? You mean ATF?

[@camtwan1]

Suthin Scientist air traffic control.. no he didn’t mean atf

[@royfokker3410]

My Old man would have carried his shotgun. The pilots would have understood he was guarding his porch. hahahaha

[@dan7615]

Might have been seen differently in the pre-9/11 era.

[@kirdot2011]

Buys several helium tanks... Forgets to buy a single tank of oxygen

[@tacticallemon7518]

kirdot2011 he didn’t expect to go that high

[@idontmakevideossubscribe1503]

Tactical Lemon me when I ate 11 brownies

[@christianjusa2522]

Also forgot to tie BB Gun to the chair.

[@udayshetkar1658]

@@christianjusa2522 or an extra BB gun

[@flamingtitan9]

Ya how did he even breathe you would have so little oxygen he should have past out

[@captinafro2320]

Imagine walking along the street, minding your own business then getting knocked out by a fast descending gallon of water 💦

[@kingzerneverdies714]

Captin Afro23 pretty sure from 15,000-1,000 feet you would be dead mate...

[@kymmzej9173]

that's what i was thinking. i mean i know the dude was panicking but he could have crushed somebody on the way down.

[@idontknowwhatmypfpis1918]

Rip

[@atrapforfools]

Kymmze J exactly like I respect him for following his dream but there’s so much he did that could have hurt or killed innocent people

[@badza47]

Thats not water.. THATS NOT WATER

[@xenobenoit]

When you take the term “Aim for the sky” seriously

[@redundantchannels8154]

*releases the fury of a bb gun into the sky*

[@phantomlowa9025]

Haha

[@sonysangalang]

Woody: Reach For The Sky

[@fabriziodini5806]

Up style

[@deathmetalmachine]

😂😂😂😂

[@tvojslauf]

Party City: How many balloons would you like? Larry: Yes

[@forcakong2396]

Party City Employee: Excuse me, sir? Larry: How many do you have? *all the while nodding head*

[@connory6741]

So he buys a parachute but doesn’t use it. What a waste of money.

[@demonman1234]

True, he was at 16,000 ft. He only needs to be at 4000 - 4500 ft agl for beginners to deploy a parachute.

[@luc-perrin]

I mean the guy would still have the parachute... it’s not really wasted if you can still use it

[@Swarps]

@@fatdingo8251 You have a problem with that name?

[@connordervoncyberlifegesen8529]

Clown comments did someone say my name?

[@connory6741]

Clown comments u got a problem?

[@whatisthis2809]

Nobody: Larry: i can fly Florida: are you challenging me

[@SimpleSetting]

Florida man arrested because he tied too many balloons and threw cooked hotdogs at homeless man

[@Krotas_DeityofConflicts]

im not American but (i got it) laughed so loud in the mid of the night😂😂

[@jbbajangamer]

The “nobody” was unnecessary

[@Glowji.]

Why does everyone hate florda ;-;

[@siggyretburns7523]

Well, actually I can fly too. The problem is that its only for about 4 ft. And maybe only 10 inches high. But The cape I wear is cool.

[@user-cg3xl2ym3g]

its a bird! its a plane! *No, it's just a guy sitting at 16,000 feet with weather balloons?.*

[@Skullpimp]

ye

[@Gravdil]

Underrated😂

[@justyouraveragegamer8733]

It really doe be like that sometimes

[@Chris_da_fro]

*its larry

[@justiny.6258]

haha

[@JWPshenigans]

“Lawn chair test run is a success! Prepare the house!”

[@RickNCR]

One day man just one day

[@jonathansauceda589]

Hmm

[@ciribiribela5338]

@@F1nzu r/woooosh

[@amzwl1671]

Professor.. that’s the joke bud

[@funi1083]

*up movie flashbacks*

[@xxxyeeshot69xxx61]

And then in 2009 Carl Fredrickson goes to the next level by flying with his house tied to balloons

[@gymkingz3323]

xxXyeeshot69Xxx Up!

[@trexirexi]

Lol

[@cohengaming8193]

That gives me too much nostalgia I think I'm overdosing

[@onepiecefan2857]

😂😂😂

[@esoij]

And then David Blaine comes and flies up like 25000 feet with only balloons and literally nothing else but a parachute

[@mikemclean5815]

Larry Walters only lived for 11 more years after this adventure. He took his own life on October 6, 1993 at the age of 44. Rest In Peace to a legend.

[@strungoutkid]

Sadly Larry took his own life a few years later. It's a crazy story. I'm happy he got to live out his dream

[@kiwikkul]

why did he take his life

[@dayandsauce]

According to wikipedia. Ol lady left him, couldnt find a stable job

[@jp9707]

I read somewhere else (BBC Radio 4, The Unbelievable Truth, one of the truths - can't remember which season or episode) that he killed himself because the media mercilessly made fun of him for his trip. I might be wrong, though!

[@DiscoverPlatinum]

Of course he did. Nobody of sound mind would do such a thing. He was nutty upstairs.

[@CamsAuditions]

And they left that part out?

[@jeffyjeffy5551]

Pixar be like: Based on a true story

[@mrwhammer]

Jeffy Jeffy we made it up for a reason

[@RequiemsGuardian]

@@mrwhammer No, Up. Jeffy Jeffy was correct, Pixar made Up

[@mrwhammer]

RequiemsGuardian you didn’t get the joke did you

[@matthewhankins1577]

@@mrwhammer what joke?

[@mrwhammer]

Matthew The Ninja we made it UP for a reason

[@countdooku9890]

When Russel from Pixar's Up grows up

[@bush3126]

COUNT DOOKU!?!?! I THOUGHT ANAKIN BEHEADED YOU!?!

[@countdooku9890]

@@bush3126 cant tell if thats a joke or not but anyways r/wooosh r/youngpeopleyoutube

[@ifyoureadthisyourgay]

@@countdooku9890 r/ihavereddit r/wooooshisspelledwith4os

[@DarthBlitzYoutube]

Count Dooku r/ihavereddit

[@countdooku9890]

blue cheese day

[@zak4891]

6:06 Corona 😂😂 what makes it worse is that it’s in California

[@biscuit_boy8316]

Im in California 😂😂😂

[@nathanb8264]

@@biscuit_boy8316 where in the 831? im in marina

[@Damitsall]

How expected.

[@rockhensley6080]

I was born and raised in California it was the best until the hippys came....

[@Adolfin4ever]

@@tango1517 i'm in new york. so true

[@imgonnastopyourightthere5924]

"He lost his glasses" show him saying that he lost his sunglasses

[@reversehq8806]

😂😂😂

[@5kayzer975]

Larry:A man cant just sit around Also Larry:Flying and sitting

[@bluespark6084]

Max IQ reached

[@lukeschueller2416]

“They called me a madman”

[@VOLAIRE]

Well you have to do your lawn chair before you do it to the house 🤷‍♀️

[@tash5540]

Not really

[@MohamedAli-mb4dd]

Gahdamn you need to stop

[@DMCS1917]

𝕍𝕆𝕃𝔸𝕀ℝ𝔼 I swear I see you on every video miss

[@CatkingO4]

𝕍𝕆𝕃𝔸𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕚 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠𝕤

[@Isai314]

We see you so many times

[@evanosburn718]

FAA: Do you have any idea how much trouble you caused!!! Also FAA: You could have taken that bad boy to 50,000 ft

[@sciencerscientifico310]

Yeah, doubt he'd survive being 15,000 meters in the sky without some protection like a partial pressure suit and oxygen mask

[@davidsoom1551]

True this; Larry was my hero as I had read about his flight in college. He inspired me to become a pilot and today I fly a business jet for a wealthy family. Thank you Larry.

[@roolz272]

L I V I N G L I K E L A R R Y Edit: E X T R E M E S P O T S

[@tovito9625]

O M Y G O D

[@Bidarius]

T H I S I S S O M E Q U A L I T Y C O N T E N T

[@roolz272]

Vidar Martinsen I K N O W R I G H T

[@stevenhargis1513]

Yes fool!

[@ナカ-e7u]

o k

[@legomanas4702]

Florida man: Are you challenging me?

[@eladdaniel8734]

Polish man, Russian Man, and Israeli man: (in Unison) We accept

[@bbehr-uv1ft]

In the words of Spongebob: Living like Larry

[@smittyyt4535]

Underrated

[@AnkitYadav-td6mg]

767 to ATC: Tower, I got a man at my 12 eating jerkies in a lawn chair...

[@bluespark6084]

I have eyes on the target seems to be holding a weapon manages to drop said weapon and pull out a bottel of coke

[@RC-ds5hv]

ATC to 767. Be advised we are aware of the man in the lawn chair he is the village idiot, wife is part of ground crew hoping to collect on his life insurance.

[@mrayrick7631]

Employees:how much balloons u need? Man: *yes*

[@superdonkey2702]

We're soarin, flying...

[@freeassange5667]

there's not a star in heaven, that we can't reach

[@SekenStrm]

"i was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high" - carry on wayward son.

[@kingzerneverdies714]

Dank Memes yeah we’re breaking free

[@benchiappe1686]

Matt nice one, Matt. You ruined it...

[@chairchair1231]

@@benchiappe1686 Whatever you guys was quoting sounded like trash anyways, in the end - science wins!

[@umertheclumsytube193]

Me: oh boy 20 comments, let’s see them KZbin: *NO*

[@Hashslingingslasher-]

when the comments are more interesting than the upload

[@remusrobinson3939]

Same, but 5.

[@egotisticalfantasyfootball5482]

I wish I was this passionate about something as random as this

[@redopps7875]

Looks like this guy spent sometime watching “UP”

[@matiyas27]

It maybe the other around. This happened in 1982, the UP movie came out in 2009. Up was probably influenced by this story.

[@mrfortnite3295]

J. Matiyas r/wooosh

[@CHloE748]

Mrfortnite 32 that wasn’t a wooosh..

[@ToukoAsh]

@@CHloE748 Well that's best you get from kid with video called "Top ten n words"

[@johncloois3301]

Corona has a history of problems, huh? He remembered his plan about the time I was born, in 1982.

[@hightemps]

Me: Mom can we have UP Mom: We already have UP at home UP at home:

[@thedarmy7001]

A man of culture

[@hightemps]

@@thedarmy7001 indeed

[@georgiablaze8533]

😂

[@thedarmy7001]

This video would be in r/madlads

[@mrtuvok5578]

*the Budget version of UP*

[@tash5540]

They remade his story with the movie. They just made it more emotional and adventurous.

[@JC-nk1]

🤣👏👏

[@GrizzMan]

Tash how? Up is a completely different story than this. An old man and a kid in a flying house is something quite different from a random dude flying in a lawn chair.

[@JC-nk1]

He's got a point

[@legreatpotato8888]

@Jordan Robshaw i mean. Up will cost much much more like about a few millions

[@tobyoneil1969]

Lawn chair Larry actually became a motivational speaker after this. He also got paid a bunch to appear on various things. He also killed himself like 10yrs after this.

[@Bradmhj]

Toby O'Neil no way!!! Ur trolling right ?

[@65dougk]

I thought I had heard that. Scrolled down before I posted.

[@TheFakeMilkman]

His girlfriend broke up with him after 15 years of being to gather

[@brent5045]

Deym

[@brent5045]

@Ziad Khaled ??

[@JVONROCK]

Finally, cartoons that aren’t so violent.

[@Brandywine53]

"A man cant just sit around..." happy covid 19 everyone! Hahaha

[@inflightreports]

and he contacted people in CORONACcalifornia

[@ruvoodoo155]

When I first heard about this one I seriously thought it was a joke!

[@lol0ajo]

Man Ties Balloons To Lawn Chair, Reaches 16,000 Feet Tingle: Am i a joke to you?

[@jonathansauceda589]

?

[@fallencolossi]

Oh this format still funny nowadays?

[@xxsreexx3640]

@@fallencolossi yeah it is

[@MickeyD2012]

Yes, actually, Tingle IS a joke. Was this post supposed to be?

[@lol0ajo]

Tingle is from Legend of the Zelda. For someone who don’t know who is Tingled

[@laurissacarellgraham3093]

I’m sure this person is related to Carl Fredrickson...😂

[@anandnairkollam]

Laurissa Carell Graham you are pretty

[@laurissacarellgraham3093]

Anand Nair and married. 👌🏾

[@karloriyan205]

I mean to be honest, most people give up on their dreams. Props to him for pursuing his dream, even if it didn’t go so well..

[@paragonofgood]

This video had me smiling uncontrollably. What a risky yet ambitious and admirable achievement.

[@captinafro2320]

Imagine walking along the street, minding your own business and getting knocked out by a flying BB Gun

[@gentlemanvanilla]

It's like something out of a Family Guy cutaway

[@andrewdoran9497]

"How high are you Harry" "Let me see... uh... 16,000 ft

[@DadSkool]

After this happened, Lawncair Larry was imitated by a guy called Kent Couch. It would have been awsome if he tied his balloons to a couch but he too used a Lawn chair. Extract from wikipedia:- "On July 7, 2007, Kent Couch, a 47-year-old American gas station owner from Bend, Oregon, reportedly flew 240 miles (390 km) in his lawn chair, landing in a field about 3 1⁄2 miles (6 km) NNW of North Powder, Oregon, about 30 miles (50 km) from the Idaho border.[4] Traveling an average of 22 mph, Couch used plastic bags filled with 75 litres (20 US gal) of water as ballast against the 105 large helium balloons tied to his lawn chair. Like Walters, Couch had a BB gun on hand to shoot the balloons in order to initiate descent. After the flight, he developed a way to release helium from the balloons, allowing for a more controlled descent.[4][13] During a second flight on July 5, 2008, Couch realized his goal of interstate travel when he landed safely in western Idaho. The trip totaled 240 miles (390 km) and took 9 hours and 12 minutes"

[@ricpowers1475]

Gota love this guy. Had a dream. Fulfilled his dream. YOU ROCK DUDE!!

[@senjularry198]

Mom: Hey wheres my lawn chair Me:Hey hi mom im up here

[@bluespark6084]

Lary is that you

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I guess this man was inspired by the movie UP

[@junksomnia]

Or maybe the other way around

[@tash5540]

The other way around. This man is a legend.

[@kirdot2011]

He did this long before the movie was made

[@phcgamer8733]

@@kirdot2011 About 26 years before, if I'm right that the movie came out in 2009.

[@bobwolfninja206]

I have seen your comments in videos so many times

[@edgelord8337]

Oh I didn't know this was the life action version of up.

[@trinityn8034]

Up... But with a chair

[@wiellnyan]

6:06 Corona ohh so that is where it started.

[@isaiahcantu2773]

My Uncle actually lives there. Kinda cool to see how this happened near where I lived like 40 years ago.

[@changingpfpisnowhardnowica703]

Coronavirus?!

[@johndelorean7353]

Corona beer

[@Gamespectives]

Corona just means Crown in spanish

[@yeezyyazzy6765]

The FBI wants to know your location

[@therealsyxx]

He made it? Omfg I never heard about this story when they said his glasses came down I felt so bad for him. He actually lived.

[@bluespark6084]

Nope he killed himself a couple years later

[@christopherwilliams7905]

This man was truly a child at heart!

[@PersonOfManyNames]

this man has liven the best life ever , completing his long life childhood dream AND SURVIVES THIS MAN SHOULD BE PRAISEDD

[@Corzappy]

Praise for endangering himself, hundreds of other people, killing the power to the coast, littering, and being generally idiotic? No praise to him but at least he accomplished his dream.

[@GrizzMan]

He killed himself tho

[@kyopie6940]

Apparently settling is more respectable than chasing a dream

[@kyopie6940]

@Hydra I don't recall seeing OP call him a hero, just that he should be praised for refusing to stop chasing his childhood dream and realizing it.

[@bryannicholas9750]

You guys gotta make more stories like these. It’s crazy how this happened long ago but I’m just hearing about something this crazy 🔥 🔥

[@bruhman3114]

Image flying in a plane and seeing this guy on a chair.....

[@bluespark6084]

Kid:Mom mom there is a guy in a chair with ballons Mom: you need to stop watching movies Mom looks what in the world😰😰😰😰

[@cwoodswdcchannel8297]

I'd be very confused but also kinda fascinated

[@UltimateWATCHER2]

That was amazing! Great job Larry, glad you survived!

[@TactiDM]

This guy looks like the conductor from the polar express

[@cirrocumulus1948]

Lol I love the polar express

[@GordonGreenCincinnati]

Tom Hanks?

[@louist103]

This guy: “lawn chair 1 requesting flight into LAX classB LA app: “lawn chair 1 cleared into the class B airspace”

[@andres.6126]

When you take Pixar’s UP too seriously 😐

[@bluespark6084]

More like not to seriously all he did was the chair

[@joaquinmurgarodriguez2099]

This is how Russians fly nowadays...

[@ReginusTardinus]

Joaquín Murga Rodríguez nowadays*

[@JC-nk1]

😆👍😂🤣

[@ProGM_IN]

@@ReginusTardinus nowa days*

[@ReginusTardinus]

INOVA KS nope it’s nowadays

[@ansonleongg]

INOVA KS nowadays*

[@electricburst0986]

6:05 this is how the coronavirus truly started

[@bluespark6084]

KZbin: stop stop right there no C word in this app budy

[@Calbeck]

It's great seeing this classic incident being repackaged for a new generation!

[@purpleranger5987]

Remember the first ‘Florida Man’ thing wasn’t done anywhere near Florida

[@AnomalySource]

Anyone know where I can find the real footage of thee launch of this?

[@isthissomesortofmeme8932]

a legend a myth reset in peace

[@AhtishamSAF]

I actually felt it when he said corona

[@5TC]

Sureeee

[@ray224k2]

His cautiousness helped him survive

[@avaurquhart2735]

KZbin: No views no comments comments: FIRST SECOND FIRST

[@changingpfpisnowhardnowica703]

FIRST

[@changingpfpisnowhardnowica703]

Jk

[@niensaddestofthesad8151]

@@changingpfpisnowhardnowica703 can i plz sub 2 u

[@jeovelitotorres7056]

I give you "Up" the movie

[@counterman1203]

Jeovelito Torres king of the hill S7 e16 Dale does the same thing.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

At least he didn't plummet to his death like that dude who jumped the Eiffel Tower with his home made parachute.

[@dontmindme5879]

I'm actually happy he didn't take pictures... That's how you live in the moment

[@pizza_man81zzz66]

Larry sounds like the guy who would do this

[@bluespark6084]

Billy is next

[@legoanakin730]

0:43 most army Navy stores dont sell guns and if they do the guns are most likely rare

[@davidprodigy5833]

This man has watched one too many movies

[@datoneslav6902]

"there's nothing to charge him with" how, didn't he forge documents then lie to the police

[@bluespark6084]

Well I mean like I think they were focusing on the flying with ballons part

[@Vamp6]

Imagine being on a plane and seeing a man on a chair flying.

[@MrBeard17]

8:01 "returning him safely to earth" .. into power wires.

[@bluespark6084]

that could have been close

[@jydnn]

He looks like Flanders from the simpsons

[@ZombieSlayer-gk8gp]

This is just the sequel of the Pixar movie “Up”.

[@danieldaniels7571]

ZombieSlayer6875 prequel

[@ximertracks-subtome9907]

prequel

[@kagemaru259]

Crew in passing plane cockpit- “Um, Tower, there’s a man floating in a lawn chair carried by balloons.” “Surely, you can’t be serious.” “I AM serious. And don’t call me Shirley.”

[@noxuSussy]

Pennywise: Do you want to float? Larry:

[@drroast4265]

This comment 😂

[@zer765]

Cartoons: lEtz fLY This man: okay sir!

[@jeffarc]

Legit I see the notification pop out.... 17 likes no views.... I shook😂😂😂

[@thiepicgamer3904]

The moon jumped over the cow?

[@rockstarnando-topic7304]

I felt that when he said "Larry"

[@jamison4038]

What an absolute UNIT

[@eljoethegoat2405]

6:06 well that sounds about right

[@illiengalene2285]

I am actually fulfilling my dream of writing down my fantasy novel. 😊👍

[@thedarmy7001]

Great keep it up 🙂

[@5TC]

Once you finish it, I'd like to see it. See it on your channel or these comments. You probably won't respond but great job.

[@saddgirlandcompany4419]

Employee:how many balloons do you want Lary:YES

[@stevenbaer322]

He should be on Guinness Book of Worlds Record if it's not there already. He could have died many times but yet he survived it. I remember watching on the news back then.

[@command_blockling_400mc9]

Aww man, another live action remake??? I was hoping the sequel to up would be creative Perhaps down???

[@nrityanjaligroup1439]

This dude is like- They said it could not be done. Any R6S fans?

[@personperson8563]

Nrityanjali Group Of Dancers which op is that? Kapkan? I can’t remember

[@sockoco]

person person Jager talking about his ADS

[@Akumpolover]

06:07 virus

[@noobifultherealone25]

Everybody Gangsta until Ned Flanders is flying 3 miles off the ground

[@anandnairkollam]

I was smiling all the time this played. Maybe some similarities between our childhood dreams

[@MichaelHarto]

Mad respect for a man pursuing his dream. Foolish dream, but a dream achieved nonetheless.

[@louisedwards4023]

I was going to get some wax and stick feathers to my arms BUT I herd that has allready failed😞

[@ChampionElCid]

It only fails if you get too close to the sun....

[@louisedwards4023]

@@ChampionElCid well I wasn't going to the Sun , so maybe I still have a chance😳🐦

[@bluespark6084]

Im more of a jetpack type of guy

[@RogueReplicant]

@@louisedwards4023 Nah, you'll be fine. After all, you only live once 😁

[@louisedwards4023]

@@RogueReplicant at least I'll DISTANCE for a while😁