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Flying with Balloons over Brazil - Priest's Publicity Stunt Loses Air (VIDEO)
Priest's Publicity Stunt Loses Air
 Published: Jul 30, 08
 Views: 1,901

Hot on the heels of Pixar’s Up trailer comes news that a Brazilian priest made it back to the ground after being lifted in the air by hundreds of helium balloons.

Unlike in the animated movie trailer, this floating man wasn’t alive and well, however. Father Adelir Antonio de Carli was found dead after going missing three months earlier. He was last seen performing a crazy publicity stunt in which he sailed over the Atlantic in a self-made balloon-buoyed vehicle.

They say it was his intention to raise money to build a highway chapel for truckers, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a fake dead body for a guerrilla viral for Pixar….




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 Roman Catholic priest Adelir Antonio de Carli, 42, flies in a harness-like seat suspended from 1,000 balloons of various colors in the southern port of Paranagua April 20, 2008. De Carli, who flew around 55 miles (90km) before losing contact, had wanted to draw attention to the work of his parish in Paranagua, which targets mostly truck drivers who transport goods to and from the port. (uk.reuters)

References:  uk.reuters

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