"Giant Leap" Floats Away

"NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - French adventurer Michel Fournier's latest quest for a brace of world altitude and skydiving records ended at 5:06 a.m. today when his helium balloon surged into the sky without him, twisting and bobbing like a massive jellyfish as it rose into the blue prairie sky."

UPDATE: Apparently an explosive bolt prematurely detonated, probably caused by static electricity. Fournier is going to try again, most likely in August.

Link includes video of the balloon leaving without him...

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=673380d7-9f6a-499e-9e7c-aef2cfffe1e9