ALBERTA, Canada — Man Charged in Balloon Flight: At approximately 7:30 p.m., on Sunday, July 5, 2015, a man was spotted floating in a chair with more than 100 balloons attached.
He was first spotted above the 0-100 block of Harlow Ave N.W. Witnesses observed the man maneuver the chair south towards the downtown area.
As he approached the downtown area, the man jumped from the chair and opened a parachute attached to his back. He landed in the green space located at Highfield Blvd. S.E. and Ogden Road S.E. Although officers are not able to confirm his exact destination, the man has indicated he was attempting to land in the Stampede grounds.
Upon landing, the man was arrested without incident. Daniel BORIA, 26, of Calgary is charged with one count of mischief causing danger to life.
[Calgary, a cosmopolitan Alberta city with numerous skyscrapers, owes its rapid growth to its status as the centre of Canada’s oil industry. However, it’s still steeped in the western culture that earned it the nickname “Cowtown,” evident in the Calgary Stampede, its massive July rodeo and festival that grew out of the farming exhibitions once presented here.]
