BALLOON BOY HAS BEEN FOUND IN A GARAGE. HURRRRRAY.

Now, normally, retrospectives take years to emerge, and are the result of careful consideration and planning. Well, this is 2009, so I'll put it simply: screw that noise. The event captivated millions, and resulted in a hilarious, and corpse-free, outcome. So let's celebrate!

How does one celebrate, you ask? Well, I'm using it as yet another excuse to get belligerently drunk on a weekday night. Also, I've compiled a short list of some of the various photoshops and other nonsense that came out of this harrowing afternoon. Live it all over again, two hours later! Hurray!

Let's start off with some appropriate music. Thank to YouTubeDoubler, several soundtracks were suggested. I'm not going to link them with names so as not to ruin the surprise, but here you go:

Soundtrack #1 Soundtrack #2 Soundtrack #3

Now, my favorite suggestion as to the real identity of Balloon Boy:

Balloon Boy is Schroedinger's Cat. If you don't know what that is, you probably failed Psychics. I mean Physics. I failed both. Don't judge me.

Now a few images for you:

And finally, the hilarious conclusion, as our nations most epic troll comes clean