Wild video captured a hot air balloon packed with passengers making an emergency landing in a leafy California backyard — leaving the homeowner completely gobsmacked.
Thefootage posted onlineby homeowner Hunter Perrin showed the massive hot air balloon carrying 13 people lowering into his Temecula backyard on Saturday.
Perrin was completely oblivious to the his flown-in visitors until a neighbor knocked on his door.
He said he was watching TV around 8:30 a.m. when the neighbor told him about the freak landing,KABC reported.
“I go and answer the door. This guy’s like, ‘They just landed in your backyard!!!'” Perrin told the outlet. “And I’m like, ‘What!?'”
The startled homeowner and his wife, Jenna, then ran outside to check what had happened.
The bizarre footage captured a basket full of abnormally calm passengers smiling and waving at Perrin and his neighbors, and a giant, towering balloon cascading into the trees above the yard.
“Hi everybody, look at that. Ha ha!” someone could be heard yelling at the smiling passengers.
The “masterful” pilot of the hot air balloon told Perrin that the wind had died down, forcing them to make an emergency landing.
“I open the sliding glass door, and there’s a basket full of thirteen people in my backyard!” Perrin recalled.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
