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A Hot Air Balloon Carrying 13 People Landed in a Random Couple’s Backyard, and the Video Is Pretty Wild

Luckily, no one was injured, and nothing was damaged.

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There was a romanticism to hot air balloons back in the late 1800s, when futurists like Jules Verne wrote grand adventures about floating across continents in wicker baskets. He conveniently skipped over the less poetic realities, like where they pooped. Anyway, now in 2026, that glow has mostly faded. Hot air balloons are largely tourist attractions until something goes slightly wrong, and suddenly they regain a bit of their old adventurous sheen when they emergency drop into suburban backyards.

As reported by ABC News affiliate KABC, that’s what happened in Temecula, where, this past Saturday morning, a hot air balloon carrying 13 passengers landed directly behind their house. Homeowner Hunter Perrin was watching TV, completely unaware of what........

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