{"id":58149,"date":"2025-01-28T18:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/police-shut-down-viral-prank-after-fake-spy-balloon-flies-over-chinese-embassy-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:49:14","slug":"police-shut-down-viral-prank-after-fake-spy-balloon-flies-over-chinese-embassy-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/police-shut-down-viral-prank-after-fake-spy-balloon-flies-over-chinese-embassy-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Police shut down viral prank after fake \u201cspy balloon\u201d flies over Chinese Embassy &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police shut down viral prank after fake \u201cspy balloon\u201d flies over Chinese Embassy TikTok\/josh_and_archieA couple of pranksters say they\u2019re being accused of trying to \u201cstart World War 3\u201d after they flew a \u201cspy balloon\u201d over the Chinese Embassy in London. TikTokers Josh_and_Archie are going viral for all the wrong reasons after they tried to get in on the \u201cspy balloon\u201d controversy sweeping the world. After numerous spy balloons were spotted and shot down over the United States, the globe has been waiting for more information, especially as tensions between the two countries escalate. In a TikTok video that has amassed over half-a-million views, Josh Pieters and Archie Manners got their own balloon to fly over the Chinese embassy, but the police weren\u2019t too happy with the \u201coffensive\u201d prank. Pranksters accused of starting \u201cWorld War 3\u201d with spy balloon prank According to the duo, they felt if China was allowed to use a spy balloon then turnabout is fair play and decided to take matters of international espionage into their own hands. After buying weather balloons, helium, and a successful test run, the two headed to the embassy where they unleashed their inflatable spy device only for the cops to show up. (click here if TikTok fails to load) \u201cPeople inside may be offended by this,\u201d an officer said. \u201cTry and deflate it and take it with you.\u201d Luckily, there weren\u2019t any further issues, but the two had some explaining to do and did so in their own unique comedic way. \u201cWe thought that considering the Chinese are such fans of these balloons that they would have liked it,\u201d Pieters explained. \u201cA lot of people say we could be the start of World War III, but we wouldn\u2019t want to do that. \u201cIt was just a gathering mission. The intelligence could be quite important.\u201d Although the friends avoided any sort of legal issue this time, it doesn\u2019t seem like the two will be trying to spy on other countries again in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police shut down viral prank after fake \u201cspy balloon\u201d flies over Chinese Embassy TikTok\/josh_and_archieA couple of pranksters say they\u2019re being accused of trying to \u201cstart World War 3\u201d after they flew a \u201cspy balloon\u201d over the Chinese Embassy in London. TikTokers Josh_and_Archie are going viral for all the wrong reasons after they tried to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}