Canadian anti-G7 activists were on Friday reduced to appealing to authorities or bystanders to return their camera after they lost contact with a ballon deployed to hoist it aloft.
The left-leaning environmental group Council of Canadians set up a 50 by 35-meter (150 by 115-foot) banner on ground nine miles from the Quebec golf resort hosting the G7 summit.
They hoped the sign, a crossed out G7 logo, would be visible from the helicopters ferrying in leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
And, as back-up and to provide footage to publicize their stunt, they also wanted aerial footage — despite draconian rules banning private drones from the summit area.
Their solution was to rig a GoPro action camera to helium balloons. The plan hit an immediate snag.
Organizers lost control of the camera rig when strong winds snagged it in a tree, snapping two retention lines.
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