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Madeleine McCann??

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FlamingoElephant · 19/02/2023 11:37

Who's seen the news and insta page of a polish girl claiming she COULD BE Madeleine McCann??

I personally don't think she is Maddie and I unfortunately think Maddie isn't alive anymore although I really want to believe she is. I do think this girl needs help though.

She isn't the first girl claiming to be Madeleine though either. I'm just sitting back and watching the story unfold.

Everyone is giving mixed opinions so what do YOU think?

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BillLius · 19/02/2023 11:40

I think there’s already been a thread about this.

LlynTegid · 19/02/2023 11:40

I feel sorry for the siblings of Madeleine McCann who probably have to contend with comments from friends and others at school, and no doubt will have to face this when they are at school this week.

Christmascracker0 · 19/02/2023 11:40

I saw this on Instagram yesterday. I don’t think she is Maddie but if her other claims are true then she’s had a very sad childhood.

Quveas · 19/02/2023 11:43

Was another thread necessary? Speculating about real people's anguish is distasteful. What a bunch of randoms on MN think about something they know nothing about is hardly of real world value. We've already had a bunch of nasty insinuations about the parents. Don't need more.

FlamingoElephant · 19/02/2023 11:44

BillLius · 19/02/2023 11:40

I think there’s already been a thread about this.

Sorry, I did look first before starting on but I couldn't find one

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donquixotedelamancha · 19/02/2023 11:46

Sorry, I did look first before starting on but I couldn't find one

I think it got pulled. MN presumably didn't want to give attention to a fairly obvious scam.

FlamingoElephant · 19/02/2023 11:47

I've just found the other thread. There was one added yesterday! Apologies, I wasn't aware there was one already

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DoesItMakeYouFeelBetter · 19/02/2023 11:48

LlynTegid · 19/02/2023 11:40

I feel sorry for the siblings of Madeleine McCann who probably have to contend with comments from friends and others at school, and no doubt will have to face this when they are at school this week.

They’re 18 now, rather than little kids.

mikado1 · 19/02/2023 11:51

Madeleine. She was never Maddie.

Wonnle · 19/02/2023 12:26

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AlmostSummer21 · 19/02/2023 12:29

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Completely unnecessary. Is it a deliberate ploy to get the thread pulled?

Wonnle · 19/02/2023 12:31

AlmostSummer21 · 19/02/2023 12:29

Completely unnecessary. Is it a deliberate ploy to get the thread pulled?

But true though !

ancientgran · 19/02/2023 12:32

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ancientgran · 19/02/2023 12:34

Just did a google search, nothing to suggest they drugged their children other than malicious gossip. Apparently tests on the twins hair proved they hadn't been.

PearlsOnBoys · 19/02/2023 12:34

I don’t think it’s a “ scam”. The young woman has had a traumatic life and has been very mentally unwell. It’s not so far fetched to imagine that she believes she is Madeline - or hopes that she is, as that would give her the option of having come from a loving family who will now help and look after her. It’s heartbreakingly sad.

TellMeAboutItAnotherTime · 19/02/2023 12:35

Anyway, moving back to the op....

I feel for this poor girl and hope she finds answers soon

I believe the family are engaging with her, which somehow feels different to other claims

Littleroundsponge · 19/02/2023 12:36

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How original Hmm

IWineAndDontDine · 19/02/2023 12:39

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They literally were hung out to dry you spanner

Pricklyheath · 19/02/2023 12:43

I think Madeleine has been dead since she was reported missing.

We’ll never know for certain though.

JoonT · 19/02/2023 12:43

Quveas · 19/02/2023 11:43

Was another thread necessary? Speculating about real people's anguish is distasteful. What a bunch of randoms on MN think about something they know nothing about is hardly of real world value. We've already had a bunch of nasty insinuations about the parents. Don't need more.

I agree. Madeline McCann and Nicola Bulley are real human beings with real loved ones. Too many people treat these tragedies like juicy soap operas. I can sense a mounting frustration over the Nicola Bulley case. Not because people care, but because the ‘film’ has gone on too long and they’re getting bored.

The morons who’ve been going to the place where Nicola disappeared and taking selfies ought to be publically shamed. My BIL used to work on A and E, and they once had a couple of elderly women who’d sit in the waiting room watching the patients arrive. There was nothing wrong with them, they just enjoyed the drama. Morally, those wicked old women were no different to the vermin who used to attend public hangings.

LemonDrizzles · 19/02/2023 12:43

Imagine the police already have dna on file. Police could go out and get a swab. Imagine They could know for sure in days

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Tbf there are so many theories that almost any scenario could be in the media about Madeleine’s disappearance.

TellMeAboutItAnotherTime · 19/02/2023 12:49

I think the issue was calpol was found in the apartment

Going on memory

People equated that to drugging the kids. Stupid theory

TellMeAboutItAnotherTime · 19/02/2023 12:51

LemonDrizzles · 19/02/2023 12:43

Imagine the police already have dna on file. Police could go out and get a swab. Imagine They could know for sure in days

I hope so

There's a side by side pic going round of madeleines older sister and they do look very similiar

Her abuser was a suspect
Her Colomboma eye defect is the same
She has marks/moles in same places

Shame she had to go public to be listened to though as now if she is Madeleine, it's all going to be very public

PearlsOnBoys · 19/02/2023 13:01

The young woman does also look similar to the age progression pictures of Madeline, so that is another reason she believes this.

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