Claimed sightings of Madeleine McCann

[Anna]

For me boats are far too unpredictable and most certainly extremely weather dependent.  If Madeleine was abducted more likely she was whisked away in a motor vehicle imo.  By the time the police got involved she could have been hundreds of miles away in another country.

Very possible, but with so much ocean around, there is also a boat possibility.

[mercury]

Are there any "facts" (remember those) to base this speculation on? I thought this was supposed to be a "facts based" forum

[Eleanor]

For me boats are far too unpredictable and most certainly extremely weather dependent.  If Madeleine was abducted more likely she was whisked away in a motor vehicle imo.  By the time the police got involved she could have been hundreds of miles away in another country.

It could depend on whether it was the actually abductor, and who only had access to a small boat.

[Anna]

Are there any "facts" (remember those) to base this speculation on? I thought this was supposed to be a "facts based" forum

No facts as known, Mercury. Just ideas/theories, of what may have become of Madeleine, that are not in the wild,or libellous class.
I believe there was a sighting near Lagos marina. Pizza parlour owner?

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id399.html

ETA additional info and link.

[John]

Are there any "facts" (remember those) to base this speculation on?

One myth which was promulgated here was that a certain yacht was moored in a harbour not far from PdL and that it sailed the night Madeleine disappeared.  It was later established that on 3rd May 2007, the yacht was actually on a charter off the west coast of Africa and so could not possibly have been involved.  A classic example if ever there was one of how a myth can be perpetrated with the best will in the world.

Google RV Naomi Corlett

www.miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=1917.msg68330#msg68330

[jassi]

One myth which was promulgated here was that a certain yacht was moored in a harbour not far from PdL and that it sailed the night Madeleine disappeared.  It was later established that on 3rd May 2007, the yacht was actually on a charter off the west coast of Africa and so could not possibly have been involved.  A classic example if ever there was one of how a myth can be perpetrated with the best will in the world.

You might be being a tad too charitable.

[Eleanor]

What about the Brazilian couple?  They had access to a boat, although I am not sure if it was theirs.  And didn't they disappear?

[mercury]

No facts as known, Mercury. Just ideas/theories, of what may have become of Madeleine, that are not in the wild,or libellous class.
I believe there was a sighting near Lagos marina. Pizza parlour owner?

George Burke or Brooks, the name seems to be interchangeable, saw "a couple with a child" near 6am...hardly a sighting of Madeleine, or suspicious per se....??

[mercury]

One myth which was promulgated here was that a certain yacht was moored in a harbour not far from PdL and that it sailed the night Madeleine disappeared.  It was later established that on 3rd May 2007, the yacht was actually on a charter off the west coast of Africa and so could not possibly have been involved.  A classic example if ever there was one of how a myth can be perpetrated with the best will in the world.

Google RV Naomi Corlett

www.miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=1917.msg68330#msg68330

Quite, it's this kind of crap we need rid off, as if the cloud and smoke over the case wasn't pervasive enough as it is.

[John]

You might be being a tad too charitable.

Wow!  A charmer and charitable in one day.   

[mercury]

What about the Brazilian couple?  They had access to a boat, although I am not sure if it was theirs.  And didn't they disappear?

Do provide a link, not heard of them before....

[Eleanor]

Do provide a link, not heard of them before....

Sorry, I can't.  They were living in or around PdL and then moved to a boat and then they disappeared.

[Anna]

George Burke or Brooks, the name seems to be interchangeable, saw "a couple with a child" near 6am...hardly a sighting of Madeleine, or suspicious per se....??

That's the one.

[mercury]

Sorry, I can't.  They were living in or around PdL and then moved to a boat and then they disappeared.

You must have read about them somewhere....

[jassi]

Perhaps just another of these myths that seem to abound.