The storm appears to have passed, so how close did it get? One degree of separation.
One resident of Luz was indignant about the tours. It had nothing to do with them being so-called ghouls tours. It was simply that he hoped if there was nothing in the news about Madeleine, life in Luz would get back to the way it was before her disappearance.
That, by the way, is the attitude of many here. If only we can ignore developments in the case, things will be as it was in the good old days.
It hasn't a snowball's chance in hades of happening, but many think ignorance is bliss.
This individual had a rather interesting tale to tell. He recently took his family, including young kids, to Kos for a holiday. During their stay one of the locals twigged that they lived in 'Praia da Luz'. The local opined that he would never live in or visit Luz, because that is the place where Madeleine disappeared. He further opined that the visitor was barking, for allowing small children to reside in an unsafe location.
Well, the Luz resident got a bit heated about that. How could someone from Kos think Luz was dangerous and Kos was safe? (I don't know if this exchange occurred before or during the latest dig on Kos. As I say, I was one degree of contact removed from this person.)
What do you mean? says the Kos resident.
Kos is where Ben Needham disappeared - said the Luz resident.
Who's Ben Needham? asked the Kos resident.
This, unfortunately, is a true story. Both that the Luz resident thinks the tack to take on Madeleine is to hope everything will simply go away, and that the Kos resident was ignorant of the case of Ben Needham.
