Wandering Off Topic

[G-Unit]

The sighting at the petrol station has stayed with me.   A little girl standing looking sad next to a man who didn't look anything like her  she says 'can we see Mummy now?'  and he says 'soon'.   Very strange,  for one wouldn't a small child if it had been her father be more likely to say 'Daddy will we see Mummy soon'  and wouldn't a father be more likely to say 'yes name of child or something such as darling or sweetheart,  we'll see her soon'  have some kind of reaction towards her a cuddle or holding her hand,  it all seems weird and cold.  Shame they had taped over the video footage before the Police could examine it.   Then another sighting at an hotel not far from the petrol station.  I really believe that was Madeleine.

The child reportedly said that. I wonder what 'with an accent' meant?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8737819/madeleine-mccann-morocco-petrol-station-sighting/

[Lace]

The child reportedly said that. I wonder what 'with an accent' meant?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8737819/madeleine-mccann-morocco-petrol-station-sighting/

So if she didn't say it,  they stood silently together,  a little distance apart,  still strange.    I would presume she meant an English accent.

More about the sightings -

Marie Olli, a Norwegian woman living in the Spanish town of Fuengirola, contacted the police on 10 May 2007, claiming she had seen a girl matching Madeleine's description in a petrol station in Marrakech, Morocco. The girl, who was said to have appeared sad, was allegedly accompanied by a man in his late 30s.[21] At about the same time, a British tourist reported seeing Madeleine near the Marrakech Ibis hotel.[22] Although Interpol subsequently discounted these sightings, officers from Leicestershire police remained in Morocco for some days afterwards.[23] A Spanish tourist saw a girl resembling Madeleine as she drove through the town of Zaio in northern Morocco at the end of May.[24] Attention switched back to Morocco on 4 June, after GCHQ in Cheltenham picked up phone intercept messages in Arabic referring to "the little blonde girl", a German man, and a ferry from Tarifa in Spain.[25]

[pathfinder73]

The sighting at the petrol station has stayed with me.   A little girl standing looking sad next to a man who didn't look anything like her  she says 'can we see Mummy now?'  and he says 'soon'.   Very strange,  for one wouldn't a small child if it had been her father be more likely to say 'Daddy will we see Mummy soon'  and wouldn't a father be more likely to say 'yes name of child or something such as darling or sweetheart,  we'll see her soon'  have some kind of reaction towards her a cuddle or holding her hand,  it all seems weird and cold.  Shame they had taped over the video footage before the Police could examine it.   Then another sighting at an hotel not far from the petrol station.  I really believe that was Madeleine.

Madeleine was crying for Daddy on Tuesday for over an hour NOT Mummy so that is ruled out. Apparently she was Daddy's little girl.

[Lace]

Madeleine was crying for Daddy on Tuesday for over an hour NOT Mummy so that is ruled out. Apparently she was Daddy's little girl.

I don't believe Madeleine was crying for her daddy for over an hour [but that's a different discussion]   Maybe the abductor had been saying 'I'm taking you to see Mummy'   as Mummy would be the obvious one to choose.

[G-Unit]

Madeleine was crying for Daddy on Tuesday for over an hour NOT Mummy so that is ruled out. Apparently she was Daddy's little girl.

I was surprised to hear that she travelled with her father via car and ferry from Amsterdam to Leicester at the age of 18 months.

[Wonderfulspam]

Brazenly walking the streets with the worlds most high profile missing child.

Taking her on a tour of Europe & North Africa 

[Vertigo Swirl]

I was surprised to hear that she travelled with her father via car and ferry from Amsterdam to Leicester at the age of 18 months.

What do you find remarkable about this?

[Lace]

Brazenly walking the streets with the worlds most high profile missing child.

Taking her on a tour of Europe & North Africa 

Who was brazenly walking the streets with the worlds most high profile missing chid?

If you are talking about the man in the petrol station,  he had probably arrived in a car.  The woman who witnessed seeing the child didn't know anything about Madeleine McCann being missing until she saw it on the news.   Madeleine wasn't the worlds most high profile missing child when she was sighted in Morocco.

[The General]

Who was brazenly walking the streets with the worlds most high profile missing chid?

If you are talking about the man in the petrol station,  he had probably arrived in a car.  The woman who witnessed seeing the child didn't know anything about Madeleine McCann being missing until she saw it on the news.   Madeleine wasn't the worlds most high profile missing child when she was sighted in Morocco.

The dude could've left her in the car, or the boot of the car, but no, let's go and buy kindling, ciggies and pick and mix.

[jassi]

Who was brazenly walking the streets with the worlds most high profile missing chid?

If you are talking about the man in the petrol station,  he had probably arrived in a car.  The woman who witnessed seeing the child didn't know anything about Madeleine McCann being missing until she saw it on the news.   Madeleine wasn't the worlds most high profile missing child when she was sighted in Morocco.

allegedly sighted in Morocco.

[Brietta]

I was surprised to hear that she travelled with her father via car and ferry from Amsterdam to Leicester at the age of 18 months.

Wow ... is there anything at all that doesn't surprise you about the minutiae of private lives which are really of little concern to any but the private individuals the lives belong to.

I have absolutely no idea nor do I have the slightest interest in the travel arrangements made by families with a mother in the very late stages of what I believe was a difficult pregnancy carrying twins.
The word I would use is not "surprised" but a much different emotion, that you feel compelled to post about such meaningless trivia.

[jassi]

Much of this forum reminds me of trivial pursuits

[Vertigo Swirl]

Much of this forum reminds me of trivial pursuits

Perhaps someome should bring out a McTrivial Pursuit board game.  I reckon there’s a few on here who would love to unwrap that on Christmas Day. 
Category: Travel
Question: Why did Gerry McCann travel back to England with Madeleine on a ferry from the Netherlands when she was just 18 months old?
Was it
a) who knows
b) don’t care
c) gosh is that the time
d) Because the McCanns are just weird, creepy and do stuff I would never in a million years contemplate, fancy doing that, shocking behaviour.

[Lace]

The dude could've left her in the car, or the boot of the car, but no, let's go and buy kindling, ciggies and pick and mix.

He obviously wanted to keep a close eye on her.   IMO he was meeting someone,  would really have looked dodgy getting her out of the boot when that someone arrived.   

[jassi]

He obviously wanted to keep a close eye on her.   IMO he was meeting someone,  would really have looked dodgy getting her out of the boot when that someone arrived.   

As would any caring parent