Madeleine McCann: Melissa Fiering Sees, An Algerian And Waldo
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE SUN (front page): “MADDIE SEEN IN FRANCE”
“Eye-defect girl in cafe” – Why do they stare, daddy?
DAILY MIRROR: “I SPOTTED MADDY AT CAFE IN FRANCE”
A picture of Melissa.
“’This is so significant because the girl noticed the blemish in the eye and it’s on CCTV for first time’ - McCANN FAMILY SPOKESMAN CLARENCE MITCHELL LAST NIGHT”
This is the Mirror’s “EXCLUSIVE THE HUNT FOR MADELEINE”
To France:
“The little girl was spotted in a motorway service station cafe by student Melissa Fiering, 18, who insists she clearly saw the distinctive flaw in her right iris”
Says Melissa: “My friend and I had music playing loudly out of our mobile phones and this little girl was dancing to it. It was only when I looked closely at her I realised it was Madeleine. She had a very thin face and her blonde hair had been cut much shorter, down to her jaw. But it was her”
Why so certain?
“I looked in her eye because I’d seen on TV that Madeleine’s got a defect in her right iris and I saw this girl had it. I could hardly believe my eyes but I knew for sure it was Madeleine. I called out her name and she looked up at me - she obviously recognised it”
Obviously. Dancing with a small child and then you shout out a name and she looks at you…
“But when I called out ‘Madeleine’ the man she was with got worried and started dragging her away from the queue”
The man with Madeleine is described as a “dark-skinned man, who was possibly Algerian”. Blonde girl with dark-skinned man. Like her?
What did Melissa do when he was spotted, this swarthy man?
“As he dragged the girl away he threw a white coat over her and pulled a woollen hat from his pocket and jammed it on her head. Melissa adds: ‘He didn’t say a word but as they got to the door he prodded the girl in the back. I tried to take pictures on my phone but I only got one and it was all blurred. I ran outside after them but they’d vanished”
Vanished?
“WE HAVE THE GUN THAT KILLED RHYS”
Rhys Jones was killed in Liverpool, shot by a youth on a bike
“Rhys’s mum Melanie, 42, and dad Stephen, 45, who have received a message of sympathy from Madeleine McCann’s family, issued a statement for tomorrow’s six-month anniversary of the shooting”
Why do we know this?
The message says: “We are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of our beautiful son Rhys. The pain we have had to face every day has been magnified by the poignancy of occasions like Christmas and Rhys’s 12th birthday. The last six months have been a living nightmare. All we want is justice for our son”
Rhys Jones is murdered in Liverpool. Rhys Jones was 11 years old. His parents are not suspects
DAILY EXPRESS: “MADELEINE IN NEW ‘SIGHTING’ AT RESTAURANT”
Dutch woman. A restaurant? Not a therapist. A student
The Dutch student is “100 per cent certain” she saw Madeleine McCann in a roadside restaurant in southern France
Says Melissa: “I called out ‘Madeleine’ and she looked up. The man with her was about six feet tall, with black hair, a black leather jacket and several days growth of stubble. He put on her coat and hat and bundled her away”
She adds: “I can’t stop thinking about it. I wish I had stopped that man. I wanted to pick her up, I am sorry I didn’t do that”
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: “Madeleine McCann ’spotted’ in Southern France”
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: “Student claims to have sighted Madeleine McCann in France”
A reader comments: “Is this kid going to replace Waldo?”
ASSOCIATED PRESS: “French police investigating an alleged sighting of Madeleine McCann in southern France have determined it was not the missing British girl.
A police official says a Dutch tourist reported that she may have seen McCann at a roadside restaurant. Examining closed-circuit video footage, the investigators spotted a man and a young girl who resembled McCann, but determined it was not her.
Posted: 21st, February 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,234) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
- susan jones on Susan Boyle Weeps As The Press Set About Destroying Her
- The Real Stig on The Great Cathay Pacific Blocked Toilet Mystery
- SoDak-GhostDog on Interview With Survior Of James Arthur Ray’s Sedona Sweat Lodge
- Katie Norman on I’m A Celebrity: Joe Bugner’s Career In Pictures
- HOTWATER on Madeleine McCann: The Media Creates A New Maddie Monster And Twists The Facts
February 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
489 Karen - Bless your heart x thanks god you survived . What you have just said is the most comforting thing anyone has ever said to me. Im in floods here, but in a good way. Thank-you so much
February 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Karen
http://justme.moonfruit.com/#/onemoreangel/4527243567
February 21st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Garth
Pigs can not fly, damn you…. Kate and Gerry did it!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Just_me
I didn’t realise you’d lost a child.
I’m so sorry. 
If it’s any comfort - when I was 14 I had an asthma attack and I was actually dead for half a minute before (by pure luck) the paramedics arrived and they got my heart started in the ambulance (my Mum thinks it’s a miracle).
Anyway - I died in my Mother’s arms and I remember it as being very soothing - even if all she could see was me gasping for air. I’m sure your daughter felt the same way - if that isn’t too intrusive a thing to say?
February 21st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=516836&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
“almost not her”….
Any normal parents would have taken the first flight to be able to look at the video.
Not them.I just do not understand the pair.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Just seen this.
209
Dr. Watson Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Gandolf stop abusing people if you do not want a le.gal case in real life.
Mods and Admin,
please look at post 159. It is a personal attack, would you please consider taking measures to stop him . For example, telling s all posters what other names he has, or banning abusive posts.
Are you some kind of nutter watson, I repeat I aint Patch, you have been told, now get lost.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
483
val Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
473 Fair
Thanks for that, I”m going to end up like the woman in Garth”s joke!!!!!!
—————————————————————–
You’re not alone there!
At our daughter’s wedding we had a singer that sung ”You take my breath away”
which is on one of Eva Cassidy’s cd’s. Beautiful!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Time to eat.
Good sleuthing !!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Val - Eva Cassidy’s over the rainbow is beautiful. I’ve got it on my site if you click my name
February 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
473 Fair
Thanks for that, I”m going to end up like the woman in Garth”s joke!!!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:01 pm
It just gets worser and worser for Gordon.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/35701/Government-admits-rendition-flights
February 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pm
476
Gotta admit to googling all over the motorbike sites to see if I can find you … no luck yet … but I don’t give up easily 
Garth Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Indeed it was. Might take me helmet off after all this is over
————————————-
Cannot wait for that day!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:00 pm
471
Karen Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Hi Garth
Please say something I massively disagree with so I can get back on the path of righteousness again.
—————-
Missed that one Karen……….erm……pigs can fly?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Im off, back later………
February 21st, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Brilliant one Garth!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
467
Man about town
The thing is to be careful with what we are saying.
To the credit of many posters here they have complied an impressive bank of datas and they are very aware that is not all to be believed.
They are no criminalists or specialists.Out of this sad saga is born a passion for the truth and the truth for Madeleine.Is this really what you are looking for?you personally?
I wont believe you if you try to convinve me that you believe in the “new sighting” in france.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
468
Julie Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Hey there Garth ! Meant to tell you last night, that photo that you put up of you the other night is HOT (Now I just wanna see under the helmet ) (Were you No. 19?)
————–
Indeed it was. Might take me helmet off after all this is over
February 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Think I’ve seen the one you’re talking about Val (don’t know about the soundtrack though, coz I got it at work, and I mute the sound so I’m not caught
) It’s really beautiful!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Here’s a good one. Maybe a few posters can relate?
An elderly couple have sat down for the evening to watch telly when the old boy gets up and says to his wife…
“would you like something from the kitchen dear”?
Wife “Yes, I’ll have some strawberries please…………and write it down! Remember what the doctor said”!
Ol boy ” Dont be daft! I can remember that……….you want some strawberries…easy!
Wife ” Well in that case, add some icecream to it………..and write it down!
Ol boy ” I dont need to write it down I can remember. Strawberries with icecream, no problem dear”!
Wife ” Okay, well you might as well add some fresh cream to it for me. But write it down, remember what the doctor said”!
OB ” No problem dear, strawberries, icecream and a dollop of fresh cream.
Thirty minutes later the old boy returns and presents to his wifes a plate with eggs and bacon on it. She looks down in total disbelief and yells
” WHERE’S ME TOAST”?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Val
Eva
February 21st, 2008 at 5:49 pm
451 Julie
I get loads of jokes and pictures sent to me, some of the pics quite beautiful, so we have a couple of groups going, it”s good fun. There is one in particular, which I sent to Hannasus. I”ts produced by Nationale Geographique and the most amazing photos of animals and insects with a soundtrack of “Somewhere
over the Rainbow” sung by…….I”m having a memory lapse, can”t think of her first name…….. Cassidy.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Hi Garth
Please say something I massively disagree with so I can get back on the path of righteousness again.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:46 pm
466 Karen
Exactly. That’s why you should be proud. Telling our kids/youth that they are stupid/wrong/naive is not in my opinion the way to go. But….everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Brandon
Bye
February 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Hey there Garth
! Meant to tell you last night, that photo that you put up of you the other night is HOT 
(Now I just wanna see under the helmet 
) (Were you No. 19?)
February 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
465
Garth
Do you like lentils?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
419 Batman - , if you check back,you will see, that was a general comment - I didnt say you personally. I was referring to the common retort that some genius or other rolls out, whenever one expresses an opinion that doesnt involve parents/accident/fridge/renault scenic/church blah blah blah..
I just dont believe any of that and when I say so, as I said I get called a team mcanner etc. which is untrue and highly presumptious. My point is that if I were to be equally presumptious I could say that all those that are so adamant that the child wasnt abducted are members of an abduction ring/paedo etc.
Which is infantile, playground name calling.
Get the point?
its is quite common on this site to be called a member of the McCann camp is one believes that the child was abducted.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Matt/Fair
Thanks.
Apart from one misunderstanding with Aardvarko (which I regret) I didn’t personally insult anyone - but I don’t think they could tell the difference between disagreeing with their ideas and insults, so there wasn’t much I could do.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Evening sleuths
February 21st, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Bwaahaaahaaahaaaa Batman … excellent