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“I’m Madeleine McCann”: University student claims she is missing toddler

“I’m Madeleine McCann”: University student claims she is missing toddler

A British university student has claimed she is missing toddler Madeleine McCann after pointing out a few similarities.

Harriet Brookes’ bold claims showed photos of brown spots on her eye and leg as evidence she is the long-lost child who vanished in mysterious circumstances in 2007.

Positing information from Wikipedia and pictures of the three-year-old Maddie, Brookes said that she, like Maddie, she had a brown spot on her iris, The Sun reported.

She told her friends: “Right guys. I don’t usually believe in conspiracy theories but honestly I think I’m Madeleine McCann.”

One responded: “I f***ing give up.”

A post from Harriet Brookes joking that she is Madeleine McCann has gone viral.

She then posted a picture of her eye and leg calling them “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit B”.

Screenshots of the group message were posted on Twitter by Brookes’ friend and have since gone viral.

A post from Harriet Brookes joking that she is Madeleine McCann has gone viral.

However, the student in question has now claimed the messages with her friends were a joke, telling The Tab that she “just sent it for a joke”.

“I’m loving reading people’s reactions. I feel like so many people are taking it seriously,” she said.

Madeleine disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007 when she was just three-years-old.

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