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| French woman Natalie Amyot releases YouTube video to find father of her unborn baby – but is it just a hoax? | |
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| A French woman who released a YouTube video to apparently find her Australian holiday romance after she fell pregnant has been met with a combination of support, derision and a hefty dose of scepticism. | |
| Natalie Amyot explained in the video published on Sunday that she is searching for a man she met in the popular tourist resort of Mooloolaba. | Natalie Amyot explained in the video published on Sunday that she is searching for a man she met in the popular tourist resort of Mooloolaba. |
| Describing how it was “love at first sight” for her when the pair met at O’Malley’s Irish Pub, she said they spent a “beautiful” night together. | Describing how it was “love at first sight” for her when the pair met at O’Malley’s Irish Pub, she said they spent a “beautiful” night together. |
| Amyot revealed in the video that she realised she was pregnant three weeks after she returned home, but she was unable to contact the man because she lost her phone. | Amyot revealed in the video that she realised she was pregnant three weeks after she returned home, but she was unable to contact the man because she lost her phone. |
| The man was around 6ft tall, tanned with blue eyes, she said. | The man was around 6ft tall, tanned with blue eyes, she said. |
| Amyot went on to stress the importance of finding the man as she has “no family of my own.” | Amyot went on to stress the importance of finding the man as she has “no family of my own.” |
| “If he doesn’t want to know then that’s ok but I really want to try and find him,” Amyot wrote in the video’s description. | “If he doesn’t want to know then that’s ok but I really want to try and find him,” Amyot wrote in the video’s description. |
| “I hope that the Sunny coast community will help me. Merci beacoup,” she said, and urged people to share her video and to post information on her Facebook page. | “I hope that the Sunny coast community will help me. Merci beacoup,” she said, and urged people to share her video and to post information on her Facebook page. |
| On the page, Amyot explained that she has spent her remaining money to fly back to Australia and find the man and that she had only three days to find him. | On the page, Amyot explained that she has spent her remaining money to fly back to Australia and find the man and that she had only three days to find him. |
| However, the tale took a strange turn when the Facebook account she linked to in the video disappeared, and a ‘Public Figure’ page remained. | However, the tale took a strange turn when the Facebook account she linked to in the video disappeared, and a ‘Public Figure’ page remained. |
| In the days after Amyot released the video and it garnered over 50,000 views, her Facebook page evidenced how going viral can be a mixed blessing. | In the days after Amyot released the video and it garnered over 50,000 views, her Facebook page evidenced how going viral can be a mixed blessing. |
| Mooloolaba beach in Australia (Image: Go Holiday/Creative Commons) World-weary YouTube viewers wary of online hoaxes questioned whether Amyot’s video was an elaborate hoax, while others judged her for apparently sleeping with a man whose name she had forgotten. | Mooloolaba beach in Australia (Image: Go Holiday/Creative Commons) World-weary YouTube viewers wary of online hoaxes questioned whether Amyot’s video was an elaborate hoax, while others judged her for apparently sleeping with a man whose name she had forgotten. |
| However, others maintained a positive outlook. | However, others maintained a positive outlook. |
| “Why do we as a society, automatically think this is suspect..Can we think positive and hope for the best for her...” one woman wrote on Amyot’s Facebook page. | “Why do we as a society, automatically think this is suspect..Can we think positive and hope for the best for her...” one woman wrote on Amyot’s Facebook page. |
| “Your support and help has made me cry x x x,” Amyot said on the now-closed Facebook page Monday. | “Your support and help has made me cry x x x,” Amyot said on the now-closed Facebook page Monday. |
| By Tuesday the tone of the Facebook page had changed after her story made headlines worldwide. | By Tuesday the tone of the Facebook page had changed after her story made headlines worldwide. |
| "If you all want to try and think this fake ill delete all pages and go home. then be proud as you bullied a mum and baby and father away... if thats what you want ill go home tmrw..but how can you hate me so much for wanting to find him...[sic],” she wrote. | "If you all want to try and think this fake ill delete all pages and go home. then be proud as you bullied a mum and baby and father away... if thats what you want ill go home tmrw..but how can you hate me so much for wanting to find him...[sic],” she wrote. |
| Both local tourist boards and the owner of O'Malley's bar have denied the video is part of any PR involving them, ITV News reported citing Australian media reports. | Both local tourist boards and the owner of O'Malley's bar have denied the video is part of any PR involving them, ITV News reported citing Australian media reports. |