How could it have been designed to throw people off when she did see someone carrying a child? This man has now been identified.
The parents of Madeline had nothing to do with her disappearance nor did the friends they were with. Its pure speculation about the medical services and that Smith saw Gerry that night. Its been established that was not the case Mike. 
Hi Patti,
I disagree about Jane Tanner definitely having seen anyone, since, she could easily have gleaned information from the creche register, about parents collecting their children during the evening whilst parents wined and dined in the tapas bar or elsewhere. She may have seen such a man on a previous occasion, and recounted what she had seen then, as though she had seen it that night. It is very worrying that until recently no-one knew about a creche being in operation during the evening of Mad's disappearance. Tanner and the others may have used the creche themselves at other times of the day, and would have been fully aware of opening and closing times. Furthermore, since they themselves would have to sign their children in and out, it is possible that such information about late collections of children could have been seen written into the register...
Gerry McCann and Wilkes did not see Tanner, and I gather that the man who collected his child that evening, has no recollection of seeing either Tanner, McCann or Wilkes - I would be interested to hear his version of events regarding this, and the exact time the man attended the creche to collect his child, and walk back to his digs...
Did Tanners timing of her events match those of the man who collected his child? How did this fit in with Gerry McCanns and Wilkes account and timings - I would be very interested now, to compare these events, with the other timings found (impressions) in one of Maddies notebooks, relating to the timing of the checks made of the apartments by the parents and the others...
we will have to wait and see what pans out...