QAnon fuels child kidnappings from France to US as brainwashed snatchers try to 'save kids from blood-drinking paedos'

QANON has fueled child snatches as brainwashed moms and dads attempt to kidnap their own kids under the delusion they are going to be taken away by a blood-drinking cabal of pedophiles.

At least four worrying incidents in the US – and one in France – have been linked to the wide-ranging conspiracy theory which alleges a secret battle between Donald Trump and the so-called "deep state".

Q adherents have an ad hoc mish mash of views, but most are united around the delusional idea there is a Satan worshipping, blood drinking cabal of paedophiles who kidnap children at the heart of government and Hollywood.

QAnon has previously been linked to violence, murders and even has shared blame for the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol as its spread has become intertwined with elements of right-wing politics in the US.

And the spate of kidnappings show how the warped conspiracy ideology is also ripping apart families as it harms the very people believers in the theory claim to be so desperate to protect – children.

Moms and dads appear to become increasingly mistrustful of the soical services networks put in place to protect their kids once they become sucked into QAnon.

The #SaveTheChildren movement last summer helped the disturbing theories ideas reach a new wave of followers as it went viral on Facebook and Twitter amid the pandemic.

It is a chilling overlap between the struggles of real family life, and the imagined fantasy world of the online conspiracy forums.

Mom-of-two Neely Petrie-Blanchard, 34, allegedly shot dead her own lawyer because she believed he was part of the government cabal stealing her children, and dad-of-five Alpalus Slyman, 29, led cops on a 20 mile police chase with his kids in the backseat screaming for him to stop.

Meanwhile, mom Emily Jolley, 43, snatched her child during a court supervised visit, and mom-of-four Cynthia Abcug, 50, launched a foiled kidnapping plot to get her son back from protective services.

And the kidnappings crossed the Atlantic last week when a girl named Mia, 8, was snatched in a plot by an "extremely well-prepared" gang from her grandma's home in Poulières, France.

Prosecutors say the three men posed as child welfare officials, had fake identification documents, and were planning other child abductions as well as considering blowing up vaccination centers.

The men were allegedly contacted online by the child's mom, Lola Montemaggi, and they launched a "military style" operation last Tuesday to smuggle the child into Switzerland.

Police managed to arrest the men and find Mia after a large scale manhunt, and they found the gang subscribed to theories linked to QAnon.

Cops reportedly found bomb-making equipment in their homes and French network BFMTV reported the men were planning other abductions as they believed social services were part of a plot against children.

So what is QAnon?

QANON is one of the world’s most dangerous and widespread conspiracy theories.

It alleges a worldwide network of celebrities and politicians are part of a child sex-trafficking ring which is doing battle with Donald Trump.

The cult-like belief spawned out similar viral conspiracy theories such as Pizzagate and historic hoaxes about cults linked to Satanism.

“Q” is the central anonymous figure of the theory, who was claimed to be a high-ranking government official inside the Trump administration.

Posts began to appear on internet forum 4Chan in June, 2017, before starting spread across social media.

Q would drip feed various pieces of information detailing a grand plan in which Trump would defeat the Satanists in an event called “The Storm.”

It was claimed thousands of suspects would be rounded up and arrested before being executed.

Q created an alternative reality as supporters shunned mainstream news outlets, instead feeding entirely on a stream of false information and bogus predictions.

The conspiracy theory began to gain more mainstream attention and QAnon supporters began appearing at Trump rallies.

Numerous events then started unfolding linked to QAnon, such as domestic terrorist Matthew Phillip Wright blocking the Hoover Dam with an armoured truck while armed with an AR-15 in June 2018.

Crime family boss Frank Cali was then allegedly murdered by Anthony Comello, who is claimed to have been a QAnon believer who thought Cali was a member of the “deep state” in March 2019.

And then Jessica Prim was arrested carrying several knives as she livestreamed her attempt to “take out” Joe Biden.

QAnon activity exploded during the coronavirus pandemic, with reports of posts tripling on Facebook and Twitter.

Both social media giants tried to take action, but struggled to police the spread of misinformation.

QAnon was reported to be in disarray following the inauguration of Biden, but the army of conspiracists now appears to be regrouping and refocusing their narrative

Social media platforms continue to try and police QAnon, but the tech giants are playing a game of whack-a-mole as the stream of misinformation and conspiracy theories continues to flow.

QAnon has become an extremely broad church of ideas as it swallows up other conspiracy theories, such as anti-vax sentiment, crackpot ideas about Covid being a hoax, and the so-called "sovereign citizens".

"Sovereign citizens" believe the government has no power over them as they do not consent to being governed – citing various out-of-date law,s precedents and general misunderstanding of the legal system.

And this movement appears to have played a key role in the case of mom-of-three Petrie-Blanchard.

Christopher Hallett, who self described as a lawyer but was not formally trained, pledged to help her get the children back-with the mom becoming immersed in QAnon.

Hallett was an online personality who traded on conspiracy theories and sovereign citizen rhetoric – and he assured her he was in touch with President Trump about her case as she kidnapped her twin daughters in March, reports NBC.

And then on November 15, 2020, Petrie-Blanchard shot him – telling police he was part of the cabal who were stealing her children.

Meanwhile, Slyman, from Boston, led police on a 20 mile car chase with his five children – aged between eight months and 13-years-old – wailing in the back seat of his Honda Odyssey.

"QAnon, help me. QAnon, help me," he said during the stream, reports The Daily Beast, as he directly appealed to Trump for help.

Slyman had reportedly had become convinced that his oldest daughter and her mom were part of a plot against him, and the police were coming to abduct his children.

He ranted at his children about a video of Hillary Clinton eating children's brains – and the chase only ended when he crashed his minivan into a tree.

QAnon mom Jolley also snatched her six-year-old son Terran Butler, taking the boy during a court supervised visit on September 26 in Greater Salt Lake, Utah.

Her Facebook page was found to be awash with conspiracy theories – including anti-Vax and Covid denial posts – and she had repeatedly claimed her son had been "legally kidnapped".

She baselessly accused her son's dad Timothy of being part of a child sex trafficking ring – in classic QAnon style – and pals said she spent months planning the snatch.

Her mom Laraian was also arrested for obstructing cops as she also claimed to have an arrest warrant for the dad from a made-up court – with Jolley later protesting the real arrest warrants against her were "fake".

And then Acbug, from Colorado, is alleged to have plotted with other QAnon believers to have had her son kidnapped from foster care.

She lost custody of her son when she was suspected to have been lying about his health problems in January 2019, and then lost custody of her 15-year-old daughter when she revealed her mom's plot.

Police say Acbug told her daughter that her brother was being raised by "evil Satan worshippers" and "paedophiles".

Her daughter reportedly told cops her mom had "gotten into some conspiracy theories" and she was "spiraling down it" since her brother had been removed.

QAnon has been previously labelled a “domestic terror threat” by the FBI over its tendency the inspire violence.

Trump never explicitly endorsed the conspiracy theory, but was repeatedly accused of spreading it via his Twitter – retweeting messages from accounts linked to QAnon.

QAnon's narratives now seem to be focused on fantasies that either Trump is on the cusp of returning to office, or is secretly still running the government from Mar-a-Lago.

It continues to fixate on unsubstantiated claims that election of somehow stolen from Trump.

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