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11th June 2021
11:24am BST

"Michael and I were walking down the side of the beach when we noticed a baby crawling up some steps," Lex told the Daily Mail. "We were hesitant at first, then confused. The baby crawled up the second flight of concrete steps that lead from the beach to a busy road.@lexhartoptiktok took the original video down, you can’t see anyone’s faces, this deserves attention ##lostbaby ♬ original sound - Lex Hartop
"We walked past three to four different groups of people - one group either side of the stairs down to the beach and another two on the beach, around 20 people in total.
"The baby must have crawled a long way and was either ignored or not noticed by anybody. From noticing the baby to returning her to her mother was all-around five minutes.
"We believe it was a girl. The baby said 'mum' upon seeing their mother turn round from a distance. The mother said nothing as Michael gave her back."
The woman's seemingly unbothered reaction to the situation has sparked online backlash, with two videos of the incident amassing 2.4 million and 1.6 million views respectively. "Wow. I'd have taken the baby to the police. Anyone could have found that baby. She doesn't deserve kids!" one commenter wrote. "Any loving parent would have been frantic after about 30 seconds trying to find them. I'm genuinely so concerned by the lack of emotion from the mum," wrote another. "If I don't see my son every 3 seconds while we are out I panic. This is heartbreaking," said another.