Let no gallon of special sauce go unturned!
The wacky Baltimore woman who claims to have one of three winning Mega Millions tickets now says it’s hidden somewhere in the McDonald’s restaurant where she works.
Marlinde Wilson, 37, coyly wouldn’t reveal whether she HAD stashed the slip of paper behind the McFlurry machine or under the all-beef patties.
And she’s apparently not worried about the Hamburglar — or any of the employees who say she’s trying to stiff them out of a pool jackpot — making off with her one-third share of the record $656 million multistate payout.
“I left my ticket there, and it’s somewhere safe that only I know about,” she told The Post through a Creole-speaking translator.
The single mom of seven did say that the ticket — worth an after-tax lump-sum payout of $105 million — was not in the franchise’s safe with those she bought for the workplace pool.
And with the fat in the fire over her greedy refusal to share her alleged haul with her 14 fellow pool members, Wilson’s in no hurry to get it back.
“I’m waiting for things to calm down so I can go back to McDonald’s and get it. The people [at McDonald’s] are too excited. I want their heads to cool down before I go back,” she said.
Wilson did show up briefly at the fast-food joint on Liberty Road in Milford Mill to speak with her manager.
She cut short the conversation and sped off with her fiancé at the wheel after spotting a Post reporter.
The manager, who identified herself only as Layla, scoffed at Wilson’s claim that the winning ticket was secreted among the fries.
“That’s impossible. She didn’t come back here” after she purchased the ticket, Layla said.
Another employee suspects Wilson stole a page from arch-rival Burger King and cooked up a whopper.
“I don’t believe her. I didn’t believe her from the beginning, she’s always been strange,” the woman said. “She’s an attention seeker. She likes to have all the attention on herself.”
The shocking revelation was the latest stunner in Wilson’s bizarre story, first reported by The Post.
In a separate interview yesterday, Wilson claimed she bought the winning ticket with “a lucky dollar” she’d found on the floor at the McDonald’s.
And on her Facebook page — which she posts under the name Sheila Paraison — she vowed to donate her winnings to rebuild her earthquake-ravaged native Haiti.
Additional reporting by Justin Snow
WHAT’S SHE HIDING?Marlinde Wilson yesterday leaves the McDonald’s where she claims she hid the ticket. (William Farrington)
WHAT’S SHE HIDING? Marlinde Wilson yesterday leaves the McDonald’s where she claims she hid the ticket. (
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