In order to make the mother believe her daughter had been found, a changeling was sent in as a substitute who closely resembled her daughter.

After the kidnapping, the father complained to the police that his son never returned to him from his abductors because now a changeling was in his son’s place.

“During my weird nightmare last night, I dreamed little Timmy disappeared somehow and a changeling looking exactly like him was laying in his crib,” the husband told his wife.

Because the man wanted the reward money, he used the missing child poster to find a changeling resembling the missing child.

In the science fiction movie, a member of each family was swapped with a changeling made from robotic parts looking exactly like the taken family member.