UK UK - Bristol & Surrounding Areas, multiple missing people reported after a night out, worrying trend.

[RobinCAL]

After the recent missing reporting of Sebastian Sailes, who went missing after leaving a pub in Chippenham, which is 30 minutes away from Bristol via car.
Please see below thread of his missing report:

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Found Deceased Thread 'UK - Sebastian Sailes, 21, last seen leaving the Black Horse Pub 11.30pm, Chippenham, 27 Feb 2025'

Mar 1, 2025

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Officers are continuing to urgently search for 21-year-old Sebastian, who is missing from his home in Notton.

Sebastian was last seen leaving the Black Horse Pub in Chippenham at about 11.30pm on Thursday night (27/02) and was captured on CCTV heading towards Lovers Walk.

He is described as white, around 5ft 10ins tall, slim build, with blonde/brown hair with a long fringe.

He was last seen wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans, a beige fur lined jacket and white Adidas trained with a Velcro strap across the top.

We have attached a CCTV image and Ring Doorbell image of...

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I noticed a few missing reports of similar scenarios of a night out happening in Bristol or around. For Example:

Jack O'Sullivan - UK - UK - Jack O'Sullivan, 22, left friends after night out, last seen Brunel Lock Road/Brunel Way, Bristol at 3.15am, 2 Mar 2024

Luis Piovesana - UK - Luis Piovesana, 26, last seen 3am in Eastgate Retail Park, Bristol. Feb 28 25.

I know there is an argument for seemingly men when drunk, they do move towards the water for whatever reason, I just think there has been an influx recently in these cases.

I do wonder if there is a drug problem, in the case of Luis who was reporting to the police and his sister I believe, that he had been drugged.

 

[Thinker Matt]

I have also noticed this trend!

I wonder if it's a case of things being reported more or if there is something more sinister going on? I know there is a University in Bristol which one would imagine brings with it a bustling nightlife scene - this could explain drugs being a popular theme in these cases?

I think it's worth keeping an eye on for sure.

 

[dotr]

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/1703-jsna-2021-22-substance-use-final-ac/file#:~:text=Drug%20Related%20Deaths,-Bristol%20deaths%20from&text=For%20the%20period%202021%2D23,Liverpool%20to%207.4%20in%20Nottingham.

Bath University test Bristol heroin for link with Devon deaths

Nitazenes is a synthetic opioid that can be between 50 to 500 times stronger than heroin.

www.bbc.com

 

[MadeleineMaxwell]

There was also a string of young men ending up in the docks/river in Bristol a little while ago. I would say though that Chippenham is a bit of a distance/journey from Bristol.

 

[dotr]

By Laura Churchill 13 JUN 2017

Some of the most tragic deaths on Bristol's waterways

Rivers, canals and other waterways have been the scenes of a series of tragedies in recent years

www.bristolpost.co.uk

'Deaths in waterways around the Bristol region have sparked calls for more to be and even rumours of something more criminal afoot.
The police have ruled out social media theories of a 'Bristol pusher' working around the city.'

New police statement on deaths of young men found in water

Police respond after social media comments that a serial killer has been pushing young men into the water

www.bristolpost.co.uk

''Police say the recent deaths of young men in water near Bristol’s city centre “appear to have been tragic accidents”.
They have responded to intense speculation on social media today that a serial killer has been deliberately pushing them into the city docks or the River Avon.''
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Fears grow that mysterious 'pusher' serial killer could be stalking the waterways of Bristol

Discovery of latest body sparks fears that someone is pushing men into the city’s waterways

www.independent.co.uk

'Fears are growing that a so-called “pusher” serial killer is shoving men into waterways in Bristol after four bodies were recovered from water in the city in four months.'

 

[RobinCAL]

Update on search for person who entered water at Cumberland Basin

There was a large-scale underwater search

www.bristolpost.co.uk

Ongoing situation - seems to be 'voluntarily entered the water' from the description but thought I'd place it here.

 

[MollyHarps]

any big city which has a large water source in the city centre is going to have deaths involving water imo.

Water & alcohol/drugs just do not mix.

For years Manchester had rumours of a canal pusher - but in reality most of these men who went missing either had mental health problems or were extremely intoxicated.

 

[Normal Norm]

I have just started a thread on Lee Horton, 36, who has very recently gone missing in Bristol:

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Found Deceased Thread 'UK - Lee Horton, 36, missing from Evesham (Worcs.), last seen in central Bristol, 11 Mar 2025'

Mar 13, 2025

Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for the public's help in finding Lee, 36.



He is missing from Evesham, Worcestershire, but the last confirmed sighting of him was in central Bristol at about 10.30am on Tuesday 11 March 2025.

His family haven't heard from him since Tuesday, when he said he’d catch a train home but failed to return.

Lee, has no known links to Bristol and this is out of character.

He's 5ft 11ins tall with short dark brown hair and a beard and a distinguishing birth mark on his right arm. He was wearing a blue jacket, dark-coloured jeans and had a...

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I have to say that I do not think there is any connection at all between the men who have recently gone missing in the Bristol area (which seems to include Chippenham, some 20 miles away, and Caldicot, a similar distance by road over the Bristol Channel in Wales).

 

[RobinCAL]

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Thread 'UK- Covert police officers to be used to catch sexual predators in Bristol as offences soar, Jan. 2025'

Jan 26, 2025

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2025-01-23/covert-police-officers-to-be-used-to-catch-sexual-predators-as-offences-soar

Jan 23 2025
“In the coming months we’ll be launching a proactive operation in the city centre," he told councillors.''

"We’ll be deploying officers, overtly and covertly, to try and identify predatory offenders who are exhibiting behaviours of concern, and then being able to intervene at an early point to deal with them accordingly", Supt Runacres added.

Last year, the number of rapes of women aged 16 and over rose by 23 per cent, from 423 in the...

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[Odhar MagUidir]

any big city which has a large water source in the city centre is going to have deaths involving water imo.

Water & alcohol/drugs just do not mix.

For years Manchester had rumours of a canal pusher - but in reality most of these men who went missing either had mental health problems or were extremely intoxicated.

Not sure …..some had no water in their lungs ,so were dead before hitting the water .and it has been shown that the canals are shaped in such a way that falling in would leave you in water that could be stood up in near the edge . Not saying drugs and alcohol are not involved but there must be more to it surely ?

 

[johnlair]

I live just outside Bristol I do know Bristol has a bit of an epidemic with Ketamine... Especially with the youngsters ...its cheap and readily available.. was speaking to a 50 odd year old buisness man who runs his own restaurant he moved from a nice area I asked him why he moved here even he admitted he was partial to Ketamine and Bristol was the heart of its distribution... I'm nearly 50 now and dont mind admitting I tried it once in my early 20s ... All it did to me was make me feel like I was walking on a constant ramp it was bizzare....totally off balance ... Some other guys who took it again that night started freaking out seeing all kinds of crazy .... Now if someone took that willingly or was spiked maybe thought they were taking a line of cocaine which is another popular nightlife drug and in fact the line was Ketamine and then they tried to walk accross that little bridge or walkway pictured above ... No offence but they are going in.... Alcohol is bad enough I dont drink anymore but once on a work do I had had one too many and it took me an hour and a half to walk a 20 minute walk back home seemingly the pavement wasn't wide enough for just me I was zig zagging falling into the road it was terrible ... Again if you are walking around water with no guard like I was you are going in... If you think wow what a pretty night wm gonna check the reflection in the water 8/10 you are going in...
However saying that if there was ever anyone went in with malicious intent and drowned with no direct footage the first thing many UK police will think is got drunk fell in the river... Yeah personally I dont think many are suspicious alot of people et hammered on their nights out and the water is everywhere in Bristol just waiting for her next victim