Found Deceased UK - Nicola Bulley, 45, last seen walking her dog on footpath by the river, Inskip, Lancashire, 27 Jan 2023

[Sweeper2000]

we leave harness on and just detach the lead

Makes for easier reattachment once you need to.

 

[jiminy]

I wonder if Nicola may have gone to clean up behind the dog and somehow fallen in. Dogs sometimes decide on the darnedest places to leave their business.

 

[truthistheresomewher]

Absolutely tragic. MOO looks like water was involved sadly.
FWIW my similar pooch would never have her harness taken off for going in to the water, hose down/bath afterwards was the norm harness and all, but complete speculation as each to their own.
She was however a master at slipping the harness by ‘backing out’ though so tethered to bench and was distressed and got out 100 holds possible for me

 

[Sweeper2000]

If this is a river with heavy foot traffic it might be difficult to follow her footsteps into the river if that’s the case. Especially by a bench. Assuming she didn’t trip on a bank which would be easier to tell.

 

[Telltale]

I am leaning toward your drowning theory.

Funny I've been leaning away from it.

Statistically it's still a decent possibility. <modsnip - discussing public statements>

I'm kind of getting the impression they don't believe she's in the river any more. They were alerted she was gone just about an hour after she was last seen, and since that was already close to the river I reckon they had boarts
out pretty quickly. Not to mention diving teams by at latest the next morning. A river can hide away a body, but they'd have to be pretty unlikely at this point.

That the same time they arn't treating her like a high risk suicidal missing person and they seem very sure she she's not the victim of crime. Considering the weirdness around how she vanished, I don't see them being so confident on that unless they have evidence to suggest she wasn't.

The sort of leaves missing by choice, staging the scene behind her. Or just hitting a breaking point on that work call, putting the phone down and just walking away. The way the public statements have been said lately just of suggested to me they suspect this.

 

[Parker Knoll]

Something so very off about this. I have a spaniel and he never leaves my side. He would absolutely follow me if I turned in the opposite direction or whatever. My guess is that she has tied up her dog to the bench and simply gone ( I don’t know where ) willow has eventually slipped the harness and she has stayed where she last saw NB.
It’s her children that changes that theory …. You couldn’t as a mum walk away from two little girls surely ?

 

[Sweeper2000]

Do we know if the dogs lead was intact upon inspection? Can tell you a dog can chew through something like a fabric lead in seconds. If it’s a chain then no.
if she tied it to the bench I’m almost certain it would make attempts to follow.

 

[Sarahlou]

Something so very off about this. I have a spaniel and he never leaves my side. He would absolutely follow me if I turned in the opposite direction or whatever. My guess is that she has tied up her dog to the bench and simply gone ( I don’t know where ) willow has eventually slipped the harness and she has stayed where she last saw NB.
It’s her children that changes that theory …. You couldn’t as a mum walk away from two little girls surely ?

Bit in bold - Completely depends on her state of mind at the time IMO.

 

[Sweeper2000]

Bit in bold - Completely depends on her state of mind at the time IMO.

Sometimes the urge to walk into the sunset grows too strong. It’s very much present in nearly every one.

 

[rsd1200]

It’s very potential, unfortunately and sadly if true. You would be surprised what’s under the water. Any direction of flow against a bank can create a undercut, potential for her body to be there. Any tree in the river creates a massive gauge in the river bed, the water is diverted by The tree downwards and that flow can create a gauge well over ten feet in depth. another potential resting spot. This is ahead of time though. Could still have gone missing willingly, fingers crossed.

I understand what you are talking about with the water. It appeared the water had a fast flow and could be deceptively deep (just by looking at photos), and cold. Lots of other people and dogs around I would guess, if it's a popular area for dog walkers. Taking an adult, with a lot of people out and about, adding in a dog that may be barking, would seem less likely.

 

[JumpingFrog]

Look at the dog's harness - it's like a thick band over the dog's chest, and has a considerable amount of material over the back...do we really think a dog could back out of that design? Just musing no thoughts either way.

 

[shamzyk]

Something so very off about this. I have a spaniel and he never leaves my side. He would absolutely follow me if I turned in the opposite direction or whatever. My guess is that she has tied up her dog to the bench and simply gone ( I don’t know where ) willow has eventually slipped the harness and she has stayed where she last saw NB.
It’s her children that changes that theory …. You couldn’t as a mum walk away from two little girls surely ?

Funny I've been leaning away from it.

Statistically it's still a decent possibility. <modsnip - discussing public statements>

I'm kind of getting the impression they don't believe she's in the river any more. They were alerted she was gone just about an hour after she was last seen, and since that was already close to the river I reckon they had boarts
out pretty quickly. Not to mention diving teams by at latest the next morning. A river can hide away a body, but they'd have to be pretty unlikely at this point.

That the same time they arn't treating her like a high risk suicidal missing person and they seem very sure she she's not the victim of crime. Considering the weirdness around how she vanished, I don't see them being so confident on that unless they have evidence to suggest she wasn't.

The sort of leaves missing by choice, staging the scene behind her. Or just hitting a breaking point on that work call, putting the phone down and just walking away. The way the public statements have been said lately just of suggested to me they suspect this.

I just struggle with that idea because her SM seems to show them as a very tight knit family, especially with the kids. Though even whilst typing that out I realise SM is never an accurate reflection of family life so ...

 

[rsd1200]

I wonder if Nicola may have gone to clean up behind the dog and somehow fallen in. Dogs sometimes decide on the darnedest places to leave their business.

This honestly did cross my mind.

 

[Parker Knoll]

Oh agreed … nobody knows her state of mind.

 

[tedtink]

Bit in bold - Completely depends on her state of mind at the time IMO.

Agree, even if it is just a cry for help.

 

[rsd1200]

Funny I've been leaning away from it.

Statistically it's still a decent possibility. <modsnip - discussing public statements>

I'm kind of getting the impression they don't believe she's in the river any more. They were alerted she was gone just about an hour after she was last seen, and since that was already close to the river I reckon they had boarts
out pretty quickly. Not to mention diving teams by at latest the next morning. A river can hide away a body, but they'd have to be pretty unlikely at this point.

That the same time they arn't treating her like a high risk suicidal missing person and they seem very sure she she's not the victim of crime. Considering the weirdness around how she vanished, I don't see them being so confident on that unless they have evidence to suggest she wasn't.

The sort of leaves missing by choice, staging the scene behind her. Or just hitting a breaking point on that work call, putting the phone down and just walking away. The way the public statements have been said lately just of suggested to me they suspect this.

I'm hoping I'm leaning in the wrong direction and she will soon make someone aware that she is okay.

 

[Joeh1148]

Where the dog was in and out of the water is a calm area .

 

[Joeh1148]

This person was on a conference call when she went missing maybe there’s something in the video

 

[JumpingFrog]

[..]My guess is that she has tied up her dog to the bench and simply gone ( I don’t know where ) willow has eventually slipped the harness and she has stayed where she last saw NB.

Do we know if the dogs lead was intact upon inspection? Can tell you a dog can chew through something like a fabric lead in seconds. If it’s a chain then no.
if she tied it to the bench I’m almost certain it would make attempts to follow.

I've seen some photos of Willow's harness and lead from a few months ago, and she then used a retractable lead. Too flimsy/unreliable to tie around something right? Imho. Of course, she could have a new harness or lead or both. The harness looked like a rather sturdy vest type.

 

[Joeh1148]

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I would say she was maybe kidnapped. But since England loves CCTV every where that is a start . And expand to the the bigger city’s. A side note there’s an older woman who walks her dog early in the morning in that area maybe she seen something .