Nicola Bulley 45y Old mum of 2 little girls missing from River Wyre area since last Friday morning at 9:15am walking her dog, Willow.

kissngate

Being a dog owner I do believe she has fallen in the river when her dog got in difficulty (possibly the collar caught on a branch) and as she went to help slipped and fell in and could have been knocked out. Low tide on the River Wyre was exactly 9.30 am that day and that's the only ? I have. As the tide wouldn't start to turn for three hours or so she should have been visible in the water. When the tide came in she would have been swept upstream (inland) not towards the coast which seems to be where the search parties are looking.

There's no evidence of her going into to the water which you would expect with a steep slope, scuff marks etc. The dog was dry so obviously had not been in the water. You make an good point about the tides. I wonder if the police have considered that, you would expect that they have taken expert advice? Why the area has not remained taped off is really a mystery. It looks like the police have made up their minds and that's it. Of course they may know more than they are telling the media. I feel desperately sorry for this lady, her family and relatives.

Being a dog owner I do believe she has fallen in the river when her dog got in difficulty (possibly the collar caught on a branch) and as she went to help slipped and fell in and could have been knocked out. Low tide on the River Wyre was exactly 9.30 am that day and that's the only ? I have. As the tide wouldn't start to turn for three hours or so she should have been visible in the water. When the tide came in she would have been swept upstream (inland) not towards the coast which seems to be where the search parties are looking.

If she didnt go into the water, could she have willingly run off with someone in the first instance?
She is well known in the area. If someone wanted to, could they have lured her off in a hurry, saying something like "come quick, your child/partner has had an accident. You need to come immediately".
Just an idea.

Crime!
Which I am sure wasn't the case.

fancythat

I had my car police taped off once, when it broke down on a rural road and blocked the road late at night.

So I am surprised about lack of police tape.

That's because it could have caused a problem for other vehicles which might have hit it. It was a warning to other motorists.

Unless, of course, the police suspected it had been used in a Prime.

fancythat

karmalady

I wonder why the bench and area around was not taped off as a crime scene, for any minute evidence

me too

Because it wasn't a crime scene.

I think we need to be careful posting all that information because some of it relates to unkind speculation about the partner. I don’t think GNHQ will be slow in deleting threads that single out particular individuals which would be a shame for those who are concentrating on the total confusion of events.

I had my car police taped off once, when it broke down on a rural road and blocked the road late at night.

So I am surprised about lack of police tape.

There's CCTV at the back of the caravan park. The only camera that isn't working is the one that would have seen everything.

That is odd too.

Not sure what to make of it all really.
No wonder the poor family go around in circles about it all.

Surely if she got up quickly (for whatever reason) lying her phone on the bench, the harness could well have been on her knee and dropped to the floor
Being a strong swimmer means nothing if you are unexpectedly in strong flowing, very cold water wearing heavy clothes and boots. (Big quilted coat a quilted gillet and short welly boots)
It’s an absolute mystery surely if it had been an abduction there would have been skuffle marks in the muddy grass around the bench or wherever. Looking at photos it looked very muddy grass

karmalady

I wonder why the bench and area around was not taped off as a crime scene, for any minute evidence

me too

lemsip, we most probably posted at the same time as you were only a minute behind me

apologies janejudge didn't see you'd already pasted and copied.... I suppose two won't hurt though

I just posted but it didn't appear.

There's CCTV at the back of the caravan park. The only camera that isn't working is the one that would have seen everything.

Did the police use sniffer dogs?

I wonder why the bench and area around was not taped off as a crime scene, for any minute evidence
It is not a crime scene.

A lot of the speculation on here has been from police reports.

I wonder why the bench and area around was not taped off as a crime scene, for any minute evidence

I can see how everyone gets conflicting information though, because the police lady definitely said, it is possible that a ball could have rolled down the steep bank close to the edge of the water and Ms Bulley was bending down to pick it up.

Yes, I was just reading that and was going to copy and paste.
Thanks JaneJudge.

I think we're posting to keep people aware of any developments because many of us can all feel for the family and what they are going through.

There was No ball!

11 things her friends want you to know!! copied and pasted from news. NOT MY WORDS.
Tilly Anne noted that Ms Bulley is 'an incredibly strong swimmer', and that her dog Willow who she was walking was completely dry when found.

She wrote that the dog would never have a harness on during the familiar walk and is removed at a gate at the top of the field. When the dog was found, it was very close to the bench along with the harness on the floor.

Her friend wrote:

Paul and Nikki both mostly work from home which is why he was at home that day. They have CCTV and there is a reason why Paul has never been a suspect. Family and friends need these accusations to stop immediately. The fact that I've had to write this is disgusting to be honest
They both do this walk regularly and Paul is very well known in the community and very well recognised
The dog never has her harness on for a chunk of that walk, it's removed at the gate of the top field and then put back on at the gate when they leave
They very rarely take the ball out for walks with willow now because she is very very protective over the ball and haven't done for a while
Nikki quite often would put her phone on loud speaker when talking
The dog was found very close to the bench and the harness. The harness was found on the floor not on the bench
Nikki is an incredibly strong swimmer
Nikki drove to the school and then left her car there and walked to the river
The dog was dry when found
The dog has since been back
There's CCTV at the back of the caravan park. The only camera that isn't working is the one that would have seen everything
She added that her friend would often put her phone on loud-speaker when talking - her phone was discovered close to the river bank and she had previously been on a conference call before she vanished.

The family friend thanked those who had shared their support and contributed to the search for Nicola - saying it had 'created such a co

I think a missing ball would be long gone. Where I walk my dog any ball left lying around is fair pickings for any other dog to wander off with it.

Below is pasted from a newspaper article containing her friends statement

Tilly, with permission from Nicola's family, has now shared 11 answers to questions which have been circulation on social media, and hopes that this will clear up any misinformation.

Nicola and Paul both mostly work from home which is why he was at home that day and the house has CCTV.

They both do this walk regularly and Paul is very well known in the community and very well recognised.

The dog, Willow, never has her harness on for a chunk of that walk, it's removed at the gate of the top field and then put back on at the gate when they

They very rarely take the ball out for walks with Willow and haven't done for a while because she is protective over the ball.

Nicola would often put her phone on loudspeaker when talking.

The dog was found very close to both the bench and the harness. The harness was found on the floor not on the bench.

Nicola is an incredibly strong swimmer.

She drove to the school to drop her two daughters off and then left her car there and walked to the river.

The dog was dry when found.

The dog has since been back.

There's CCTV at the back of the caravan park. The only camera that isn't working is the one that would have seen everything.

I thought that they said the ball was missing so presumed they had looked for it at home.

Callistemon21

I wondered if she'd thrown the ball for the dog while she was on the bench using the phone and it went down the bank, the dog wouldn't fetch it so she just dropped the phone and went to get the ball.

From all accounts she sounds like a lovely person, a devoted mother and I do hope the family get some answers soon.

But, (and I'm getting this from my DD on Facebook), a friend has said the family rarely takes the ball on walks now because the dog has become very very protective over its ball.

But she was looking at her phone because she was listening to a meeting at work. Had to react suddenly to something and put the phone on the bench. Had she been abducted the dog would have followed her. I don’t understand why the dogs harness was lying on the ground.

I wondered if she'd thrown the ball for the dog while she was on the bench using the phone and it went down the bank, the dog wouldn't fetch it so she just dropped the phone and went to get the ball.

From all accounts she sounds like a lovely person, a devoted mother and I do hope the family get some answers soon.

I’m sure others have thought or said this, but other than jumping into the river after her dog, surely she would have had her mobile on her - so falling into the river sounds unlikely to me. Unless of course there are clear signs of someone slipping down a bank.
I’m still more sceptical, and indeed pessimistic.