The disappearance of Nicola Bulley
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I've done stuff like this quite a few times, it's called "multitasking". If I've got a call scheduled where I don't need to make any contribution, and don't really need to pay much attention (you'd be surprised how many of these there are), then it makes sense to do something useful with that time, be it having breakfast, washing up, walking the kids to school, walking the dog etc. The fact she was muted during the meeting would make sense if this were the case
OK, I hadn't realised this was now what is considered working these days
But that's coming from someone who refuses to even engage in text messages 90% of the time. If people want me I expect to hear a voice on the line <LOL>
Absolutely.
The human brain loves to try and spot patterns in everything, so it really amazes me that some people are willing to ignore the most obvious and likely "pattern" in favour of trying to find (and maintain the idea of) other patterns, no matter how ephemeral or vague they may be.
Occam's Razor must be blunt.
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Reading up on this, my guess is that the police are assuming she was paying too much attention to the phone and walked in to the river.
The people on the conference call did not hear any screaming or anything. You would expect screaming or at least some loud noises if she was attacked. If she was attacked it's possible the phone was deliberately thrown in to the river, but it doesn't explain the lack of screaming or loud noises.
As this time of year the temperature of the water is a profound shock to the human body. Normal people do not make a noise when they suffer such a huge shock and subsequently drown. They are focussed, they are not screaming and they have a matter of minutes before the body shuts down. She would be dead in minutes. The body may never be found.
If it was an abduction or attack you would expect some signs of a scuffle, some items to be dropped on the river band - there was nothing.
The only really odd thing was that the dog was dry. You would have expected the dog to jump in the river.
On balance, though, I think the police are "probably" right.
The people on the conference call did not hear any screaming or anything. You would expect screaming or at least some loud noises if she was attacked. If she was attacked it's possible the phone was deliberately thrown in to the river, but it doesn't explain the lack of screaming or loud noises.
As this time of year the temperature of the water is a profound shock to the human body. Normal people do not make a noise when they suffer such a huge shock and subsequently drown. They are focussed, they are not screaming and they have a matter of minutes before the body shuts down. She would be dead in minutes. The body may never be found.
If it was an abduction or attack you would expect some signs of a scuffle, some items to be dropped on the river band - there was nothing.
The only really odd thing was that the dog was dry. You would have expected the dog to jump in the river.
On balance, though, I think the police are "probably" right.
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You need to do some more reading
The phone was left on the bench, the conference call was muted without video. dog was bone dry and its harness and lead were removed.
I am starting to get the feeling this may be one of those cases, where your sat in your conservatory 20 years from now, having your morning coffee and the news comes on, talking about how a body had been found in some random location unrelated to anything else and the DNA is a match.
The phone was left on the bench, the conference call was muted without video. dog was bone dry and its harness and lead were removed.
I am starting to get the feeling this may be one of those cases, where your sat in your conservatory 20 years from now, having your morning coffee and the news comes on, talking about how a body had been found in some random location unrelated to anything else and the DNA is a match.
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You need to do some more reading
The phone was left on the bench, the conference call was muted without video. dog was bone dry and its harness and lead were removed.
Are you sure about that? I read a different version. The call was not on mute, it was just not on speaker and the phone was found by divers at the bottom of the river.
The dog was dry, though.
I don't quite get the significance of the lead being removed.
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Nope, I have found another version that supports what you said. I am not sure which is correct but you are probably more up to date on this than I am, so I will accept your story of events.
In that case, it is very difficult to explain why the police would suppose she fell in the river.
In that case, it is very difficult to explain why the police would suppose she fell in the river.
The fact that there are different versions of events going around rather proves what I said in my earlier reply. All the information made publicly available is on the Lancs Police website and in the briefing given on Friday including what has been found and where. Meanwhile the OP is ignoring all that and going straight to GB News for some confirmation bias.
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I “don’t believe” “rumours” “I think”
IF this guy is who he says he is, he sounds like a disgrace to the profession. He admits he doesn’t know any of the details then just states conclusions like fact.
He is just trying to advertise his business (we are best in the world - freebie to attract more clients on the back of a dead woman!) that is some morally questionable TV appearance.
Again listen to it (did you listen to it before you posted?)
Have they actually dismissed every other theory, or are they just saying that is the most likely explanation given the lack of any evidence to the contrary?
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Has anyone noticed that all weird stuff tends to happen in Lancashire?
surprising you'd use wellington boots on a regular walk .. they have negligible traction/uncomfortable ... were there any boggy sections on the walk/postholing.
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Incidentally, what would you do? It's very well known that the police focus on the last person they know to have had contact with a missing person. If you were the last person to see her alive, would you contact the police?
What this highlights for me is the sheer numbers of people willing to believe a big conspiracy about everything and be sucked in by the media whipping a story about police incompetence all the time.Tbh, rereading the OP and subsequent posts, this whole thread seems like an excuse for the poster to **** on the police rather than any interest in the story itself
Wellies or top of the range hiking boots, it is still possible to slip, trip or fall while wearing them.
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Oh, I see his point. It is a really slow river.
I do disagree with his comment about screaming. If someone goes in water and starts drowning, they often don't make any noise.
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Have done so many times.
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You need to do some more reading
The phone was left on the bench, the conference call was muted without video. dog was bone dry and its harness and lead were removed.
I am starting to get the feeling this may be one of those cases, where your sat in your conservatory 20 years from now, having your morning coffee and the news comes on, talking about how a body had been found in some random location unrelated to anything else and the DNA is a match.
That was my thought and I instantly thought about that teenage kid who just got on a train and disappeared.