(Disclaimer:
Sensitive subject matter, could be triggering for some, could be seen as a Psyop
by others!)
It was a
cold January morning… this is how the story goes… but let’s not repeat
overly used tropes and intros, they do no justice.
There’s scarcely a person in Britain that’s not heard of the
strange case of Nicola Bulley, a young, fit, white middle-class mother of two,
with loving partner, nice home, good job, who seemingly had everything to live
for. She had disappeared. Not a soul had seen hide nor hair of her since the
morning of Friday, January 27th. Then, 23 days later, she turned up dead on a countryside
riverbank, unseen for weeks, apparently bobbing and floating in the murky cold-water
reeds.
Why is it a strange case you ask, don’t thousands of people
go missing everyday everywhere? That’s true, and statistically 170,000 people
are reported missing annually in the UK. Some are found, some remain a mystery.
The Nicola Bulley case would’ve been no exception, if it
wasn’t for the media furore and international attention that her disappearance
garnered, along with that inevitable social media frenzy. You know, when everyone,
and their mother, becomes transfixed with solving a seemingly ‘odd’ missing
persons case. Where people trade insults and make nasty crude videos, or claim
they know a friend of a friend of the family, who saw such-and-such at the Pub
last night. The Youtubers, the Tik Tokers, the Twitterers, the Insta-blaggers.
We all know them, some of us ARE them.
Where could she have gone screamed the hordes, even her
partner and close family stated in media interviews: ‘People don’t just disappear
into thin air… someone knows something!’
Obviously, someone does know. People taking their children
to school and walking the dog along their usual greenspace don’t just happen to
fall into rivers and drown without cause. Then again, maybe people throw themselves
into bodies of water to purposely put an end to their lives, but who would
choose a water depth of only a couple of meters, no guarantee your goal would
be reached. Better to jump off a high-rise, or poison yourself, the chances of
success greatly increase.
My personal fascination with the case falls in line with my
interest in true crime, or rather, trying to solve the unsolvable. I have an
urge to delve into the mysteries of the world thinking I can find a solution
where others fail. A bit vein I know, but who doesn’t love a good ‘Who Done It’,
and bragging rights on ‘I told You So!’
Let’s get serious now. This case continues to cause a buzz
on social media due to the ‘Mainstream media’s’ explosive coverage, and the Police’s
seemingly inept handling of the case. A story quickly picked up on by international
news outlets and high-readership newspapers, seeing the British public’s interest
skyrocketing in this digital age, where information moves like lightening, and
TV news anchors are left flailing in the backdraft.
Police and public undertook extensive searches of the area Nicola
went missing. Experts were brought in but found nothing. Then suddenly her body
is found in an area gone over by many. The question of ‘Why wasn’t she found?’
became the mantra for those who felt something was not ‘quite right’ with the
case.
There’s been 24-hour coverage, which on the surface is no
different than your average missing persons mystery, but it’s helped cement
this case, turning it into one for the history books. As it speeds along,
becoming as bizarre as the public’s imagination can devise, everyone is asking,
‘What happened to Nicola Bulley?’ It’s March now, and there is no clear answer,
yet.
I’ve covered a few of these strange cases on this blog over
the years, from a synchromystic point of view. The world has moved on a lot,
and public perception of ‘highly strange’ incidents has evolved. People have
become more sophisticated in trying to understand things that don’t make sense.
Synchronicity plays its part, so does conspiracy.
The elements of ‘high strangeness’ in the Nicola Bulley Case are listed below. I won’t delve in detail as there is far too much to analyse. I leave that to others. A superficial Google search will garner all the info you might need to do your own ‘investigating’.
However, just looking at the
number of inconsistencies, strange coincidences, and down-right weirdness surrounding
this case, you have to wonder what is really going on here. The media frenzy
has quietened down, readying for the inquest in June. Was this a simple case of
a missing person, or a masterly crafted Psy-Op, manipulation of the masses for
money, Police corruption, or something else entirely …There are people saying
that Nicola Bulley was never at the location she disappeared from in the first
place… others are saying… she never existed at all?
Missing and last seen at Bench no. 23
No. of days missing, then found on the 23rd day.
The Online Psychic ‘Medium’ who stated he was in contact
with her and eventually located her.
(He could be seen as one of those Internet Ghouls, one of those
trolls that everyone hates on, right?)
‘The Body Language Panel’ experts exonerated the partner,
as did all professionals in the case BEFORE she was found!
Strange ‘Go Fund Me’ activity by the best friend.
(The page recently reactivated by the sister in favour of
the partner (by default, the children)
Images of Google Maps showing the wrong location of the
supposed ‘last place seen’.
The Home CCTV ‘images’ released were provided by the best
friend – images only - NOT video.
(Some commentators mentioning the likeness of the image to
the best friend, and NOT to Nicola e.g.
Facial, hair and clothing similarities between Nicola and
best friend in pics and videos).
Geolocation, mobile pings, and Fitbit data accessed by
Police, but ambiguously referred to only once in a press conference.
The Work Teams Data accessed by Police but not made
public except for an end-time.
The eyewitnesses remain unnamed, public kept guessing,
some witnesses did NOT come forward in the first few days, even though their
pictures from Police released CCTV, were on the front pages of the tabloids.
Timeline skewed… as Nicola’s belongings were found,
but not reported on for one hour and a half. This time has now been disputed as
Sky news ‘bumped into’ a witness who gave a differing timeline to events. (Said
witness turning out to be a relation to other witnesses in the case!)
No explanation for the Clothing worn at time of going
missing not being accurately reported in the media appeal for information.
The ‘Jan 10th Incident’, where Police and medical
personnel were called to the home of Nicola following an incident. Police
referred themselves to the Independent Commission for Police Conduct (ICPC) and
are now under investigation themselves, after their so-called ‘Welfare Check’ at
Nicola’s home on January 10th was mishandled.
(This led to questions about what Police already knew prior
to her disappearance.)
Media v Social Media backlash after Police reveal private medical information about Nicola to the press.
A reported witness coming forward to say they saw a
suspicious ‘Red Van’ in the area .
(A red car/van is then seen in the background (through a
window) of the ITV/Channel documentary presented by Dan Walker.)
The Channel 5 Documentary
Allegedly: The sister was an audience member at the BBC
Strictly Come Dancing TV show. She was there watching news presenter Dan Walker
participate. Nicolas’s ex-husband was also there, he is married to a TV actress
from a popular soap drama, taking part. Nichola’s ex-husband and sister all
know each other, photos showing them back-stage with ITV presenter Dan Walker.
(This story is pretty confused so forgive me for any
inaccuracy of ‘rumours circulating’ and thus being picked up online!)
ITV presenter Dan Walker is almost killed during a
bike ride on the following Sunday morning, the same morning Nicola is
discovered.
(News media run a story of Dan with blood on his face
sitting in a hospital bed)
The ’Hunted’ Reality TV show for Channel 4 was filmed at the
caravan site a few years earlier – being the last known location of
Nicola seen by witnesses.
(Reported on Twitter & YouTube in various places)
Nicola’s Partner businesses, their dealings with the
Aerospace industry, with engineering, with insurances and mortgages, their bankruptcies,
and the locations of their businesses being out of the area they live. They
worked from home (like many people) which gave them flexibility. Part of their
daily routine was apparently to take turns running the children to school in
the morning and picking them up later on.
It was reported that best friend Emma made online searches
and contacted True Crime YouTube influencers for help during the ‘search
period’!
The Pin Interest pics of girls – and subsequent
reports of hacking partner’s online sites, or vice -versa.
The Famous Diving expert – Social media push for him
to get involved for free and now vilify him for not finding Nichola, after
saying ‘If she’s in that River, I’ll find her. I can categorically say she was
not in that river!’
(The expert now dropped from crime professionals list by
Police and publicly disgraced. The expert’s book launch and subsequent meetings
with family – claiming he was not being told full history by them.)
Police not revealing then ultimately revealing too
much information about Nicola, forcing them to change the officers in charge,
twice, one detective being joked about due to her attire (tight fitting dress
and makeup).
Helicopters and drones – but NO road closures, or
sealing off, or cordoning off of the areas by Police. This allowed sightseers
and amateur sleuths to walk all over the ‘possible crime scene’! Tik Tokers
walking the route, searching, and digging.
Police continued to state that Nicola fell into the River
Wyre, but then changed their comments to say that they believed several
scenarios could have taken place. The family publicly stated that they had now disagreed
with this, although Police kept to their working hypothesis that she fell in
the river.
Sky News chief anchor Kay Burley walking the route, talking
to people, meeting witnesses and reporting live from the scene.
True crime gurus discover two previous missing persons
cases from the same location.
Not clear answer yet as to the drowning/suicide/or murder
angle – Police give no further press conference.
The Coroner to release full findings in June 2023, with
outcome of forensics and ‘further investigations’ taken after autopsy etc.
On 9th March, it was reported a man has been
arrested over footage shot from inside a police cordon (!) on the day the body
of Nicola Bulley was found in the River Wyre.
“The 34-year-old man from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, was
arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the
course of justice in connection with the investigation to find Ms Bulley. The
arrest relates to footage taken from inside a police cordon on 19 February and
later posted online.”
It was further reported that ‘the man from Kidderminster’
has been talking to witnesses, the sister of Nicola Bulley, and her friend
Emma. What will he discover whilst getting under the feet of detectives.
Someone was digging in the woods at the beginning of the case, in flagrant
violation of police pleas for people not to do so but applauded by the public
for being ‘proactive’. Was this the same person with a YouTube channel and huge
number of clocks, viewed thousands of times, or was it one of the True Crime
podcasters that descended on the area?
Today, 11th April, we hear the following from authorities, after weeks
of silence…
“Dr James Adeley, Senior Coroner for
Lancashire, has asked Lancashire Police to return to the water for
investigative work to help confirm her cause of death and what happened before
she was found in the reeds on February 20.
