A dog walker who mysteriously went missing while out with her pet had previously described the path she took as 'spooky'.
Nicola Bulley, 45, vanished on Friday after last being seen at around 9:15am while walking along a footpath to a river in Lancashire, the Mirror reports.
A huge search has been launched as specialist search officers were seen trawling the river on a small boat. The family's brown cocker spaniel, Willow, was discovered running around off the lead alone an hour after the mother was last seen and a member of the public who recognised the dog phoned the police at 10:30am.
