Curtis Arnold, a barber, has been revealed as the TikToker who filmed police pulling Nicola Bulley body from the River Wyre with him them posting the video online
Mr. Arnold helped start a social media frenzy that sent people to St. Michael’s on Wyre looking for the mother of two.
Barber Curtis Arnold posts video of Nicola Bulley body being retrieved from River Wyre on Twitter and Reddit
His name is Chris Neill, not O'Neill (possibly of Maverick Photography ltd). I don't believe he took those pics. He's credited for pics of NB which he clearly did not take. Maybe he bought the rights to them. Curtis Arnold is the one who got it all on film https://t.co/Oult83UFvG
— BooksChatter (@bookschatters) February 27, 2023
A different bloke but filmed by him, Curtis Arnold. he has a second You Tube channel devoted to footage of cars getting stuck in rivers, and yeah created the Nicola Bulley You Tube account on 25.01.23.He managed to get through the Police cordon and filmed the body being recovered
— Jane🇬🇧 (@Bitch85334423) February 25, 2023
The 34-year-old posted video of police officers searching the water’s edge on several social media sites. Later, he admitted that the posts earned him close to £900 in royalties.
The TikTok account he used to talk about the Nicola Bulley case, which he called “different media,” has been taken down, but the videos are still on his other social media accounts. More than 13,000 people followed and liked his account, and 100,000 people liked it.
This bloke is a complete bellend.#CurtisArnold #CurtisMedia. Let's hope #NicolaBulley's family sue him. pic.twitter.com/oMfdhc49qd
— Tiny BigToe (@TinyBigtoe) February 26, 2023
When asked by The Sun, Mr. Arnold said he was the one who made the video. “Yes. How did you find me?” he asked, admitting that he had lied to the police and hidden in a field to film the content. Social media detectives like Mr. Arnold went to St. Michael’s on Wyre to look for Nicola Bulley as they tried to solve the case.
After the panic over Ms. Bulley’s disappearance, TikTok has warned users that they will be removed if they spread false information. During the search, the social media app was criticised for letting conspiracy theories about the case spread.
What is the case of Nicola Bulley?
Nicola Bulley, a 43-year-old mother of two, disappeared from her home in Thornton-Cleveleys, close to Blackpool, in November 2021. When her family got worried that she hadn’t come home, they called the police. Police started looking for her, and in December 2021, her body was found in the River Wyre.
The patrols did not matter, however. Only the Thought Police mattered
– George Orwell 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' pic.twitter.com/Lti7Unly2u
— Richard Cartwright (@Richard37247328) February 27, 2023
The case got a lot of attention on social media. And many people used TikTok and other sites to try to figure out what happened to Ms. Nicola Bulley. The police also asked for information through social media. For example, Lancashire Police tweeted updates and photos about the search.
When conspiracy theories started to spread on social media, the case took a darker turn. Some people said that Ms. Bulley didn’t really go missing and that the search operation was staged with actors. People said that TikTok should take more responsibility for the content that appears on its site. Because it let these theories get out there.
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