Why are dogs jumping off this bridge?

This is Overtoun Bridge in Dumbarton, Scotland. As far as one can see, it looks pretty standard doesn't it? Far from it.

The strange thing about this bridge is the large number of dogs that have committed suicide here. I am not joking. This is where local dogs come to end it all by leaping inexplicably from the bridge to their deaths.

Studies estimate that since the 1960's over five-hundred dogs have died here.

The majority of the dogs leaping from this bridge have been long-nosed breeds. Stranger still, there are reports of dogs that manage to survive the jump only to return to the bridge and jump again. Insane!

The current explanation for this is apparently a nest of minks (weasel-type creature) residing underneath the stone bridge; studies on the odours given off by the animals have shown strong reaction in the typical breeds doing the jumping.

Still, totally mest.






Wksc.