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Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A very strange phenomenon occurs here here.


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Basically, this bridge is where many, many dogs have jumped off, including at least 50 to their deaths. Nobody can figure out why.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/scotland-600-dogs-mysteriously-jump-off-haunted-suicide-overtoun-bridge-1507827

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-411038/Why-dogs-leapt-deaths-Overtoun-Bridge.html

 

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/overtoun-bridge

 

And of course, it is rumored to be haunted. Seriously though, what could be a potential reason for this? Because I sure can't figure out why Not even animal psychologists can figure out why.

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It has something to do with scents....it seems odor is the true killer

 

Here's one theory from the DaiilyMail article

 

 

The mink's powerful anal glands leave marks wherever they go and the strong musty smell they emit is obviously proving irresistible to dogs.

It would also explain why the deaths have all occurred on sunny, dry days - relatively rare on the notoriously wet west coast - when the mink smell has not been diluted by the damp weather.

 

Furthermore, the theory fits with the timeline of the deaths - single minks were introduced to Scotland in the Twenties but only started to breed in large numbers in the Fifties - which is when the mysterious dog deaths began occurring.

 

However....

 

 

But there are 26,000 mink in Scotland. Why are dogs in pursuit of them only jumping to their death from this particular bridge?

 

Furthermore...

 

 

Why for example are all the deaths centred around the final two parapets on the right-handside?

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It must have something to do with the high-frequency sound waves caused by the bridge's unique structure. As the sound of minks and other wildlife haphazardly echo across the bridge, it confuses a canine's sense of hearing, causing it to falsely believe that whatever its chasing must be shortly off the bridge. 

 

So, why do the surviving dogs jump off again? At first, they have difficulty trusting their hearing, but as they slowly recover from the incident, they begin to remember that their hearing is reliable in most circumstances. By the time they come back to the bridge, they jump off again, only to be reunited with the slight "chance" of disappointment they learned of in the first incident.

 

Nah jk. I have no idea what's going on. :P 

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