The Dog Killing Bridge

The Dog Killing Bridge
Overtoun Bridge Milton, Dumbarton, Scotland

In my research, all the countless articles I've read, I've realized one thing: every house has a story and every bridge has a story. What I mean is that where there's a haunted house, there's a haunted bridge just around the corner. You either have the woman who is crying over a lost love (Emily's Bridge-Stowe, Vermont) or a bridge where there's at least one dog committing suicide every month since the 1960's...yes, you read correctly. It's no ordinary bridge, a bridge like Emily's Bridge is ordinary in the terms of spirits, but this canine hating bridge struck me odd.

I first read about it off of theinsidegeek.com (a website dedicated to anime, video game/movie reviews, your kids will love it) where they posted an article about the "10 Paranormal and Unexplained Mysteries That Will Leave You Guessing." Great article with ten interesting subjects, but the one that got me interested the most was this bridge that attracts dogs to take their own lives.

The bridge was built by John Campbell White who was better known as Lord Overtoun in 1895 and is right next to the very large Overtoun Mansion (2,000 acres large). Due to both the west side and east side being separated by a waterfall, they built this Victorian bridge to connect each side. The bridge stands 50 feet tall which would be great for the bungee jumping junkies, but it's more known for the depressing amount of dog deaths that have occurred at this bridge. As said before, dogs will climb the parapet wall and jump off the bridge. Of course, mistakes happen, but this bridge has claimed the lives of six-hundred dogs and has claimed only two human lives. What's even stranger is that the dogs who have survived the plunge have come back to try again.

What's even stranger is that all the dogs who have committed suicide have jumped off almost exactly the same spot. Why does this happen though? Some believe, such as the Celtics, that the Overtoun Bridge is a portal between the world of the living and the afterlife and sometimes they cross over. Another theory, which is more logical, is that there's these animals called minks that hang around the bridge. The dogs could sense them since they give away this musty smell, and when they jump onto the ledge, they don't realize the incredible fall they're going to take.

But the bridge has claimed two human lives on record as well. In 1994, a man threw his newborn child off the bridge claiming it was the anti-Christ. After feeling sorrow for the atrocious act of killing his own child, he killed himself on the same bridge. Some say it was the bridge that made him kill his child and himself, where there's others, such as myself, that think the man did it because anyone wouldn't be able to live with themselves after doing something like that. Whatever the case maybe, Overtoun Bridge has claimed more lives of dogs than any other bridge in the world. If you go to the bridge, make sure to have a leash.

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