The Overtoun Bridge is an arch bridge located near Milton, Dumbarton,
Scotland, which was built in 1859. It has become famous for the number
of unexplained instances in which dogs have, apparently, committed
suicide by leaping off it. The incidents were first recorded around the
1950′s or 1960′s, when it was noticed that dogs – usually the long-nosed
variety, like Collies – would suddenly and unexpectedly leap off the
bridge and fall fifty feet, to their deaths. In some cases, however,
the dogs would survive, recuperate, and then leap off the bridge again.
What makes this tragic mystery even more mysterious is that many of the
dogs that jump from Overton Bridge jump from the same side and from
almost the same spot: between the final two parapets on the right-hand
side of the bridge.
Some believe that the bridge is haunted. In 1994, a man threw his baby son off the bridge, claiming that it was the anti-Christ. Later, the man attempted suicide there as well. Was Overtoun Bridge responsible for this tragic event? Some believe that Overtoun Bridge is a “thin place”, where the barrier between the world of the living and the world of the dead meet, and sometimes cross over
Some believe that the bridge is haunted. In 1994, a man threw his baby son off the bridge, claiming that it was the anti-Christ. Later, the man attempted suicide there as well. Was Overtoun Bridge responsible for this tragic event? Some believe that Overtoun Bridge is a “thin place”, where the barrier between the world of the living and the world of the dead meet, and sometimes cross over
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