The Haunted Overtuon Bridge Holds The Most Number Of Dogs Jumping To Their Deaths

There is a bridge in Scotland that holds the most number of dogs jumping to their deaths. The Overtuon Bridge is believed to be a location where the world of the living and the world of the dead exist very close to one another.

Overtuon Bridge is located in near Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was designed by civil engineer H. E. Milner and was completed in 1895. The area is said to be haunted, with numerous tragic deaths taking place every year, though most of them are not human but dogs

The Overtuon Bridge was first labeled as haunted when, in 1994, Kevin Moy hurled his son off the bridge, with the claims that he was the Devil. According to the Paranormal Guide, the baby had just been brought home from the hospital when they decided to have their first-day outing together as a family. Moy claimed that he was the Antichrist, that his son was Satan, and they would spread a disease around the world if they were not stopped. Mental illness played a great part in this tragedy as Moy had been struggling with depression. Others though believed it was the Overtuon Bridge, hovered by evil spirits, and the land that made him do it.

It was reported that as many as one dogs per month had been jumping off the Overtuon Bridge for the last 50 strange years. The dogs mainly jump from the same spot, on the right-hand side of the bridge, between the final two parapets. Atlas Obscura notes that not only have they been plummeting to their deaths from the Overtuon Bridge, many have watched the dogs actually climbing the parapet wall before making the jump. Even stranger are the reports of dogs surviving their encounter with death, only to return to the bridge for a second attempt.

One investigation found that the dogs who jumped in the Overtuon Bridge may not be doing it on purpose, but are enticed by the scent of mice and mink urine. The dogs, picking up the scent, charge off after it but cannot see the lethal fall until it is too late. However, even the man responsible for this study says the reasons for the phenomena are still open.