TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up for another go. ( en.wikipedia.org )

shasta , 26 days ago

Is it not law to keep dogs leashed in these places?

Reddfugee42 , 27 days ago

Trying to get the haggis taste out of their mouth, or their owner plays bagpipes

Evil_Shrubbery , 27 days ago

At some point they have to realise they are just feeding dogs to that bridge.

Add some fiber, throw a cabbage down as well.

mozz Admin , 27 days ago

STOP TAKING DOGS ONTO THAT BRIDGE

What is wrong with you people, this problem is solvable

corsicanguppy , 27 days ago

A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month.

... is not a sentence, but merely a fragment.

MelonYellow , 27 days ago

Can't help but wonder if any dogs were actually thrown off the bridge by some sick person. Especially as the bridge gets more well known.

The idea of dogs staring at something unseen and then suddenly suiciding is freaky though. I could definitely see this being incorporated somehow into a horror story.

dingus , 27 days ago (edited 27 days ago)

Idk...reading the article it sounds fairly understandable. There are a lot of certain small animals in the area that dogs would like to chase. They run after the scent and get confused thinking that it's not a far drop or that the ledge is wider than it is. So it leads to a number of unfortunate accidents.

I think of it like this...have you ever gone down a set of stairs with an odd pattern to the carpeting making it difficult to see where the edge of the step is? There are all kids of perspective tricks and such our eyes can have difficulty with.

Edit: Plus some dogs are just stupid and will jump off of high things not realizing they will be injured on the way down. I love my mom's dog, but she is a moron and has jumped off of high places that could injure her. I have had to stop her from hurting herself on more than one occasion...and one time where I was afraid she was going to jump out of a second storey window from excitement. My brother's dog also has jumped off of a second storey balcony before. The dog was fine and was monitored by the vet hospital afterwards but yeah...some just aren't super bright either.

Umbrias , 27 days ago

Seems pretty solved as optical illusion and animal scents.