The Mystery of Overton Bridge Dog Suicides

On a clear afternoon in 1955, a collie named Bonnie leapt from the exact same spot on Overton Bridge where, over the next seventy years, more than fifty dogs would follow. Owners described their pets as calm one moment-then sprinting towards the low stone wall without so much as a bark. Locals began to whisper that Overton Bridge itself called to the animals, because it only ever happened between the two last parapets on the right-hand side. Some scientists blamed the scent of mink below, but then a dog on a leash tried to jump too, straining so hard her collar broke. The last owner to see it happen said her dog stopped, stared into the air, and then disappeared over the edge, landing thirteen meters onto jagged rock-the exact spot every single time.