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This story starts with James White, who bought a property called the Overtoun Farm in 1859. He built the Overtoun House three years later in 1862. When White died in 1884, his son, John Campbell White, inherited the house and its estate and started planning to extend the driveway of the house across a deep ravine in order to provide easier access. The bridge was completed in June of 1895. During the 1950s, locals started referring to the bridge as the "Bridge of Death" or the "Dog Suicide Bridge", as it was reported that dogs were leaping from the bridge into the ravine below. The mystery of why dogs become possessed to jump has never been solved, but many theories persist, ranging from the scientific to the supernatural…
Stay safe out there.
With love,
Saaniya and Maddie x
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtoun_Bridge
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/world/europe/scotland-overtoun-bridge-dog-suicide.html
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/overtoun-bridge-dog-suicide-553059.html
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/unexplained-phenomena/dog-suicide-bridge.htm
https://www.paintsquare.com/news/view/?22269
https://factschology.com/mmm-podcast-articles/overtoun-bridge-dumbarton-scotland
https://people.com/pets/dumbarton-scotland-dog-suicide-bridge-overtoun/
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This story starts with James White, who bought a property called the Overtoun Farm in 1859. He built the Overtoun House three years later in 1862. When White died in 1884, his son, John Campbell White, inherited the house and its estate and started planning to extend the driveway of the house across a deep ravine in order to provide easier access. The bridge was completed in June of 1895. During the 1950s, locals started referring to the bridge as the "Bridge of Death" or the "Dog Suicide Bridge", as it was reported that dogs were leaping from the bridge into the ravine below. The mystery of why dogs become possessed to jump has never been solved, but many theories persist, ranging from the scientific to the supernatural…
Stay safe out there.
With love,
Saaniya and Maddie x
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtoun_Bridge
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/world/europe/scotland-overtoun-bridge-dog-suicide.html
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/overtoun-bridge-dog-suicide-553059.html
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/unexplained-phenomena/dog-suicide-bridge.htm
https://www.paintsquare.com/news/view/?22269
https://factschology.com/mmm-podcast-articles/overtoun-bridge-dumbarton-scotland
https://people.com/pets/dumbarton-scotland-dog-suicide-bridge-overtoun/
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