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In one of today's newspapers there was an article about a bridge in Dumbarton called Overtoun Bridge.  Apparently this bridge is a hot spot for dogs committing suicide.  Over the last year, six dogs have jumped from the bridge without reason. This has been happening for many years now.

I can't find the actual article I read, but this is something along the same lines written in January this year.

http://www.sundayherald.com/53436

There is also something about it on wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtoun_Bridge


I don't believe in all this psychic nonsense and believe there must be a reason for this happening. They probably pick up a scent and follow it without realising there is a 40ft drop below.

:dontask:

Not quite sure what to say tbh.

Is there anyone on here that has been to the bridge or know the area? 

How extraordinary.

sorry, but this bit made me giggle:

Joyce Stuart, a leading canine behaviourist, said: “I have never heard of a dog committing suicide and I don’t think for one minute they go along the bridge and suddenly think ‘I can’t go on’ and jump.”

What a bizarre story though, a proper mystery to be solved.

Did it happen around the time Lassie got cancelled?

I'm sorry, but that's cracked me up. The dog that thinks "I can't go on, it's all too much for me"......!

I am all for preserving antique architecture, but if I had my way they would put railings all the way along the bridge to prevent any more accidents.  They would if it was people jumping off.  As far as I know they can't do it because the bridge is protected under Scottish heritage or something like that .


The guy in today's article said he bent down on his hands and knees to get a view from a dogs level. He said the edge of the bridge looks almost level with the tree line and because of this the dogs may not have been able to see that there was a drop below

I really think dog owners should follow the very sensible advice in the article - keep your dog on a lead when you're crossing that bridge.

Maybe it was the owners that were going to commit suicide, and the dogs with their remarkable esp decided to show their owners how dangerous jumping from a 40ft bridge could be, compelling the owners to instead get drunk and go to work the next day and punch their boss in the head.

My dog actually fell off a bridge about a week after we got him.  We were out a walk in Ayr and he slipped his lead, now he doesn't need a leash, but back then we were still getting used to each other. He ran towards the bridge and jumped up on the side of it. My other dog was abit annoyed about this newcomer coming into the pack and he ran over towards him a tried to jump up and in the process knocked him over the edge.  My heart almost stopped when I saw him disappear over the edge as I knew there was a big drop. I had to ask an old guy to hold my other dog while I lowered myself down to get him. He was  a lucky boy and apart from a cut eye there was no damage.  I am still not sure if my other dog planned to get rid of him by pushing him off the bridge or it was just an accident.  After extensive interviewing, my dog never owned up to attempted murder

Better to have charged him with Dogslaughter.

Woof justice?

 ::)

Oh yeah ..... i bet that was laughed out of court :D

There was another article recently where they reckon it was down to a mink colony just below the bridge - mink have a strong scent & the dogs were smelling it & jumping over the wall to try and find where the scent was coming from, only to get a big shock & a long drop.

Damn yank mink - come over here, eat our water voles, kill our dogs...... ;tk; ;)

yep. there is always a reasonable explanation to these sort of things

Its the bridge of the Devil!!!!

http://www.overtounhouse.com/images/tlinebridgeb_tn.jpg

Scary looking bridge though.

Channel 5 on Wednesday.  There is a show about this on

Never stops me posting either.  :D

channel 5 tonight at 8pm

Cool,  I may watch this

i think there will be some rational explanation. whens the tv proramme on?

try looking 2 posts up mad            ;) 

lol, dont know how i missed that :blonde:

There is a TV show on next week about carrier pigeons, apparently they are psychic.  If you believe in all that stuff.  I don't

this looks interesting.. would like to have seen it but am out at footie tonight!

I always had a suspision you were related to Yoda

spend some of your winnings on a video ya tight git

lol,  he is far taller and more attractive than I am.  He was always the popular member of the family and went into movies. 

I'm taping this to watch later - should be interesting.

I'm not going to watch the one about psychic pidgeons though.

Parts of it are very sad.  It must be terrible for that to happen when out a walk.  My dogs also know when I am coming home as I am sure most other peoples dogs do as well

My dog has no idea when you're coming home.

yes...   :D


There is absolutely no way that I would let my dogs off the leash on that bridge, I hope those camera shots of the spaniel were from another bridge


There are currently 53 guests viewing this topic.  Isn't that a very strange number of people to be viewing a boring Sark topic like a bridge.  I am going to use this as a chat up line next time I am out at a club  " Hi,  what is your opinion on Overtoun Bridge? "   ( that's more guests than the EPT updates  :D )

wow - I guess this thread must come up pretty high when you google 'overtoun bridge' and a lot of people have done that after watching the programme.

 :hello: guests - come and join us.  poker is great fun!  :D

Do you think I would get anywhere if I started using it as a chat up line Claire?  :D  .  Bridges are fun

you never know.  Actually I just stuck it in google and this thread doesn't appear at all.  They must all be your followers Sark.

lol,   I owe them all money

not google - yahoo.  this thread is the first returned result - fame at last eh Sark?!

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=overtoun+bridge&fr=FP-tab-web-t340&ei=UTF-8&meta=vc%3D

lol,  my Family will be very proud of me now

It must be those Jedi Powers :)

My cousin got all the Jedi powers.  I was given the ability to chop vegetables very finely and play 'Everyday' on the guitar.  He shows off all the time by reading peoples minds, but I am able to cook good vegetable soup instead.  I got the better deal I think

I'm gonna have to bunk in and get some fame

stop looking without signing up, its a form of stealing.

you've scared em all off Bolt - only 1 guest here now  :D

 rotflmfao

I'm right though aint I?

Maybe they all went off to watch Timecop.

Not ALL of them, some of them probably went off to watch kindergarden cop, and a couple of them went off to watch the 10 minuite freeview on the adult channel

What are you doing with your trousers round your ankles watching those channels mummy said were naughty?

Not my fault, was gonna watch this panny DVD from the library, but some yardboy half inched it, all I got was the empty box.