So is there a rational explanation for this? Maybe: A recent study by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SCPA) determined that a particularly potent type of urine from male minks in the area may be attracting the canines (and inspiring dogs to launch themselves into the air with reckless abandon).

"Rodent urine? ALRIGHT!!!! No time to take the stairs for this!"





The strong smell, combined with a lack of visibility for a creature of a dog's size, may be overtaking their senses to the point that the dogs don't realize they are jumping off of a bridge...which completely doesn't explain the repeat jumpers or why the jumps all seems to be happening on one side of the bridge and in one small area









Is there a paranormal/irrational explanation?





This is ramblingbeachcat.com, so of course the answer to that question is an emphatic 'YES.'





In Celtic mythology, Overtoun is known as the " thin place ," an area in which heaven and earth are supposedly very close. While that by itself doesn't mean very much, it does when you consider this:





In 1994, Kevin Moy threw his two week old son over the Overtoun Bridge to his death. He then attempted to jump over himself, but was pulled back by his screaming and hysterical wife. He then attempted to kill himself once again with a kitchen knife.





Moy had suffered from depression for years before this incident, but had never shown any signs that he was delusional or that he would harm others.





When Moy was taken into custody, he claimed that the murder of his son and his own attempted suicide was an attempt to save the world: According to Moy, he was the anti-Christ and his son was actually Satan himself.









To be fair, anyone that has changed a dirty diaper has at least considered the possibility that their child harbors unspeakable evils.





Moy was deemed by a jury of his peers to be absolutely crazy, found not guilty, and sent to a maximum security psychiatric hospital.





Since this type of homicidal craziness can apparently be cured and/or forgiven, Kevin Moy was released in 1999



