Zelfmoordbrug for dogs: riddle for Scots, the big scare of owners

Animals Overtoun bridge in scotland Dumbarton, there is one where your four-legged friend, but better at the line. The 19th-century bridge is known worldwide as the ‘zelfmoordbrug’ after 300 to 600 dogs suddenly down jumps, fifty survived that jump.

The Scottish Overtoun Bridge was built halfway through the nineteenth century and stands in connection with the eponymous country house Overtoun House. Not so much the castle, but the bridge enjoy international fame. the

According to residents, jumps about 300 dogs down, the local media, that number doubles. The 50-odd dogs it died. And it breaks the head about the cause. Why jump dogs with z’n all of those ‘zelfmoordbrug’?

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Elves, monsters and trolls: you can not think or it is told in Scottish myths. And that myths are to be believed. At Overtoun House – of course – also a ghost story.

The “White Lady” of Overtoun is the widow of John White, baron and former owner of the castle, Overtoun House. The man died at the age of 65 - not crazy early for that time - but his wife was much younger and lived for another thirty years, all alone with her grief. “Since then, she has to stay here for the ghosts,” said Paul Owens, a Scottish a religion teacher. And, apparently, creates the “White Lady" fun in dogs of the bridge jump.

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