一座有暗物質的橋？

05-09

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A bridge that rests in Scotland that was

built in 1895, you might be asking why is there an article about a bridge on a

website designed around animals. this bridge has a dark mysterious history with

animals and the animal the history is around is the dog. You see this bridge is

where dogs commit suicide by jumping off the bridge which is 50 feet high.

Not much is known why the dogs are jumping

off the bridge but what is known is that since the 1950』s a dog has jumped off

the bridge once a year, always on the same side of the bridge, they always jump

on a clear day and the breed of dog is always one with a long nose.

Because of this, the bridge gained media

attention and was put under investigation of the government and sent an animal

habitat expert called Dr David Sexton to find what was causing the dogs to

commit suicide on this bridge.

Dr David Sexton investigated what would

attract the dogs after he eliminated what sights and sounds could attracted the

dogs, what was left was the smell. After Dr David Sexton investigated the area

he found that mice and minks living underground on the side of the bridge that

the dogs jumped from. After the mice and minks was found he set up an

experiment to see if the dogs would be attracted to the scent of the mice and

minks.

The experiment that he did was placing

scent of male mink urine in a field and using 10 dogs of different breeds that

match the dogs that jumped off the bridge, only 2 of the 10 dogs was not

interested in the scent of the mink』s urine. While this experiment showed that

the dogs was interested in the urine it』s not a definite answer but could be

one of the reason a dog would leap off a bridge.

However, a local hunter called John Joyce

who』s has lived in the area for over 50 years says that there is no mink in the

area.

While the bridge is famous of the dogs

killing them self』s there is another dark reason why the bridge has a history.

In October 1994, a man named Kevin Moy threw his 2-week-old son off the bridge

declaring that his son was the devil. Kevin jumped off the bridge as well but

survive and tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists.

中文翻譯

1895年，位於蘇格蘭建成了一座維多利亞式結構的橋樑，你可能會奇怪一個關於寫動物、環境類的專欄為啥會介紹一座橋。因為這是一座有著黑暗神秘歷史的橋，它與狗有著千絲萬縷的聯繫，這座橋能夠讓狗從50英尺高的橋面上跳下去自盡。

截止2009年10月31日，一共發生了600起寵物狗從該橋跳下「自殺」的離奇事件。

對於狗為什麼從橋上跳下去，我們知道得並不多，但是有點可以肯定的就是自從1950年開始，每年都會有一條狗從橋上跳下去，而且都是從同一側往下跳。這些狗也都有些共性：它們都有一個長鼻子，都會選擇一個風和日麗的日子實施自殺。

此事一出後，引來了無數媒體的關注，政府也參與了調查。他們指派了一名叫做David Sexton的動物生存環境領域環境方面的專家，來查明使狗在這座橋實施自殺的原因。

David Sexton博士從視覺、聲音等多維度來確認狗被吸引的真正因素，首先排出的就是視覺，因為以狗的視角出發，唯一能看到的就是花崗岩，接著對於聽覺進行辨別，在對橋上的聲音級別進行辨別後，並沒有發現與狗的死有關的線索，最後鎖定為「氣味」。在David Sexton博士到現場勘測後，發現老鼠和貂就住在橋下的一側，也就是狗選擇跳下去的一側。發現這一線索後，David Sexton博士打算利用老鼠和貂的氣味做個實驗，以此來確認狗是不是被這種氣味所吸引。

實驗過程如下：

博士在相應的一塊區域，選用了雄性水貂的尿液作為引子，比較了進行自殺的狗的特徵，選擇了10條狗。最後發現，只有其中的2條對雄性水貂的尿液這種氣味不感興趣，因此從這個實驗中就得出，尿液產生的氣味能夠吸引狗。當然，也不是絕對地得出尿液就是使狗自殺的原因，但至少也是原因之一。水貂擁有發達的肛腺，無論它們走到哪裡都會留下刺鼻的霉臭味，實驗證明，這對狗的吸引力特別大。這也能解釋為什麼離奇的死亡事故總是發生在陽光充足的乾燥天氣里，因為潮濕的空氣會沖淡水貂留下的氣味

就在當時，還有一名在當地生活了超過50年的的獵人叫作John Joyce，聲稱在那一區域根本就沒有貂。

從此，這座橋就以狗的自殺而聞名。當然，之後關於這座橋還發生了一件駭人聽聞的事件。1994年的10月，一個叫做Kevin Moy的男人講他2周大的兒子從橋上扔下，他聲稱自己的兒子為魔鬼，他自己也選擇從橋上跳下，但是最後並沒死。之後，他又不斷嘗試砍自己的手腕來進行自殺。

有興趣的話，不妨去橋上走走吧，搞不好還能挽救一條生命。