Players swear they see NPCs about to jump — but the 'suicide bridge' myth has a boring explanation.
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Players swear they see NPCs about to jump — but the 'suicide bridge' myth has a boring explanation.

While players report pedestrians standing motionless on Leaper's Bridge as if 'contemplating' suicide, this is just a pathing quirk; the supposed 'jump' can only be faked by scaring NPCs with gunfire, which is a physics bug, not designed behavior.

Verdict:Busted

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The classic view of Leaper's Bridge where players spot those 'contemplative' NPCs standing dead still — the origin of the whole suicide myth.
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The classic view of Leaper's Bridge where players spot those 'contemplative' NPCs standing dead still — the origin of the whole suicide myth.

Leaper's Bridge marked on the Liberty City map — ground zero for the pathing quirk that fooled the whole community.
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Leaper's Bridge marked on the Liberty City map — ground zero for the pathing quirk that fooled the whole community.

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