After one sheep in Turkey randomly decided to jump off a cliff to its death, 1500 others followed!
In 2005, Turkish shepherds had left their herd to graze while they had breakfast. Then, one sheep decided to jump off a cliff, to it's death. As sheep are natural followers, 1,500 others followed, each blindly leaping off the cliff.
However, only 450 animals died because the ones who jumped off later fell atop the fluffy cushions that were the dead sheep. While it may be easy to laugh at this and dismiss it as “baaaaad” luck, the truth is that it was a huge economical blow the shepherds. The estimated loss to the families topped $100,000, a significant portion in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700. .