Lemmings do not commit mass suicide. It’s a myth, but it’s remarkable how many people believe it. It’s a complete urban legend. It blew out of proportion based on a Disney documentary in the ’50s, and that brought it to the mainstream. In 1958 Walt Disney produced “White Wilderness,” part of the studio’s “True Life Adventure” series. “White Wilderness” featured a segment on lemmings, detailing their strange compulsion to commit mass suicide. According to a 1983 investigation by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer Brian Vallee, the lemming scenes were faked. The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers. … Continue reading Riley Woodford