Case file · Haunting
Lovers' Leap, St Elizabeth
A 500-metre cliff on Jamaica's south coast is named for two enslaved lovers, Mizzy and Tunkey, who are said to have leapt to their deaths rather than be separated by their owner.
1747 CE · 17.85, -77.65 · status: legend
The account
Local tradition says their bodies were never found, and that on moonlit nights the pair can be seen on the cliff top. A lighthouse now stands nearby. The date given in the tradition varies; the year shown is approximate.
The sceptical view
There is no contemporary record; the story is part of a worldwide family of 'lovers' leap' legends.