Anti Gravity Hills??
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Have you heard of some hills in the world where vehicles, barrels and even water would go uphill instead of downhill, defying gravity?!
Apparently some of them have been exposed as downslopes with optical illusions... -
"There are dozens of mystery spots to be found around the U.S., and many more gravity hills - places where gravity itself seems to be warped. Our perceptions of up, down, straight and crooked are confused by what some say are powerful gravitational anomalies and dizzying magnetic vortexes. Is that the case, or are our senses being fooled by clever man-made and natural optical illusions?
Here are just some of the more well-known locations:
The Mystery Spot - Santa Cruz, Ca.
Discovered in the 1940s, this site on Branciforte Drive in Santa Cruz just might be the most well-known "mystery spot" in the U.S. Tour guides walk visitors through the "Mystery Shack" that stands on this spot and demonstrate the many weird effects that seem to take place there. Balls roll uphill, brooms stand on end at odd angles, people's heights seem to change as they walk about, among other weird effects of perspective and gravity. Even the trees in the area do not stand straight. Some visitors actually feel faint within the shack.
Spook Hill - Lake Wales, Fl.
Located between Orlando and Tampa, this stretch of road off Hwy. 27 is said to have gravity-defying effects on cars. The phenomenon on the sloping road is so well known that there is a sign on the roadside explaining its legend:
"Many years ago, an Indian village on Lake Wales was plagued by raids of a huge gator. The chief, a great warrior, killed the gator in a battle... The chief war buried on the north side. Pioneer mail riders first discovered their horses laboring down hill, thus naming it 'Spook Hill.' When the road was paved, cars coasted uphill. Is this the gator seeking revenge, or the chief still trying to protect his land."
The story is local folklore, obviously, but drivers do attest that when they stop their cars at a certain spot and shift their transmissions into neutral, the cars do seem to roll up the incline of the road.
The Oregon Vortex - Gold Hill, Or.
Some kind of magnetic vortex - a spherical field of force, half above the ground and half below - is said to be responsible for the peculiar effects experienced at this site's House of Mystery. Those who visit the spot, it is claimed, cannot stand erect anywhere within the vortex, but are always inclined toward magnetic north. Distortions in perceived perspective are also affected, giving the impression, in some spots, that as a person approaches you he or she becomes shorter. There are other weird effects as well.
Gravity Hill - Bedford County, Pa.
It's a place where gravity goes haywire, says one article about this hill near New Paris, Pa. A "GH" spray-painted on the road tells you when you've found the spot where you can stop your car, shift it into neutral, then sit in amazement as it seems to slowly begin to roll uphill. If you're still in doubt, you can do as other experimenters have done and pour water on the road - and watch as it flows uphill." -
i was on yahoo chat before and this guy told me that there is such a place and it really has no gravity... but only that spot..
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"What's the Explanation?
Is something paranormal taking place at all these mystery spots and gravity hills? Are there strange magnetic vortexes and bizarre gravity anomalies to account for the apparent phenomena reported by hundreds and hundreds of visitors? Or are these simply optical illusions?
Although it is well known that gravity is not uniform everywhere on Earth, there are no known areas where it has been scientifically proven that gravity does not act the way it is supposed to act. Of course this does not prove that such areas can exist or do exist, but the mystery spot attractions around the country and the hundreds of "gravity hills" are probably not among them.
As fun, entertaining, even baffling as these spots can be, it's unlikely that the cause is paranormal in any way - no vortexes, gravity anomalies or even ghost children.
As made clear at "Mystery Spots Explained," they are "cleverly engineered tourist attractions" designed to create convincing optical illusions. The "mystery houses," always constructed on steep inclines, take advantage of the fact that the human eye and brain can be easily fooled by deliberate distortions in perspective and odd angles. In this way, people can appear to always be standing at impossible angles, even on walls; balls and water only seem to move uphill; and pendulums just look as though they don't work quite right.
Similar illusions are at work on the so-called "gravity hills." Cars and tennis balls that look as though they are rolling uphill are actually being pulled downhill by gravity. Optical illusions created by the lay of the land and surrounding landscape fool the eye into thinking that the laws of physics are being defied." -
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i should be the head skeptic
"magnetic hills" explained:
http://www.sandlotscience.com/MysterySpots/MysterySpots.htm -
Sadly most of the anti-gravity spots are just optical illusions...
It would be a wonder if there was really a hill that defied gravity
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don't think so...
gravity is a vector... which means that at a certain point, there should be no gravity at all.. and there needs to be a source..
anything on Planet Earth other than Planet Earth itself being the source of gravity would tear the surrounding apart... because if i remember correctly, gravity is directly proportional to the mass or something like that..Originally posted by PaJeRoMiNi Ver 1.0:Sadly most of the anti-gravity spots are just optical illusions...
It would be a wonder if there was really a hill that defied gravity -
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how real are these? -
What are you referring to brother?Originally posted by Parka: how real are these? -
very real.. but alas, a trick played by angles..
read the URL in my other post.. it explains everything
Originally posted by Parka: how real are these? -
very real.. but alas, a trick played by angles..
read the URL in my other post.. it explains everythingOriginally posted by Parka: how real are these? -
veryOriginally posted by Parka: how real are these? -
When there's zero gravity, things float.
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wont tt b wonderful? chiong sua wud be a breeze if all hills r like tt!Originally posted by PaJeRoMiNi Ver 1.0:Sadly most of the anti-gravity spots are just optical illusions...
It would be a wonder if there was really a hill that defied gravity -
No, I've been to one of these areas in Korea before. At first I was puzzled on how it works, but after a while, and a lot of observation, I realized that it was actually an optical illusion caused by the surroundings which made up, appear to be down. As a matter of fact, if you stay there long enough and concentrate on getting your bearings, you'll gradually realize that your sense of balance "shifts" from uphill to downhill after your brain adapts to the incoming visual stumi, which is that actual inclination of the slope.