My friend was telling me about this hill...

[Mr Smiley]

She said if you stick your car into neutral and let your car go all the way down the hill, the car will slowly start to go back up it. She also said that if you put baby powder or some sort of power on the front, the car will have hand prints on it. She explains this by saying that there was a bus crash and a lot of kids were killed and that the hand prints are from the townspeople trying to push the car back up the hill.
Well this makes no sense to me. I think the car going back up the hill thing is from gravity or something. And the hand prints were probably handprits left over from people touching her car. What do you guys think?

 

[dighn]

What do you guys think?

shens

but the car going back up bit is actually fairly common. optical illusion

 

[loup garou]

Isn't this from Weird NJ?

 

[Amused]

There are a few of these in the US and it's an optical illusion. What looks like an incline is really a decline.

 

[Mrvile]

Have you tried it yourself?

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: Amused
There are a few of these in the US and it's an optical illusion. What looks like an incline is really a decline.

Edit: Like this? http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/roll-uphill.html

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: Amused
There are a few of these in the US and it's an optical illusion. What looks like an incline is really a decline.

Sounds cool. Any examples?

I don't remember where, I just remember reading the debunking of the myth.

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: dighn

What do you guys think?

shens

but the car going back up bit is actually fairly common. optical illusion

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: werk
Isn't this from Weird NJ?

We have a few in NJ, but "gravity roads" exist everywhere.

Even on Craggy Island

 

[Mr Smiley]

Its some hill in Georgia. Not sure where...

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: werk
Isn't this from Weird NJ?

We have a few in NJ, but "gravity roads" exist everywhere.

Even on Craggy Island

WTF. I'd like to see a picture of this type of terrain.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Mr Smiley
Its some hill in Georgia. Not sure where...

Again, there are many throughout the country. All are optical illusions.

 

[Amused]

Here is a listing of many, of the "gravity hills" in the US and other countries:

http://www.eureka4you.com/magnetichillworldwide/

Many listings have pics, although the illusion is one of relative inclines and declines, and is often lost in pictures.

 

[icejunkie]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: werk
Isn't this from Weird NJ?

We have a few in NJ, but "gravity roads" exist everywhere.

Even on Craggy Island

WTF. I'd like to see a picture of this type of terrain.

QFT

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: werk
Isn't this from Weird NJ?

We have a few in NJ, but "gravity roads" exist everywhere.

Even on Craggy Island

WTF. I'd like to see a picture of this type of terrain.

Some pics of well-known gravity roads in NJ

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: werk
Isn't this from Weird NJ?

We have a few in NJ, but "gravity roads" exist everywhere.

Even on Craggy Island

Weird NJ stories

 

[Sentinel]

there's a gravity hill in Kirtland, OH

 

[agentsmith101]

You live in GA? I know about it too.

 

[Fritzo]

If it's a haunted hill you can sell it on Ebay.