with all these illusions walking
standing and even sitting can be a
little tricky and often times confusing
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
places on earth where gravity doesn't
work
so where are we john i'm not quite sure
i think we've
moved to another dimension soon after he
started noticing
strange things like round objects
rolling uphill
is it real or is it an illusion well
don't take my word for it
next time you're by lake wales stop by
for this list
we're featuring locales all over the
globe where gravity either appears to or
actually does function differently than
is usual some places such as the stone
of davasco and argentina
have lost their battle with gravity so
we'll only be including
places that currently oppose gravity if
there's a gravity-defying place that
somehow didn't gravitate to our list
please tell us about it in the comments
number 10. electric bray scotland
there's a quarter mile stretch of road
here in south ayrshire scotland where
you'll see something that seems to defy
logic
the electric brey is a nickname given to
a quarter-mile stretch of road in south
ayrshire scotland
locals noticed that objects including
vehicles
seem to roll uphill instead of downhill
the driver stops
puts the car into neutral and it starts
to roll
up the hill back in the 1800s this was
attributed to the still newly discovered
phenomenon of electricity
or else magnets hence its name however
the real explanation is much less
attractive because of the way the road
curves an object that looks to be
rolling uphill is actually going
downhill
the whole landscape tilts this way and
the road tilts in the same direction
but by a smaller amount so the relative
slope appears to go this way that hasn't
stopped
tourists including us general and former
president eisenhower
from marveling at the apparent trick of
gravity number 9.
spook hill usa while it may be around 50
miles from disney world
this hill in lake wales florida is not
so much magical as it is supposedly
haunted
spook hill is another location where
objects appear to roll upwards instead
of downwards
strange the car is rolling backwards
uphill so i thought it was a little bit
strange
in this case its properties are
attributed in local legends to a ghost
the story goes that a native american
chief fought an alligator to the death
atop the hill
years later pioneers using horses to
haul goods from the army trail at the
top of the ridge here
noticed that the horses were struggling
at the bottom of the ridge in what
appeared to be a downhill direction
although they're unclear on the victor
one or both is said to pull things
against gravity on spookhill
unfortunately it's another case of
optical illusion although the story
is pretty entertaining is it real or is
it an illusion
well don't take my word for it next time
you're by lake wales
stop by number eight jaitile pagoda
myanmar on a rock atop mount chaitiyo in
myanmar
there sits another massive boulder that
has been painted gold
with a buddhist pagoda erected atop it
the boulder appears ready to fall off at
any moment
and despite numerous earthquakes in the
area it hasn't
oh and did we mention it's been in the
same place for 2
500 years according to legend the
boulder is held up by one of the
buddha's hairs
this legend makes the chaik tio pagoda
one of burma's most popular shrines
it's a natural wonder made sacred by
stories
superstition also holds that women would
be able to move it
since the boulder is said to resemble a
buddhist monk's head
and their forbidden contact with women
due to their vows
hence women are not allowed to touch the
boulder
number 7. cosmos mystery area usa
these should roll
first discovered in the early 1950s in
rapid city south dakota
the cosmos mystery area features several
cabins with odd properties within
people can appear to stand sideways on
walls or
shrink and grow depending on where they
stand or they can pour water that flows
uphill
and she's pushing the water and instead
of it going
down it's coming oh it's almost raining
on me over here instead
like most of our entries this mystery
area is the result of clever uses of
perspective
with the cabins constructed on a tilt in
this way
these phenomena trick our minds into
believing one thing is happening
when it's really something else entirely
it's a fun experience but not quite
physics-defying so it's not just a trick
with your eyes it's just
full body you can feel it it's i mean
same way in the cabin obviously you can
feel the gravity working on your body
and it's
it's just a crazy place number six st
ignis mystery spot
usa another tourist trap st ignis
mystery spot located in the michigan
town of the same name
has many of the same features that
similar mystery spots have
the oddly constructed cabins and
buildings distort perceptions to do
things like make tall people appear
shorter induce feelings of queasiness or
cause objects to move against the pull
of gravity
with all these illusions walking
standing and even sitting can be a
little
tricky and often times confusing still
the saint ignatius mystery spot has a
few things other mystery zones don't
in addition to the optical illusions
there's also a maze
mini golf and a zipline for those who
want to have fun without breaking their
brains
you have to be at least five years old
to ride it and
we've had people as old as 90 years old
to come up here in zip line which is
which is awesome number five moncton
magnetic hill
canada found in moncton new brunswick
and canada
the monkton magnetic hill is yet another
gravity hill we've already discussed
several of these gravity hills already
so you know the drill by now the hill
looks like it's an upslope but it's
really a downslope and our brains
misinterpret the visual information
but unlike some of the others residents
have monetized this particular
experience
some of the truck drivers would say i'd
swear there's a magnet in that hill
pulling us back
visitors can experience the sensation of
falling back uphill in their vehicles
for a charge of around six canadian
dollars during peak season
in the last few years it still has that
same draw
because people will say well i feel it i
feel it in my body you know my head's
feeling a little light you know i'm sure
there's something about this
and if that's not enough to draw in
tourists the nearby zoo and water park
surely will number four the hoover dam
usa the hoover dam is a marvel of
engineering
and a popular tourist destination in the
u.s with
so many people visiting the structure
many eventually discovered something
bizarre
water poured over the side didn't go
down instead
the water droplets floated upwards in
apparent
defiance of gravity as damn cool as it
is to see the liquid's flow reversed
it's actually being pulled by the
powerful updraft the dam creates
even though the wind may not be
noticeable it's still there
and shoots the water that would normally
fall to earth back up towards the sky
number 3. kinder downfall england
while we could have spoken about a
number of other unusual waterfalls
such as the inverted one in chile we
decided to speak about the kinder
downfall near hayfield in derbyshire
england
measuring 98 feet tall the kinder
downfall does flow normally
most of the time but under some wind
conditions
particularly powerful westward winds the
waterfall is pushed up
instead of down with spray that can be
seen far and wide
the kinder downfall is also known for
freezing over in winter
but thankfully the wind isn't strong
enough to send chunks of it back up
during that season
so where are we john i'm not quite sure
i think we've
moved to another dimension number two
the santa cruz mystery spot
usa there are a lot of mystery spots
all over america but one of the most
famous resides in santa cruz california
similar to many others the mystery spot
consists of a cabin built on a slant
whose dimensions and construction give
the impression that things move
uphill and that people can lean
impossibly far
forward without falling over the mystery
spot was discovered by george prather
after his cabin slid down a hill in the
1940s
soon after he started noticing strange
things like
round objects rolling uphill although
the proprietors suggest that this is the
result of a meteor falling on the spot
or
an electromagnetic field the mystery
spot is another example of the gravity
hill phenomenon of tricking the mind's
eye
but while that may solve the mystery
it's still worth experiencing for
yourself
before we get to our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
jeju island south korea mystery road
seems to roll objects uphill though it's
an illusion
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magnetic hill india are the cars rolling
uphill pulled by magnetic forces
nope it's another optical trick
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mount adagotz armenia lots of
gravitational anomalies abound in one
area of this mountain
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number one the hudson bay anomaly canada
while there are a number of notable
facts about the hudson bay
such as its unusually high freezing
point the most pertinent to our list
is the fact that its gravity doesn't
work like it should no really
things wade in the region weigh a tenth
of an ounce less than they would
elsewhere
that may not sound like much but with an
effect over such a wide area
it's still significant as it turns out
the gravitational deficiency is the
result of an enormous ice sheet that was
present over the area during the earth's
most recent ice age
the vast amount of ice pushed down the
rock beneath
lowering the mass and thus the gravity
of the hudson bay
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