[Sandwich]

I've a friend here from Kenya, who told me a very interesting story the other day...

He says that there's a hill that he's been to, in Kenya, where cars roll uphill on their own accord. Water, too. He gave me the name of the place, which I'd forgotten, but a simple search for "kenya gravity uphill" put me back on track.

Kituluni hill is the place, and - along with Menengai crater - is considered one of the most unusual places on this planet (1, 2). I would disregard this as pure legend were it not for this person's testimony; he was there and saw their car roll uphill while the engine was turned off.

Apparently, there's never been any serious scientific study of these places, which I find just as bizarre as the reports about these mysterious happenings in the first place.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Sounds like the perfect place to drive a Rolls Canardly.
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[BlackDove]

Something to do with the magentic imbalance regarding the Earth's poles in that specific place?

[achtung]

Or maybe some poor African villages want some tourism.

[BlackDove]

You're right, that's more likely.

[MatthewPapa]

ahhh, antigravity

[Galemp]

Now this is very strange indeed. I've heard about these places, but haven't paid much attention to them; needless to say I'm skeptical, particularly as there's no scientific studies performed of the phenomena. The oddest thing is that there's nothing on either Snopes or Google Answers (two authorities on common rumor and lore) that address them. Does anyone else have anywhere that might have verification or explanations?

[Flipside]

Theres one near where I live, you can park your car, release the handbrake and you would swear you are going uphill, apparently it is some kind of optical/sensory illusion caused by certain slopes.

http://www.newscientist.com/backpage.ns?id=lw118

[mikhael]

There's a cabin built on the side of a mountain here in North Carolina. Because of the slop of the land, and the way the cabin is built, objects appear to lean off center, balls roll uphill, etc.

I'm thoroughly skeptical. I bet a laser level will show the water is flowing downhill quite clearly.

[Rictor]

EsChEr3D!!

[Mongoose]

Originally posted by mikhael
I'm thoroughly skeptical. I bet a laser level will show the water is flowing downhill quite clearly.

Yeah, tell me about it.  That first article goes on and on about people performing experiments with water, cars, etc., yet no one thought to use even a simple bubble level?

[Sandwich]

I'll have to ask my friend if he's been to this location at night.

[karajorma]

It's an optical illusion. Spook Hill in America is probably the most famous.

[Black Wolf]

Western Australia
Forrestfield: Holmes Road, halfway between Whistlepipe Gully and Crempet Creek, locally known as "Gravity Hill"

Sweet. Must go try this out

[Mongoose]

Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: a quarter mile from the Mount Gilead African Methodist Episcopal Church

Wow...that's not more than ten minutes from my house.  I've never heard of it before; I'll have to check it out next time I'm home.

[karajorma]

You do have to wonder what is wrong with Pennsylvania to have 4 of the buggers though

Although California is even worse

[Kazan]

optical illusions strike again

[karajorma]

If you look at the spook hill site you have to admit it's a good one though