One of my science teachers in high school told us about this thing. I thought he was saying anything. Is this for real?

I wonder if it would do the same thing for bicycles.

that's a sweet ride

The 'slope' must be an optical illusion then? The road next to it adding to the effect more. When he rolls, he's actually going downhill then.

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OK Where are all the brainy fellas that usually hover over these kind of sifts? I did not offer an answer so much as asked a question

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OK Where are all the brainy fellas that usually hover over these kind of sifts? I did not offer an answer so much as asked a question


Okay, I'm not trying to claim to be brainy by replying now, but I'll certainly put my hand up to being cynical.

I agree the most likely scenario is, as you suggested, two downhill slopes with the lower one being steeper - causing an optical illusion.
I've watched it a couple of times trying to confirm this by looking at the angle the trees are growing at, but the camera guy has done a good job.

Throwing some other (less likely) options onto the table, just for chuckles:

It could be a driving instructor's car, with two sets of pedals, the set on the right-hand side of the car not filmed. However as the engine clearly appears to be stopped at one point I don't think this is the case.

There is also a chance they are simply using deception and the footage has been played backwards despite the disclaimers of no tampering.

It is possible to make a ball roll up a small incline, using only gravity, by making the track slightly narrower at one end - but I can't see this being the case here, as the car is not a sphere.

A quick Google check popped up with this:

http://www.weburbia.com/physics/roll-uphill.html
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~frizzell/gravhills.html

Apparently there are plenty of other places with the same illusion. Interesting stuff.

There's a hill by where I live in Boise, Idaho that has the same affect/effect. It's pretty eerie. Damn, I should have taken a leveler with me...

100% optical illusion, it happens all over the place.

Pause at 2:19 to see the angle of the trees showing you which way the road is slanting.. and remember batman and robin can be filmed climbing up a building by simple turning the camera 90 degrees and having them climb along the floor.

There's a hill in Anchorage, AK that has the same effect. Either the force of gravity is being modified in these places, or its an illusion of perspective. I'm casting my vote on the latter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_hill

No, it's certainly not a logical explanation like an optical illusion with two roads angled at a downward slope. It's undoubtedly the FSM exerting His Noodly Appendage. That road must be a sacred place. We should flock to it and sing his praises.

There is one of these in my hometown of Burlington Ontario... the illusion is completely convincing. I have to confess to using it more than once as a quirky and interesting thing to do as part of a date.

Its Jesus!

it's all optical illusion that deals with relative perspectives of your surroundings being misleading of actual orientation. The more interesting part of gravity hills are the cool folklore that go along with...

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