Gravity Hill
About sixty years ago, an elderly woman was making her way up this hill when her car ran out of gas. The woman got out of her car and began pushing it up the hill. She was not very strong, however, and eventually, the car rolled backwards on top of her. As she lie there, injured, an oncoming truck ran over and killed the woman. Today, if one puts his car in neutral at the bottom of the hill, the old woman will push it to the top.
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Rebecca says: |
October 11, 2007, 2:17 pm |
It is for real… my mom and some of her friends used to go to Gravity Hill when they were teenagers.
phill says: |
October 17, 2007, 9:33 am |
A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill (and sometimes a mystery hill or a gravity road), is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces the optical illusion that a very slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope. Thus, a car left out of gear will appear to be rolling uphill. There are hundreds of known gravity hill locations around the world.
Amanda says: |
October 20, 2007, 6:09 pm |
Okay, the way I look at this is i would like to see it to believe it. =]
Butt i do believe in ghost and stuff so maybe.
Dawn says: |
October 21, 2007, 11:01 pm |
There is also a gravity hill in NJ, I think Holmdel. We used to go there when teens. It does work, but I don’t remember the story behind it.
Lauren says: |
October 25, 2007, 4:54 pm |
You have to put your car in NUTRAL.Gravity hill is located about six miles outside of larinburg,nc.
KJknosall says: |
October 26, 2007, 11:42 am |
been to gravity hill(the one in Westville In) and yes it does work. and yes a bus of school children died there. but we got out a level and its just an optical illusion, when you are being “pushed” uphill you are actually rolling downhill. also if you take a picture of the hill you can tell in the picture it is downhill and not uphill. still fun to try out. PS the most haunted place in indiana is dog face bridge, thats scary as hell.
tiffany says: |
October 26, 2007, 3:47 pm |
I have been to gravity hill.when you put it in nuetral it starts out slowly ,but getting faster and faster about 30-35mph. when you get to the end (still being in nuetral) we picked speed about 35mph and had to brake at the stop sign.this is so true it was on unsolved mysteries.i about flipped when i saw it on there and i told my dad. he said he has also done it.we also done it facing the other way and it pushed us up backwards but much much slower.
Amber Wilson says: |
October 29, 2007, 1:22 pm |
This does actually work, but the gravity hill I went to was in northern Indiana. It was kind of creepy to be “pulled” backward up a hill. Very cool though.
manda says: |
October 30, 2007, 10:34 pm |
TAKE MEEEE!!! =] i wanna see
manda says: |
October 30, 2007, 10:36 pm |
Hello. I totally want to go. I want see if it works.
randy says: |
November 1, 2007, 11:25 am |
10/28/07 the hill in mooresville, in DID pull our vehicle backwards up hill, very clearly.
the baby powder provided some interesting results, also
i highly recommend it. .
Dallas says: |
November 4, 2007, 5:44 pm |
Gravity Hill in Mooresville In. This really does work it is not a ghost it is simply a pull of gravity. if you take St rd 39 its just north of monrovia just south interstate 70 is the hendricks/morgan county line follow it east from 39 1-2 miles you will come to a very large hill in the road at the bottom of that hill is “gravity hill” park in the dip at the bottom and put the car in neutral and it will move the car. However i should warn anyone wishing to try this at night people drive very fast down this road at night and you will be at the bottom of a completely blind hill and with your car turned off its real hard to get out of the way in time to avoid an accident so if you don’t want to be the supposed ghost in the afore mentioned stories keep the car running and use your head someone can get killed on this hill and then maybe you can help peaople push there cars up the hill.
misty says: |
November 12, 2007, 4:13 pm |
Well there a gravity hill in Kentucky. Wonder if they got the two states wrong. It located in Princeton, the railroad tracks is on top of the tunnel. Where you pull up, and see if she pushes you back.
I been there with my family to see what would happen. My sister and I, put baby powder on the front of the car. Her ex bf, put the car in neutral, and we waited to see if we would get push.
Not too long after we climb back in, we were push slowly down the hill till we came to a stop. We got out, and saw hand prints on the powder. Believe me, we even have pics to prove it.
So we try again, and for the second same thing was done. We also try for evp’s, and all we heard was a faint woman voice saying help.
Now some would believe me or not. But I heard she was traveling along one dark night. That her car had broken down. Somehow she remain there, till a man came along. He had suppose to rape and killed her. There in the tunnel.
That she pushes ypur car away from the hill. So that it would not happen to no one again.
who wonts to no? says: |
December 11, 2007, 4:44 pm |
yah i tride it and like my car like went up the hill right but then the tier rims all 4 of them fell off and we grabe them got in the car and flord it
chase quick says: |
February 11, 2008, 4:10 pm |
gravity hill is some what real but its gravity or is it real who knows i went with some of my friends and tryed it but we did it wrong i think from someone else who told us about it ???????????????? this is chase from south carolina
Mark Magliola says: |
February 26, 2008, 12:06 pm |
Responding to comments of Tom Burkhart posted 12/01/2005, of South Bend’s Gravity Hill on Adams Rd. Actually, this location is within the Granger, IN postal district. Location for testing this illusion was best achieved at a point beginning about 1/2 mile east of the Ironwood Rd. intersection on Adams Rd. There, on the north side of Adams road is an intersection with Mercury Dr., the main street leading into Forest Hills Park subdivision. At this point there use to stand three huge, old hickory trees. What we use to do was head west from this point, next to the trees, from a complete stop and vehicle out of gear-in neutral. It was important to do at night so as to reduce the visual cues. Natural gravity pulls your vehicle downhill but at night time you would swear you were going up hill. Very realistic.
The road has a gradual downhill slope westward from this starting point for at least 1/4 mile or more before it drops off steeply and then disappears before its T intersection with Ironwood Rd. The visible westward horizon, back in the day, was miles away across the entire width of the St. Joseph River valley to its opposite western ridge. This further reduced the visual ability to compare terrain features to, and increased the illusion.
Another variant to this trick was to begin at this same starting point, only headed eastbound. Again, from a dead stop, in neutral, lift your foot off the break and you would roll backwards. The visual effect was even more alarming as the road in front of you appeared to be sloping downhill as you were moving backwards from it. Oh yeah, this road use to be remote and rarely traveled at night, so we would turn our headlights off for a really frightening added effect. And of course, as is the finishing touch to complete any great illusion……
as with experiencing any good illusion, it helped to be in a good frame of mind, with like minded compatriots. It was not as important to want to believe, as was the significance of keeping an open mind with an imaginative reference. “So stick that in your pipe”…yada,yada.
Catie says: |
March 28, 2008, 11:04 pm |
I believe i have been there before and yes it works. However the weird thing was that we tried it twice in one night and it worked the first time, but not the second time. And we did the exact same thing twice…that just seems unexplainable. But i would really like to show some friends this place but i have forgotten how to get there. Could anyone please give me some directions? : ) Thank You!
jomomma says: |
April 1, 2008, 12:11 pm |
The gravity hill outside Mooresville,IN is real. I have been there and the car did roll backward a good distance. But there are no ghost, trust me if there were I’d never drive that road again! Some say it’s a magnetic force underground pulling the car, if that were the case why is it that the car will only move if you are west bound? Has to be gravity of some sort. My Mom didn’t believe it, we took her there and she swore we had rigged a rope to pull the car when she wasn’t looking. She got out of the car and watched it start to roll, the boogey man didn’t get her either.
Mark Magliola says: |
April 2, 2008, 12:14 am |
Hi Catie,
If your looking to find the Gravity Hill in South Bend, IN. Head north on Ironwwod RD towards the Michigan State Line. One mile north of the four-way stop at Auten RD is the Adams Road intersection. It’s a “T” intersection-you can only turn right(East) onto Adams. Head east on Adams RD for about half a mile to the first Forest Hills Park entrance & you’ll see two huge old hickory trees there. That’s where you’ll start from. Good luck.
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Mariah says:
October 10, 2007, 7:31 am
i would really like some directions to gravity hill so if somebody could email them to me or something that would b lovely..THANKS
pssyni@aim.com