Korea's Mysterious Road. What happened?

Question

Even with the engine of your vehicle off, it is still able to move uphill along this famous Mysterious Road.
There must be some kind of scientific explanation for this phenomenon!

this is supposed to be part of the package tour that i will be going end of the year... in the itenary there is such an "activity". this road is in jeju island...

Answer 1

Sounds interesting, but it's really an optical illusion all kinds of people flock to the 4 Magnetic hills in Canada where this also happens.
http://www.eureka4you.com/magnetichillworldwide/canada.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_hill

Answer 2

I have been there, the road is in Jeju Island, it is really wonderful place.

Jeju Island is located south of Korean Peninsular.

It really gone uphill. It maybe optical illusion, but many of them draw the line on the ground, and the car really moves to uphill without motor power.

Enjoy the road and trip to Korea. And find out what is really happening there once you get there.

Answer 3

Yes it is on Jeju island.

However, we spent 30 min trying to get our car to go "uphill".

The buses seem to know just when to cut their engines. so that the momentum keeps them going.

We did try with some water and their was a bit of flow in the "wrong" direction, but nothing much.

In the end we gave up and bought some soju. (Maybe we should have done that beforehand?)

In any case Jeju is a great place to visit and there's loads more to see and do. Great beaches and good food Worth the visit!

Answer 4

Yeah , ive been there too.

Yeah, with the engines off, our tourbus went uphill on a slope and not downhill.
ALso, bottles roll uphill.

This is a result of an optical illusion in which the lower part looks higher because of its surrounding environment.

Answer 5

Jeju Island Wikipedia

Answer 6

I had the opportunity to visit this road while on a 2 day tour of cheju-do. the car did appear to move uphill...and i watched a bottle roll up too. According to a few sites online,it's an optical illusion. Here's one site:

http://www.ksgm.org/appgm_new/appgm/htm/opti01.htm

Answer 7

There are several locations like that around the world. It's an optical illusion. Check out "gravity hill" on wikipedia for a detailed explanation.

Answer 8

The only thing which no one never encountered in our life time. There may be simulated experience but not exactly death. Its my personal experience, the very moment of feeling for the survival is the cause for the fear of death, i tried number of times to break that fear but when the situation arises without notice the urge to be alive goes up and up thus ending up with more fear, acceptance of death by theoretically wont help us to balance the biological changes happening when the unforeseen situation arises, most of the time the body is out of our control and helps itself and drive us to work in the opposite way. may be that's the reason for the yogis were suggested to have more control over on the body. i may be wrong. sorry.

Answer 9

I've done a lot of driving in Korea and I never heard of such a place. It's a lot easier to make up stories about miricles than to actually perform them.

Answer 10

There is a road like that in San Antonio .... your car will up hill. They say little kids where killed in a bus accident with a train and they try to save you now by pushing your car up hill over the railroad tracks. If you put powder on your trunk you will see hand prints after being pushed!