Abnormal gravitational phenomena?

Question

There is a place in Kenya where gravity seem to be behaving otherwise, water would seem to flow uphill and even a vehicle on free gear would roll uphill. Is there any probable explanation for this?

Thanks alan but am not taking any pills and well I went there and experienced it for my self. Not a hoax from TV

Answer 1

It is scientifically possible.

Considering we do not even know what causes gravity, your experience may well be feasible due to complex aspects of gravity.

We formulate gravity by observation and assume it increases with mass of objects in proximity, and decreases dramatically as distance between objects increase !

This formulation is approximately accurate in isolation and within simple boundaries.

Scientists are still bewildered and shy to reveal recent discoveries that indicate most of what is around us we can not detect. Dark matter and dark energy have gravitational effect, so powerful that the current rate of expansion of universe is considered a rip - influenced by dark matter and dark energy !

String theory along with dark matter and dark energy suggest a dozen or so more dimensions exist around us.

So, rather than denying unexplained phenomena, we would be better off researching them by scientific validation and verification.

Answer 2

It is always an optical illusion. There are many places on Earth where this is said to happen.
Generally there are two hills or slopes close to each other, one with a higher incline, so that people, using the one slope as a point of reference, makes the other slope seem like its going uphill, when in fact, it is sloping downhill. Get it?

Magnetism has nothing to do with gravity, gravity is all about mass. Gravity can not work differently in small areas like hill sides.

Answer 3

There is a place in New Jersey called gravity hill. I know because I have been there. It would seem that when you put your car in neutral that it would roll up hill. Same with a ball or a pop can. It is actually an optical illusion. The ground on both sides of the road slope down hill at a much steeper angle than the road does,giving it the illusion that the road is going up.

Answer 4

There's a place like that in San Antonio, Texas as well. We use to use it to scare our dates. There was a story that went with it about a school bus load of children dieing there, and you'd have your buddies put little hand prints on the back of your car to make it look like you were being pushed up hill by a bunch of ghost kids.

We know enough about gravity to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that water ALWAYS runs downhill. Nowhere on earth is this different. In 100% of the cases that states otherwise, when you bring the survey equipment out, lo and behold, it's going downhill.

Answer 5

There's a place like that in So Cal. It's called "gravity hill".
You drive down this road. It's obviously downhill. Then you stop and put the car in neutral. Sure enough. It rolls backwards up the hill. I've done it myself.
I'm pretty sure it's just an optical illusion. It's the only logical explanation. The same thing probably applies in Kenya.
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Answer 6

It could be due to magnetic attraction. Optical illusion can be very convincing. There is a place on a local highway where it really looks like you are going downhill, but they've widened the road to three lanes, because you are really going up a serious gradient. But if the vehicle rolls uphill, it must be due to something else - hence, my guess at magnetics, which I don't understand at all. There are some caves that demonstrate this phenomenon.

Answer 7

There is a place here in San Antonio Texas that claims that claim. It is reported to be haunted by children that were killed when a train hit their school bus. When you put the your car (automobile) in neutral, it starts to move on its own, up toward the train tracks and finally over them. The train tracks are raised and it appears that the ghosts or some form of strange gravitational phenomena has occured. In reality, the surrounding brush and other naturally occuring things cause it to be an optical illusion.

Answer 8

There is a place in Northern California called Confusion Hill. This is an optical illusion. But in Yellowstone Valley, the force of gravity is much less than the surrounding area due to the large magma repository underlying the mantle.

Answer 9

Not sure but will venture a guess.First though, I'd like to say that all things strange can't be explained as an optical illusion, that's just simplifying everything beyond our current comprehension.
Guess: Ley lines, the forces exerted from within the earth in a crack-like fashion, that many ancient structures have been built upon.Why would so high a percentage of monasteries, churches etc. have been built upon them, unless for properties similar to what you have described?

Answer 10

There is also a place in the Wisconsin Dells. They explained it by by ....... cant remember but it is called the Wonder Spot. Check it out online. (I think it was a heavy metal in the ground that changed the pull of gravity) Really cool to visit.