Can a car roll up a hill?

[Klint]

Hi,

Is it possible for a car to physically gain speed, going up a hill without any other forces other than natural magnetic fields and gravity supplying the propulsion? You'll be amazed.

There's a hill here called the "Magnetic Hill", I didn't believe it at first but some unscientific experiments later, the car does actually roll up the hill and gain speed. Its tough to believe it but it's true, it does happen, and no I'm no where near bermuda triangle nor am I smoking weird substances.

[Klint]

At the other side of this road, you have the "Magnetic Hill" traditionally speaking the native Islander's believed it to be a set of three rocks lined up in synch that caused this to happen but some think otherwise.

We conducted the experiement by stopping the car at the base of the hill dip in the road facing the other way from the way the car is facing now, we killed the engine, put the car in neutral and took the handbrake off. To our amazment the car gained momentum of about 20mph going UP HILL!!!

:MTM:

[sturs6]

There was just a story of that somewhere in the states also I believe. That is <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_6_2v.gif' border=0></a> weird.
-Stuart

[CarbonFibre]

The car rolled up the hill backwards from a standing stop? :vhmmm:

[Audihead]

I believe ya. There is a spot in Michigan that will do the same thing. We tried it with about 7 different cars on a BMW Fall Color Tour. It's a pretty neat experience, very strange though.:confused:

:s4addict: -Bimmerhead

[oswald]

get a movie of this thing..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Snow]

Has anyone measured the climb of that road? I mean, I'm very scientificly oriented, there MUST be a reasonable explanation? :idea: :deal:
I don't know how even that road is, but it could do with a spirit level (water level). Bit far away from me though. ;)

[garetjax]

If you are interested in this kind of thing, you might want to check out this link, The Orgeon Vortex (http://www.oregonvortex.com/science.asp) as well as take a look at their photographs (http://www.oregonvortex.com/photographs.asp).

Of course there is a lot more curious and really off the wall occurences that go on there, such as neatly balancing a broom on a floor that is tilted 30 degrees to one side, as well as rolling a ball bearing uphill even though one perceives that the bearing should be following the guidlines that gravity puts forth.

Of course the ball bearing is no where the size of a car, but the mystery and the phenonemon do occur every time, and if you are interested in aquiring such a place, you can even purchase (http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Travel/US/Oregon_vortex_040311-1.html) it. =)

[Klint]

Originally posted by oswald
get a movie of this thing..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The camera I got has no sound and the quality isn't too great either, but if need be I'll get video footage of it happening, both inside the car and outside.

Looking at the second picture with the car modelling in it, the magnetic hill goes up the other side of the dip in the road and the dip is where we stopped the car to do the 'experiment'.

It still has me bugged.... :confused:

[Andy]

hey klint,
do you know exactly where abouts it is on the island ?
You probably already know this but it's the surroundings that make it look like an up hill when it is a down but it's still cool.

[Klint]

Hey Andy,

Welcome to the board! Nice to see another local on the boards!

It's on the south face of South Barrule, so you go around the round table heading towards Port Erin/Port St Mary direction from Foxdale, but then you come across a cross road where there's a forest to the left and to the right, the right leads to Glen Maye, while the left leads to Balasalla Straight. Take the left to Balasalla straight, but don't go much further then the forest.

It's just there, you'll see a plaque (pictured above) in some bushes on the right hand side....:thumb:

[Andy]

cheers!! :D
i'll see if i can get a movie