Thread: Spook Hill ... Florida

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Witness your car going uphill in neutral!
One of Florida's best-known free attractions is Spook Hill, in Lake Wales. Located on North Wales Drive (Fifth Street) just a few blocks from the National Historic District, this mystery of nature attracts many thousands of visitors each year.

Children and adults get a thrill as the family car rolls uphill while in neutral, tugged by invisible forces which defy the laws of gravity

I am jealous! I have always wanted to do that. Road side attractions are my Achilles heal.

My Dad's got old 8mm home movies of Spook Hill. It's been around quite a while.
I'm glad they haven't built a shopping center over it!

I love it..Its soo cool ... My car going uphill ... We have lot of Fun Today.

Sounds cool. What a fun vacation!

wait...wait...wait! So the car goes...uphill?

Yea, it's some kind of weird thing where to the naked eye it looks like an incline, but really it's a decline.
That's what I've been told, anyway.

That's really cool. I have never heard of Spook Hill. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by DaveintheGrave

Yea, it's some kind of weird thing where to the naked eye it looks like an incline, but really it's a decline.
That's what I've been told, anyway.

I've seen something about it on TV, Dave and I think you're right. It's some kind of optical illusion caused by the surrounding terrain.

There's a similar thing here in the UK inside a house. it has a table inside which appears to be on an incline. If you place a ball on the table, it appears to roll upwards. It doesn't really, of course..it's something to do with the way the house has settled in it's foundations.

Must be a really strange feeling though....

The Old "Haunted Shack" at Knott's Berry Farm had a room like that. The host would break a rack of Billiard Balls and the damn things would roll "uphill" and fall into a corner pocket. Very cool thing to watch.