Magnetic Hill - Moncton, New Brunswick - Vortexes, Mystery Spots, and Gravity Hills on Waymarking.com

Magnetic Hill is a wild and wacky place that appears to defy gravity. For years now, people have been entertained by driving their car to the bottom of the hill, putting the car in neutral and watching as their car rolls backwards, with them in it, UP the hill! In the 1800s, farmers were puzzled when it seemed that their horses had to strain to pull wagons that were seemingly going downhill; then on the way home, the wagons seemed to get tangled up with the horses' feet while going uphill. How was any of this possible? People thought perhaps there was a powerful magnet buried at the top of the hill which pulled objects to it. Actually, it's a common illusion where the level horizon is hidden in some way. Trees, walls and things that normally act as a visual clue may be leaning slightly. We expect such things to be straight and so we are fooled. An optical illusion makes a downhill appear to be an uphill. But seeing is believing, so even when you know the cause, you still can't help but think that when you're rolling uphill, you're actually rolling downhill. Freaky!

My family and I have been here a few times when we've vacationed in the maritimes. When we went the first time, it wasn't very exciting, but recently when we went, we had the place to ourselves and literally did it about ten times (in summer, you won't be able to do this). It's a blast and the kids love it, try it out, it's crazy.
Cheers
CZ

Description of Effect (Natural Illusion, Man-made, Unknown): Natural Illusion Description of Location: (Tourist, Rural, etc.): Tourist Admission (For tourist attractions): $5 per vehicle Website Reference (if available): http://www.magnetichill.com/ Available hours (For tourist attractions): Not listed Additional information that will help visitors at the site:: Not listed

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