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  • with all these illusions walking, standing and even sitting could be a little tricky and oftentimes confusing.

  • Welcome to watch Mojo.

  • And today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 places on Earth where gravity doesn't work.

  • So where are we, John?

  • I'm not quite sure.

  • I think it was moved to another dimension soon after he started noticing strange things like round objects Rolling Uphill.

  • Is it real, or is it an illusion?

  • Don't take my word for it.

  • Time you buy like whales.

  • Stop by for this list where featuring locales all over the globe, where gravity either appears to or actually does function differently than his usual.

  • Some places, such as the Stone of de Bosco in Argentina, have lost their battle with gravity, so we'll only be including places that currently oppose gravity.

  • If there's a gravity defying place that somehow didn't gravitate to our list, please tell us about it in the comments.

  • Number 10 Electric Brae, Scotland There's a quarter mile stretch of road here in South Ayrshire, Scotland, where you'll see something that seems to defy logic.

  • The electric pray is a nickname given to a quarter mile stretch of road in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

  • Locals noticed that objects, including vehicles, seem to roll uphill instead of downhill, the driver stops, puts the car into neutral, and it starts to roll up the hill back in the 18 hundreds.

  • This was attributed to the still newly discovered phenomenon of electricity or else magnets, hence its name.

  • However, the rial explanation is much less attractive because of the way the road curves.

  • Um, object that looks to be rolling uphill is actually going downhill.

  • The whole landscape tilts this way.

  • On the road tilts in the same direction, but by a smaller amount.

  • So the relative slope appears to go this way.

  • That hasn't stopped tourists, including US General and former President Eisenhower, from marveling at the apparent trick of gravity.

  • Number nine Spook Hill.

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  • It maybe around 50 miles from Disney World.

  • This hill in Lake Wales, Florida, is not so much magical as it is supposedly haunted.

  • Spook Hill is another location where objects appear to roll upwards instead of downwards.

  • Strange, the car is rolling backwards uphill, so I thought it was a little bit strange.

  • In this case, it's properties are attributed in local legends to a ghost story goes that a Native American chief fought an alligator to the death atop the hill.

  • Years later, pioneers using horses toe hall goods from the Army trail at the top of the ridge here noticed that the horses were struggling at the bottom of the ridge and what appeared to be a downhill direction.

  • Although they're unclear on the victor, one or both is said to pull things against gravity on Spook Hill.

  • Unfortunately, it's another case of optical illusion, although the story is pretty entertaining.

  • Is it really, or is it an illusion?

  • Don't take my word for it Next time you buy like whales.

  • Stop by number eight GTO Pagoda, Myanmar on a rock atop Mount Chai Thio in Myanmar, there sits another massive boulder that has been painted gold with a Buddhist pagoda erected atop it.

  • The boulder appears ready to fall off at any moment, and despite numerous earthquakes in the area, it hasn't.

  • Oh, and did we mention it's been in the same place for 2500 years?

  • According to legend, the boulder is held up by one of the Buddha's hairs.

  • This legend makes the cheek t o Pagoda, one of Burma's most popular shrines.

  • It's a natural wonder made sacred by stories.

  • Superstition also holds that women would be able to move it, since the boulder is said to resemble a Buddhist monks head, and they're forbidden contact with women due to their bows.

  • Hence, women are not allowed to touch the boulder.

  • Number seven Cosmos Mystery area.

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  • First discovered in the early 19 fifties and Rapid City, South Dakota, the Cosmos mystery Area features several cabins with odd properties within.

  • People can appear to stand sideways on walls or shrink and grow, depending on where they stand, or they can pour water that flows uphill.

  • And she's pushing the water.

  • And instead of it going down, it's coming.

  • Whoa, it's almost raining on me over here Instead.

  • Like most of our entries, this mystery area is the result of clever uses of perspective, with the cabins constructed on a tilt.

  • In this way, these phenomena trick our minds into believing one thing is happening when it's really something else entirely.

  • It's a fun experience, but not quite physics defying.

  • So it's not just a trick with your eyes it's just full body.

  • You can feel it.

  • It's I mean, same way in the cabin.

  • Obviously, you can feel the gravity working on your body, and it's it's just a crazy place.

  • Number six ST Ignace Mystery spot Use a another tourist trap.

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  • Ignace Mystery Spot, located in the Michigan town of the same name, has many of the same features that similar mystery spots have.

  • The oddly constructed cabins and buildings distort perceptions to do things like make tall people appear shorter, induced feelings of queasiness or cause objects to move against the pull of gravity.

  • With all these illusions, walking, standing and even sitting could be a little tricky and oftentimes confusing.

  • Still, the ST Ignace mystery spot has a few things other mysteries owns.

  • Don't.

  • In addition to the optical illusions, there's also amazed mini golf and a zip line for those who wanna have fun without breaking their brains.

  • You have to be at least five years old to ride it, and we've had people as old as 90 years old to come up here in zip line, which is which is awesome.

  • Number five Monkton, Magnetic Hill, Canada found in Monkton, New Brunswick, in Canada, The Monkton magnetic Hill is yet another gravity hill.

  • We've already discussed several of these gravity hills already, so you know the drill.

  • By now, the hill looks like it's an upslope, but it's really a downslope, and our brains misinterpret the visual information.

  • But unlike some of the others, residents have monetized this particular experience.

  • Some of the truck divers would say ID swear there's a magnet in that hill pulling us back.

  • Visitors can experience the sensation of falling back uphill in their vehicles for a charge of around six Canadian dollars during peak season.

  • In the last few years, it still has that same draw because people will say, Well, I feel it.

  • I feel it in my body.

  • You know, My head's feeling a little light.

  • You know, I'm sure there's something about this.

  • And if that's not enough to dry and tourists, the nearby zoo and water park surely will number four The Hoover Dam Yusa.

  • The Hoover Dam is a marvel of engineering and a popular tourist destination in the U.

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  • With so many people visiting the structure, many eventually discovered something bizarre.

  • Water poured over the side didn't go down Instead, the water droplets floated upwards in apparent defiance of gravity.

  • As damn cool as it is to see the liquids flow reversed, it's actually being pulled by the powerful updraft, the damn creates.

  • Even though the wind may not be noticeable, it's still there and shoots the water that would normally fall to Earth back up towards the sky.

  • Number three.

  • Kinder's Downfall, England.

  • While we could have spoken about a number of other unusual waterfalls, such as the inverted one in Chile, we decided to speak about the kindred downfall near hayfield in Derbyshire, England.

  • Measuring 98 ft tall, the kindred downfall does flow normally most of the time, but under some wind conditions, particularly powerful westward winds, the waterfall is pushed up instead of down with spray that could be seen far and wide thickened.

  • Er, Downfall is also known for freezing over in winter, but thankfully the wind isn't strong enough to send chunks of it back up during that season.

  • So where are we, John?

  • I'm not quite sure.

  • I think it was moved to another dimension number to the Santa Cruz mystery spot.

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  • There are a lot of mystery spots, all over America, but one of the most famous resides in Santa Cruz, California, similar to many others.

  • The mystery spot consists of a cabin built on a slant whose dimensions and construction give the impression that things move uphill and that people can lean impossibly far forward without falling over.

  • The mystery spot was discovered by George Pressure after his cabin slid down a hill in the 19 forties.

  • Soon after, he started noticing strange things like round objects rolling uphill.

  • Although the proprietors suggests that this is the result of a meteor falling on the spot or an electromagnetic field, the mystery spot is another example of the Gravity Hill phenomenon of tricking the mind's eye.

  • But while that may solve the mystery, it's still worth experiencing for yourself.

  • Yes, before we get to our topic, here are some honorable mentions.

  • Cheju ISLAND, South Korea Mystery Road seems to roll objects uphill, though it's an illusion.

  • Magnetic HILL, India.

  • Are the cars rolling uphill pulled by magnetic forces?

  • Nope.

  • It's another optical trick mount at a gots Armenia.

  • Lots of gravitational anomalies abound in one area of this mountain.

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  • Number one.

  • The Hudson Bay Anomaly Canada While there are a number of notable facts about the Hudson Bay, such as its unusually high freezing point, the most pertinent to our list is the fact that it's gravity doesn't work like it should know really.

  • Things weighed in the region way, 1/10 of announced less than they would elsewhere.

  • That may not sound like much, but with an effect over such a wide area, it's still significant.

  • As it turns out, the gravitational deficiency is the result of an enormous ice sheet that was present over the area during the Earth's most recent ice age.

  • The vast amount of ice pushed down the rock beneath, lowering the Mass and thus the gravity of the Hudson Bay Wildey.

  • Do you agree with our picks?

with all these illusions walking, standing and even sitting could be a little tricky and oftentimes confusing.

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