Magnetic Hill Optical Illusion On The Isle Of Man

[Paul_Exeter]

Some old school Forteana here, came across this entry in the excellent 'UK Paranormal database':

Anti-Gravity Hill​

Location: Shanklin (Isle of Wight) - Nansen Hill, between Shanklin and Bonchurch
Type: Other
Date / Time: Still present?
Further Comments: A newspaper from 1961 featured Nansen Hill, a site where cars and bicycles appeared to roll up rather than down. Magnetism, poltergeists, and optical illusions were all put forward as explanations.

https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/recent/index.php

It is the sort of Forteana that would have been featured on "Strange but True?" or in 'The Unexplained' magazine, so was chuffed then to find this:

"Located on the A27 Ronague Road, Magnetic Hill is an optical illusion experience. Place your car in neutral at the stone marker and be amazed at how quickly your car seems to roll back up a steep hill."

 

[ChrisBoardman]

This should be on the optical illusion thread. It is always the case it looks uphill when it is downhill.

 

[SimonBurchell]

The thread title talks about the Isle if Man but the first post about the Isle of Wight?

 

[maximus otter]

We have a thread on “Magnetic/mystery hills”:

https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...mystery-hills-where-things-roll-uphill.21091/

maximus otter

 

[Paul_Exeter]

The rhread title talks about the Isle if Man but the first post about the Isle of Wight?

Oops...!

 

[ChrisBoardman]

There was an episode of 'Fact or faked: paranormal files' where they investigated a similar case in the USA.

I looked uphill but experts measured it and it was downhill.

 

[Yithian]

The thread title talks about the Isle if Man but the first post about the Isle of Wight?

This threw me when the thread appeared and I 'tagged it'.

I think the OP has posted the Isle of Man video as a visual an example of the phenomenon in the Isle of Wight report.

 

[Paul_Exeter]

This threw me when the thread appeared and I 'tagged it'.

I think the OP has posted the Isle of Man video as a visual an example of the phenomenon in the Isle of Wight report.

Yes, that was it, thanks!

 

[Paul_Exeter]

There was an episode of 'Fact or faked: paranormal files' where they investigated a similar case in the USA.

I looked uphill but experts measured it and it was downhill.

Half-decent tv show that, found their body language rather stilted and their looks a bit Hollywood plastic (not a hair out of place) but the investigation were worth watching

 

[ChrisBoardman]

Half-decent tv show that, found their body language rather stilted and their looks a bit Hollywood plastic (not a hair out of place) but the investigation were worth watching

There's an episode guide on Wikipedia, they only did them from 2010-2012, looks like there won't be anymore.