This Strange Phenomenon Of North Carolina's Gravity Hill Is An Odd Mystery

In Richfield, you'll find a hill that literally defies the laws of gravity. Is it paranormal? Is it an optical illusion? Is it all in our head?!

Well, seeing that there's definitive proof your car literally goes up the hill...we can check off the latter. That narrows it down to paranormal vs. optical illusion.

One night, on Richfield Road, a young mother and her child were driving. Suddenly, her car stalled. Quickly, she got out and attempted to push the car up the hill to safety. Just as she reached the top, a truck carelessly sped along the dark street. Without time to properly brake, the truck struck the mother and child. Both died instantly.

But the mother and young child did not quite leave Gravity Hill. No, it seems the mother is continuously living that night over and over...but now, your car can be the one she pushes up the hill.

Stop at the bottom of Gravity Hill and put baby powder on the trunk of your car. Sit in your car and wait. Suddenly....you'll feel your car being pushed up the hill. No...you'll literally be going up the hill. But don't freak out! Because once you get to the top...you'll see handprints on the back of your car.

If you think this is the stuff of legends, just ask the hundreds of people who have tried this before...and experienced it for themselves!

And then there are those who like the science, the facts, and the 'truth' over a spooky story or a fun late night experience.

Their argument is that the hill is actually an optical illusion. While your eyes and sense of gravity perceive you as going uphill, the hill is actually going down.

Your car was never going uphill to begin with...you were just coasting on a downward slope while believing a mother and child ghost were pushing your car.

But sometimes science is proved invalid, and in this case...it's up to YOU if you want to believe in fact, fiction, or mystery. You can find Gravity Hill in Richfield, adorned in graffiti with markers on the beginning and end.