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Adventure Spook Hill Optical Illusion (Downhill=Uphill)

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Located in South Africa :: Western Cape (Winelands)  :: Somerset West
Category: Activity :: Adventure

Spook Hill on Paarl valley Road in Somerset West (in front of Straightway Head Country House) has long boasted the creepy tales of cars left without breaks going 'uphill', leading to the myth that the hill is haunted or even a gravity hill which makes everything topsy-turvy. The myth has reportedly been debunked, and the hill is an optical illusion where what appears uphill is in fact downhill. The illusion is created by the trees on the road being slightly skew, and a gradient change midway 'down' the hill. Go test it out yourself!

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Address :  Somerset West, 7135, Western Cape, South Africa
Contact :  Somerset West Info Centre
Tel :  +27(0)21 851 4060
Direct :  +27(0)21 840 1400
Email :  Click Here

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