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Hangmans Hill in Epping, Essex - Creepy.

steveJsteveJ Experienced MentorRegistered Posts: 694
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Hey you lot anyone ever been to hangmans hill in Epping ?

For you lot that havent heard of it....

Theres a slip road in Epping that makes up a triangle of small roads. A couple of these roads are uphill. You park your car at the bottom of the hill, engine and power off, then i dont know how, but the car some how gets pulled up the hill !!!

Even parking the car backwards it starts reversing by itself. I had to sit in to guide it because backwards it picks up some speed. :laugh:

Check it out on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51D3I2HQhS0&feature=related

Anyone else seen anything like this ??

Comments

  • EsmeEsme Experienced Mentor Registered Posts: 711
    You've actually witnessed this??
  • CJCCJC Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,657
    These sorts of optical illusions are pretty familiar to most cyclists who call them false flats – you're on what seems like a flat or even downhill piece of road and yet you struggle to get anywhere*. Hagman's Hill seems like a particularly extreme example but little more.

    Looking at the YouTube comments, it seems like a well-dodgy area to be spending time in anyway.

    *And that's not just 'cos these days I'm so unfit that even cycling downhill's a struggle!
  • steveJsteveJ Experienced Mentor Registered Posts: 694
    Esme wrote: »
    You've actually witnessed this??

    Yeah me and my girlfriend went there on Saturday. There was another car looking at it and some kids trying it on a bike.

    Really weird. Meant to be good at night....

    but im so scaarrrreeeddd !!

    :blushing:
  • PAMDILLPAMDILL Experienced Mentor Registered Posts: 718
    There is a road like that on the coast road to Girvan in Ayrshire, called the Electric Brae. You think you are going uphill but you are going down and vice-versa
  • jewels.pjewels.p Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,774
    I was telling my other half about Hangmans Hill and he said he'd heard of this and it is something to do with the Magnetic Force underground??????:huh:

    Couldnt get anymore information than that as he was watching Coronation Street at the time!

    Julie:001_smile:
  • farmergilesfarmergiles Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,693
    jewels.p wrote: »
    I was telling my other half about Hangmans Hill and he said he'd heard of this and it is something to do with the Magnetic Force underground??????:huh:

    Couldnt get anymore information than that as he was watching Coronation Street at the time!

    Julie:001_smile:

    Now that is sad, a fellow Scot admitting to watching Corrie:lol::lol:
  • jewels.pjewels.p Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,774
    I wasnt watching it my other half was and he's not a Scot he's a Geordie!:laugh:

    Julie:001_smile:
  • farmergilesfarmergiles Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,693
    jewels.p wrote: »
    I wasnt watching it my other half was and he's not a Scot he's a Geordie!:laugh:

    Julie:001_smile:

    At the risk of getting shouted at by Jodie, "that explains it"..:lol::lol:
  • steveJsteveJ Experienced Mentor Registered Posts: 694
    This conversations took a really strange turn....

    From underground magnetic forces to Coronation Street.

    These forums know no bounds...

    Anyway back to more pressing matters......

    Anyone see Eastenders last night ??
  • CJCCJC Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,657
    Apparently it only takes an average of 4.6 posts for a thread to go off-topic in any given forum.

    Also 95% of statistics are made up.
  • fatandfortyfatandforty Experienced Mentor Registered Posts: 553
    steveJ wrote: »
    This conversations took a really strange turn....

    From underground magnetic forces to Coronation Street.

    These forums know no bounds...

    Anyway back to more pressing matters......

    Anyone see Eastenders last night ??


    Yes I did :blushing:
  • farmergilesfarmergiles Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,693
    fatandforty wrote: »
    Yes I did :blushing:

    Hello, stranger, been busy???
  • speegsspeegs Experienced Mentor Registered Posts: 854
    I experienced something similar to this in an accountancy exam once. I was thinking it was a credit when actually it was a debit. Weird.:lol:
  • farmergilesfarmergiles Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,693
    speegs wrote: »
    I experienced something similar to this in an accountancy exam once. I was thinking it was a credit when actually it was a debit. Weird.:lol:

    But which side was the window on????????:lol::lol:
  • fatandfortyfatandforty Experienced Mentor Registered Posts: 553
    farmergiles wrote: »
    Hello, stranger, been busy???

    Hello :001_smile: I have been working on that stupid portfolio! (Among many other things!)

    I have decided to include my visit to the accountant somewhere in unit 23 as I think it would look good - good experience :thumbup:
  • farmergilesfarmergiles Font Of All Knowledge Registered Posts: 1,693
    fatandforty wrote: »
    Hello :001_smile: I have been working on that stupid portfolio! (Among many other things!)

    I have decided to include my visit to the accountant somewhere in unit 23 as I think it would look good - good experience :thumbup:

    all good experience for the future
  • mikesmikes Trusted Regular Registered Posts: 254
    CJC wrote: »
    Apparently it only takes an average of 4.6 posts for a thread to go off-topic in any given forum.

    Also 95% of statistics are made up.

    I also heard that 107% people have problems with percentages and that 5 out of 4 can't do ratios. i sometimes keep switching between the two. usually when i'm doing the exams. :001_tt2:
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