Spook Hill is located on the Lake Wales Ridge, (about 50 miles south of Disney World) a geologically significant range of sand and limestone hills. Which were islands from two to three million years ago when sea levels were much higher than the present. The Legends abound regarding this landmark, and famous as a magnetic hill. It is an anti-gravity location or simply a “gravity hill” a car, placed in neutral. This will appear to roll uphill Spook Hill is an optical illusion where cars appear to roll up the spooky hill.
Spook Hill is located directly across the street from Spook Hill Elementary School, which conveniently adopted “Casper the Friendly Ghost” as its school mascot. The Friendly Ghost is the school mascot. Before the age of automobiles, horses would supposedly struggle to go downhill. The town embraces and officially recognizes the hill’s curious properties.
The attraction is also in close proximity to Bok Tower. Spook Hill received national media attention when an article about it appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal on October 25, 1990. It was featured in a segment on CBS Morning News with Charles Osgood on November 5, 1990.
The Legends believe that an Indian chief battled an alligator that had been terrorizing the local village. The fight was outwardly so intense that both combatants eventually died, on top of the hill. The legends are split as to whether it is the chief or the alligator’s spirit that haunts the hill.
In reality, neither chief nor alligator is responsible for the hill’s anti-gravity properties. But like all other anti-gravity, spots are the result of an unusual optical illusion. Moreover, you should read the cute sign. Also drive slowly to the white line on the road, stop, and put your car in neutral. And BE CAREFUL looking backward as your car mysteriously rolls uphill. You try to keep your car in the middle of the road and not crash into another dumb tourist.
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