In the middle of nowhere, without signs marking the location's oddity, cars roll up a hill. These places, called gravity hills, reside as a source of mystery for many. How is it possible that a car can roll uphill, defying the laws of gravity? Perhaps the hill acts as a magnet; maybe the participant has an obscured view, or most likely the ghosts of children who died on that spot push the car. According to the article "Gravity Hill" on Weird California's website, the urban.
legend surrounding gravity hills consists of the belief that these children push the car to save the driver from their same fate (pars. 1-5). The urban legend of children pushing cars up a hill stems from a lack of scientific knowledge, misinterpretation of the situation on the part of the legend creators, and society's inability to accept that nature has duped them.
The variations of this myth revolve around the force "pushing" the car and the circumstances of how the ghosts came to be per Weird California. The legend of the children who died on the hill when their bus broke down seems the most well known. While attempting to push it up the hill, the bus rolled back and crushed the children. Another version consists of the children drowning in a nearby lake while running from escaped mental patients of a nearby facility. Lesser known stories include a woman with a baby carriage being ran over by a speeding car. In all instances, the ghosts of those who died on the hill push the car in order to save the drivers. Some even claim that child-sized handprints appear on the back of the car when dusted with powder. .
Many urban legends include ghost stories. The inclusion of ghost children infuses an emotional appeal into the legend. Myths of this nature can be manipulated to fit a specific situation because these hills exist all over the world. Legends spread because of a common factor between the original stories and the variations.
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