Hello guys,

- So today we going to talk about three mysterious places. And I am going to start with the
“Ladeira do Amendoim”.
- Have you ever thought about turning off your car engine, leaving it in neutral and watching
it go up a hill by itself? Well, that is what happens in this place. Optical illusion or not, the
fact wakes up the curiosity of many visitors of Minas Gerais.
- Ladeira do Amendoim is a mysterious place located in São Thomé das Letras, Brazil. It is a
hill where cars and other vehicles appear to roll uphill, defying gravity. The phenomenon is
attributed to an optical illusion caused by the surrounding landscap
- As I mentioned, on this hill it is possible to observe the cars or any other vehicles being
pulled up the hill, in a movement totally against the law of gravity. In addition, walking
backwards is also possible to feel the same effect.
- Many people think that there is a large magnetic field in the underground part of the city,
however, occultists and mystics defend the existence of underground worlds, and that the
city as a whole is an integral part of one of the seven chakras of the planet. While there are
also those who believe that this slope is cursed, and that what we witness in this place is the
actions of evil entities. Not to mention the group of people that says it's the aliens' fault! So
there are a lot of beliefs around there.
-According to Bec Crew, from the Science Alert portal, there is no strange force acting on
the slope, and the cars, balls, or whatever it is, that we put in this place, do not “go up” the
street, not by themselves. They go down! However, due to the surroundings where these
roads are located, we have the impression that things happen in reverse . In short, this is an
incredibly convincing optical illusion, and it is associated with perspective and our visual
references. What happens is that the land where the slopes are located are inclined in such
a way that we have the impression that it is ascending when, in fact, it is descending. Not to
mention that, most of the time, the horizon is not visible, so we lose this important
reference point, to check the true slope of the street. And when the horizon is in view,
things like, for example, trees and posts — which also serve as a visual reference, and
should be perpendicular to the ground, can be inclined, reinforcing the optical illusion.