Oregon Vortex

The Oregon Vortex ( vortex of Oregon) is a famous tourist attraction in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Observed effects

The Oregon Hill is a paranormal point in Gold Hill, Oregon be, are hurt on the supposedly normal laws of physics. It is reported that a person assumes a position within the Oregon Vortex, pointing to magnetic north and thus not perpendicular. In contrast to the laws of perspective to another person, which is towards the magnetic south is larger appears there. If they approach towards the magnetic north, they look shorter. Balls to roll up and stand on the broom handle. Some people will find relief for their back pain even there. The effects should be strongest when the moon is full.

Explanations of the effects

The Oregon Vortex is well known in the area of the Pacific Northwest and its surroundings. This supposedly paranormal places have names like Haunted Hill, Magnetic Hill, or Antigravity Hill, what the local customs allegedly unusual characteristics of the area as mysteries, so supernaturally describes. As the names imply, these areas are usually found in the hills, what the skeptic suggests that the actual effect that is experienced by an optical illusion comes about, which is generated by the slightly sloping ground and particularly there by the eye, where no distant horizon as a reference is visible, is interpreted as horizontally. The phenomenon also occurs in other mountain ranges. For example, some people believe, for example in the European Alpine region in the existence of magnetic mountains, where balls roll up.