| TiVo Shanan here in the hills above Santa Cruz, | | | | spaceship underground with a motor still going in |
| California: I'm here to solve one of the biggest | | | | circles, causing a large gravitational pull that makes |
| mysteries of these mountains--The Mystery Spot. | | | | people lean. The official website speculates the |
| (I'll show you my Sherlock Holmes costume and | | | | same thing or that extraterrestrials buried |
| Sherlock Holmes hat at the end of this article.) | | | | unearthly metals. Hmmm, alien sightings and an |
| First opened in 1939, this small site, spanning | | | | alien spaceship? I'm pretty sure that would've |
| about 150 feet in diameter, is a place where the | | | | been national news (and not just one of those |
| laws of physics and gravity do not apply. At least | | | | supermarket rags!). Another explanation is that |
| that's what operators of the Mystery Spot claim. | | | | the Mystery Spot is a "gravity hill"-type of visual |
| And they do, in fact, provide a number of | | | | illusion based on tilt-induced effects. In other |
| demonstrations to support such claims. Thus it | | | | words, mis-perceptions of the height and |
| has attracted many paranormal trackers who | | | | orientation of objects is caused by the tilted |
| seek to uncover the mystery. As the TiVo gal, | | | | environment; the brain attempts to adapt to this |
| I've decided to channel some of my favorite | | | | visual tilt and causes visitors to perceive |
| detectives from supernatural TV series and more, | | | | misperceive gravity. As a result, everyone looks |
| just in case. (I'd go anywhere with Fox Mulder.) | | | | like they are standing at an impossible angle, |
| So how does one explain this strange | | | | leaning effortlessly into space, and even defying |
| phenomena? | | | | gravity by walking up walls. (You know you have |
| One of the Mystery Spot tour guides revealed | | | | some pretty cool optical illusions going on when |
| that most of staff believe there is a large alien | | | | everyone looks like Spiderman! |