Spook Hill's Strange Power
Monday October 29, 2007 7:46 AM
Residents and visitors may question the spirit and alien tales told around Lake Wales in Central Florida, but no one can deny the weirdest effect: cars traveling backwards up Spook Hill.
At the base of a public street in Lake Wales, people have tested it for years, especially around Halloween. Visitors drive up to the line, place their car in neutral, and watch as their cars travel up the hill.
What gives? Many area residents and kids say it's the spirit of an angry alligator, bested by an Indian chief after terrorizing the local Seminole tribe. Others claim aliens, and that this small town is the Area 51 of Central Florida. And some claim it's just a simple optical illusion.
