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Is it true that penteli mountain has strange gravitational effects?
There is a road on the mountain that appears to have a slight incline, on which on you can come to a halt in your car, dissengage gears, and will travel forward (up), without motorised assistance. It is believed, that this is in an illusion, known as Gravity hill / Gravity road [[1]] I was in my father's car as a child when we did this 'experiment' on a number of occassions, and despite the fact that he attempted to explain it with a scientific perspective, I found the experience astonishing. The following seems to be the only scientifically authoritative text on the phenomenon, currently available in english on the web [2]
