Gravity Hill:

   Growing up in Red Springs and the south you hear ghost stories.  One popular ghost story you hear around the Red Springs area is of Gravity Hill.  Below is the legend of Gravity Hill taken from http://www.creakydoor.com/NC.HTM

Gravity Hill - It was once said that a woman and her kid and dog were killed when their car stalled and an 18-wheeler came by and hit them instantly. And from that day on, if you park at the bottom of the hill and cut your car off, she is known to push you back up the hill out of harms ways.

I have always wanted to check out Gravity Hill.  So this past Saturday me my good friend William, my 5yr old son Ryan and my nephew Thorn went there.

  A couple weeks age me and William began talking about going there but had no idea how to get there every one we talked to had heard of the place but did not know how to get there. This past Saturday my Dad, William ,and Me were sitting around my Computer Shop watching The Sci Fi Channel which was playing horror-Sci-Fi movies that day.  When me and my Dads friend Larry came to see us and to talk about computers.  We were watching some horror movie and Larry said that was weird. So I replied speaking about weird do you know where Gravity Hill is he reply yes. Larry told us how to get there. Me and William decide to go.  I walk next door which is my mom and dads house to see if my son wanted to go or stay.  I asked him you want to go see a ghost? He said yes and jumped up and put on his shoes and jacket. My nephew Thorn also wanted to go. I gabbed my video camera and we were off.

  Gravity Hill is located between Maxton and Laurinburg which is a short ride from Red Springs. Of course we got lost on the way. But we did get there.  At the end of a road there is a slight hill from the stories I heard I thought it was going to be a big hill. after you go down the hill you come to a T interception  if you park in the middle of this interception and put you car in neutral your car will roll back behind the stop sign out of harms way. We tried it and it works.  We were like wow the legend is true the woman's ghost pushes you back out of the road.  Of course science has an explanation for it if you do a google search on the internet you find that there are hundreds of gravity hills around the world in places like Florida, New Jersey, Ireland, South Korea, and Australia. There is even another one here in NC. They say that Earth's Gravity is not even in some places. Another answer is that it is an illusion that there is no hill that it just looks that way.  We plan to go back during the day to see what it is like during the day and take pictures of the road to see if the road is uneven and so on. If you would like to view our video from Gravity Hill go to our media page. For me I hope it is the unknown pushing the car cause the world need the unexplained. 

Erik Daniels
Web Master
11-21-05

The Beer Church:

   The other day my future brother in law Mike found a website www.beerchurch.com. The site is for a group  beer drinkers that promote drinking  responsible , raising  money for various  Charities, and they except all their members to try to make the world a better place by helping out their community.  The Beer Church is based out of  Seattle  WA. but they have over 100,000 registered members from 26 different countries around the world.  You can even become a Beer Church Minister with this title you will be able to conduct weddings legally!! I was impressed when I first saw this site cause it is not often you read something about beer and beer drinkers that is positive. However I don't think I'll be setting aside my Christian beliefs  ,and joining the Beer Church but I must give them a thumbs up for trying to improve the world and of course their site is also worth a look.

Erik Daniels
webmaster