current selection | avalanches’ frontier psychiatrist video
feelin’ | stuffed
the ny times ran an article today on the oregon vortex…an area in southern oregon where weird incidents occur that defy the laws of physics. its said to be a “confluence of magnetic fields” that distorts reality inside its sphere of influence. i remember a long time ago watching ripley’s believe it or not on tv about (what im assuming is) the oregon vortex…and they gave demonstrations of water running up an incline, people weighing more at certain spots, etc. supposedly inside the vortex sphere, gravity is distorted (because of the aforementioned magnetic field distortions), your perceptions are warped, and you can appear taller or shorter depending on where you stand. im actually one to believe in such things, not b/c i think its some kind of cursed land, but because our mind and body are so susceptible to subtle influences from the environment. things like feeling someones presence, (sometimes) getting headaches near radio towers, and ordering things from the dollar menu just because its a dollar. so im actually going to speculate that while things such as the weight gain (not mass, mind you) and water running uphill can be real, the actual perceived height differences, etc are probably due to our eyes being affected by the same magnetic fields. the article also goes on to mention other similar places, like the bermuda triangle, gravity hill, spook hill, and my fridge in college.
check out the oregon vortex website too…they have interesting “test” photos of the vortex’s influence. in the photos, the difference is really apparent, but i was miffed that they didnt align their feet along the same plane. so i took the photos and modified them…
1 > two guys standing in the backyard of the “house of mystery”
2 > they then switch sides. notice difference increased
3 > composite with their heights from the first image overlaid next to their current “heights.” the red denotes the discrepancy between what their height differences are supposed to be, and what they are.
images c/o oregon vortex
