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Gravity Defied
Rerun Date: Tuesday - October 7, 1975

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Buy early for Easter. . .

Show Description

Shep talks about "Gravity Hill" in Schellsburg Pa. where a car, descending the hill, and placed in neutral., will roll to a stop and reverse direction, going back up the hill. Also, walking down the hill requires as much effort as if walking up and walking up the hill is like walking down. A stream which runs parallel to the road also runs UP . In Michigan, Shep spends ten days in a cabin he rented from a farmer who owned 500 acres. It was right on the shore of Rifle Lake. After about three days he is sitting in the boat on the lake fishing when all of a sudden something big and smooth rolled right next to the boat from out of the black water and then disappears. Everyday it kept seeming darker. After a few days Shep is listening to the portable radio, and walks out of the cabin into the night... except it was 11:00am! It was pitch dark and you could see stars. By 3:00 it began to get ligh, by 4:30 it was twilight and by 5:00 it was getting dark again. He also talks about the wildlife in the area and the Apple Jack and Cherry Jack produced locally.

Comments

• Gravity hill website: http://www.bedfordcounty.net/GRAVITYHILL/Index.htm Shep claims to have found out 2 months later what occurred on the lake, but doesn't tell on this show at least.

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 05:45	Marc Spector

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

This Show

Date	Title
January 8, 1975	Mysterious Things; Gravity Hill	Original Airing
February 20, 1975	Mysterious Things; Gravity Hill	WBJC Synd Replay
March 14, 1975	Mysterious Things; Gravity Hill	WBJC Synd Replay
October 7, 1975	Gravity Defied	WOR Rerun

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975