"Gravitational anomalies" in South Ossetia

[Bill Ryan]

Folks, there's a curious section of this weather video starting at 3:53.

Shown are two "gravitational anomalies", both in South Ossetia (in Georgia, just south of the border with Russia). They both seem to be taken from the same source video.

https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44956000/gif/_44956446_georgia_rus_226.gif


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfDn12BMiFA

Possible prosaic explanations may be


The "rocks" aren't rocks at all. Maybe hollow faux rocks as garden ornaments, made of plastic.
The "water" isn't water at all, but something much denser. (But it's hard to imagine what. This seems very unlikely. It sure splashes like water.)
The beer can is simply being blown back by an updraft or a strong wind. (Or maybe faked, with a piece of thin line on a fishing rod.) It'd have been helpful if the guy throwing the can also held a little flag to show there was no breeze!

I searched briefly for the source video, but failed so far to find it. And I'd be VERY interested to see a translation of the Russian commentary. (Mashika? :heart: )

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[Kryztian]

If the empty beer can was being repelled by a gravitational effect, and if the person throwing the can into the canyon had thrown a rock, or a filled can into the canyon instead, the same gravitational effect would have repelled that object back event more forcefully and dramatically - I think he would filmed that. Let me guess there is airflow along the wall of that canyon and when the air gets to the end, there is no place to go but up, which is what is creating the updraft effect.

[Harmony]

The rock seems to be dense enough to sink down and splash and then appears to pop back up like it had air in it . I can hear what sounds like wind on the mike, but can't tell if the grass is blowing because of blurry recording, but it doesn't appear to be moving. The can seems to spin around in an unusual way before changing direction. Can't tell if it is aluminium or steel though. Was thinking possibly magnetic repelling. Or a trick 😁.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Interesting vid, but I don't think a gravitational anomaly would account for the floating rock - it certainly impacted the water like you would expect a rock to do in normal gravity. I more suspect that either the consistency of the 'water' is a factor, or the rocks are buoyant, like a porous volcanic rock. The floating beer can could be explained by an updraft as others have speculated.

[Star Tsar]

The rock could be Pumice stone...

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[Dick]

Ive seen a similar video of that can thats coming back again, its as said above, the airflow that’s going up along the rock wall.

[Jayke]

The movement of the can looks similar to experiments in electrostatic levitation. If the composition of the rocks is conducive to similar dielectric currents, could explain the suspension from gravity. Much like the stories of Tibetans floating rocks with sound.

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[Karen (Geophyz)]

I suspect the "rocks" are not normal rocks. The can, I would agree, either wind action or a string. He seems to pick up the can very carefully.

[Mashika]

I suspect the beer can is acting in this way, because of the wind as was said before here on this thread. Same effect but in natural form, which is how people came out with this idea in the first place :)

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As for the rock, as Star Tsar said, if it was pumice yes for sure it can float. Like this guy just picked it up as if it was nothing, i think that's a given that is not as heavy as it could look like