# Cars lifted off the ground by unknown force **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700 "2015-11-27T12:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/1 "2015-11-27T12:39:40Z")
Whoa. [Three cars suddenly lifted off the ground by an unseen force.](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c6b_1448604412) It appears to be from China. The only thing I can figure is there is some kind of cable across the road that suddenly lifted up, catching those three cars. But the angles are all wrong, and there are other cars that are unaffected. I suppose it could be faked, and it is second generation, recorded off of another TV. But, damn, that looks weird. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/2 "2015-11-27T13:40:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The only thing I can figure is there is some kind of cable across the road that suddenly lifted up, catching those three cars. I am sure you have seen other videos that more clearly show the effect of running into downed cables–that is what happens. It looks like there was a cable mainly flat on road and when the first vehicle hit the section that was up, the additional tension raised the cable enough to affect the other two cars. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/3 "2015-11-27T15:35:05Z")
Promo for the Force Awakens. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/4 "2015-11-27T15:46:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Whoa. [Three cars suddenly lifted off the ground by an unseen force.](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c6b_1448604412) It appears to be from China. That is why you should never drive with your [Hairless Hairless Chinese Crested Dog](http://www.paghat.com/empireofthechihuahua/true-sam.html) when it has flatulence. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/5 "2015-11-27T16:43:38Z")
Compact gif version: I was reading speculation that there is a cable fixed high to the left and the street sweeper on the right snagged and wound it up. The sweeper stops at the right time, even though the driver probably wouldn’t have been able to see the cars bouncing up. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/6 "2015-11-27T17:59:42Z")
Yeh, someone runs out from the curb to warn the streetsweeper to stop. I wonder what was going through the mind of the people in the lifted vehicles, particularly the longest one that was lifted in the rear. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/7 "2015-11-27T19:51:54Z")
One of the tires actually pooped off. Wow. It’s hard to believe the street sweeper could be strong enough and heavy enough to lift all that without lifting itself, or even going off course. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/8 "2015-11-27T22:10:11Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the drivers and passengers also pooped. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/9 "2015-11-27T22:11:41Z")
Didn’t something like this happen in the first season of Marvel’s Agents of Shield? I think Graviton did it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/10 "2015-11-28T02:03:39Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the drivers and passengers also pooped. LOL! I meant “Popped” of course. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/11 "2015-11-28T04:27:57Z")
Full story and explanation here Chinese news video link below with longer, clearer version of clip and pics of steel cable in road after the fact and pics of how the sweeper took it up. [http://v.ifeng.com/vblog/dv/201511/04a0e0cf-6527-443c-802e-6dafe3a55e27.shtml](http://v.ifeng.com/vblog/dv/201511/04a0e0cf-6527-443c-802e-6dafe3a55e27.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/12 "2015-11-28T06:16:15Z")
Dammit, Magneto! ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/13 "2015-11-28T06:46:05Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > That is why you should never drive with your [Hairless Hairless Chinese Crested Dog](http://www.paghat.com/empireofthechihuahua/true-sam.html) when it has flatulence. Good Lord where did you find that? Just, Why? ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/14 "2015-11-28T14:02:09Z")
> [@guestchaz](#): > > Good Lord where did you find that? > Just, Why? They get publicised every year in the [worlds ugliest dog contest 🙂](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2015/jun/29/the-ugliest-dog-competition-in-pictures) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/15 "2015-11-28T16:17:48Z")
I was hoping it was the Hand of God, to protect the pedestrians trying to cross. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-lifted-off-the-ground-by-unknown-force/738700/16 "2015-11-28T21:27:00Z")
So, from that video that **astro** linked to, it looks like the street sweeper’s rotating brush caught the cable and it began wrapping around it? I couldn’t understand the audio, but there was some footage of the cable wrapped around the brush, I think.