Viral video of motorbikes and cars 'disappearing' from bridge has everyone confused

8 August 2019, 15:01

By Tom Eames

A new illusion doing the rounds shows motorists on a bridge apparently disappearing as they drive towards a river.

What's going on?

Twitter user @DannyDutch first posted a video of cars seemingly disappearing as they head off a bridge.

Here's the video:

Yes, the traffic just disappears. pic.twitter.com/XPcGrzadu5
— Daniel (@DannyDutch) June 29, 2019

It didn't take long for people everywhere to be thoroughly confused, with some theorizing that it was to do with some Harry Potter-style wizardry.

Going to Hogwarts
— Mohammad Waqas (@MohammadWaqasr) June 30, 2019

They'll all probably wind up on Diagon Alley. #HarryPotter
— Vasant Subramanian (@VasantS10) July 1, 2019

Its a portal to another dimension pic.twitter.com/Nk9kJwwCOs
— Kai Russo🌈♻🌎🗺♥🚀🌈 (@kaithebeaurusso) June 29, 2019

They are not so secretly testing teleportation technology through the use of controlled wormholes that were accidentally discovered by the Large Hadron Collider. All were volunteers and a few actually made it back to the lab nearly in the same shape that they left in. pic.twitter.com/OwSKuMfwVk
— Robert (@Robert00696780) June 30, 2019

Thankfully, users eventually figured out what the heck was going on.

It turns out, that the bridge isn't actually a bridge at all. It is a normal road, and what appears to be a river is actually the roof of a carpark that the cars were driving into, as the video was shot from above.

It's obvious as soon as you realise!

The video has been shot from the roof of a terrace. The water & dirt accumulation gives the appearance of a river & the terrace wall appears like a bridge
— DCP (@ab041937) June 29, 2019