At Table Mountain - Whipping Day

: To this day, when the "tablecloth" cloud rolls over the summit, locals say Van Hunks and the Devil are locked in a rematch. The Science Behind the "Whipping" The actual "whipping" is caused by orographic lift .

: As they puffed away for days, a massive cloud of smoke began to drape over the mountain. Van Hunks eventually won, but the stranger revealed himself as the Devil and vanished with him in a flash of lightning. whipping day at table mountain

Local folklore attributes this phenomenon to a smoking contest between a retired Dutch pirate named and the Devil . : To this day, when the "tablecloth" cloud