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DAMASCUSDamascus Pioneer Cemetery
Brief Location History: Cemetery started prior to 1855. Land deeded 26 Apr 1876 for burial ground by James and Margaret Chitwood. [internment.net] Paranormal Background: Strange sounds, shadows at any time. Many people who have taken pictures say their film has "extra visitors". [theshadowlands.net] Links: Top LA GRANDEHot Lakes Resort
Brief Location History: Location is publicly accessible and currently being restored. Originally constructed in 1851. During the 1880s an elegant resort and sanatorium were built. It was so popular it was frequently called the "Mayo Clinic of the West". The sanitorium was purchased by Dr. W. T. Phy in 1917 who called it Hot Lake Sanitarium and developed state-of-the-art medical facilities including a hospital and surgery room with the most modern X-ray and radiation treatments of the time. The Sanitarium saw hundreds of patients until its decline after Dr. Phys's death in 1931. A fire destroyed part of the complex in 1934, and after this time, the resort/sanitorium began it's decline. Use of the complex continued to decline; by 1977 the resort had been reduced to a one floor hotel and restaurant. By 1991 the buildings ha been abandoned. Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Purchased in 2006 and reopened to the public in May 2007, the resort is currently being restored. Paranormal Background: Woman heard screaming on third floor; piano plays by itself both from original location on third floor, and after being moved down to first floor; items getting out of locked rooms; footsteps heard on wheelchair ramp between first and second floors; rocking chairs on third floor that never get dusty and get moved around periodically. It has been rumored to be haunted by old vacationers, a gardener who committed suicide, and insane people from the building's sanitorium days. When the hotel was originally constructed it acquired a piano formerly owned by Robert E. Lee's wife. The music is rumored to be heard to this very day. Links: Top OREGON CITYForbes Barclay House
Brief Location History: Location is publicly accessible. Joint tours with the McLoughlin House, which is located next door, are available Wednesday through Sunday. Dr. Forbes Barclay (1812-1873) built the home in 1849 and lived there with his wife Maria Pambrun and their seven children. The home remained in the Barclay family until the 1930's when it was moved from its original waterfront site to its present location next door to the McLoughlin House. Dr. Barclay and his wife are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Barclay also served the community as a mayor of Oregon City, superintendent of schools and the first coroner of Oregon. Paranormal Background: Ghosts reported as being seen here include Dr. Barclay, Dr. Barclay's brother "Uncle Sandy" and a woman. Some of his patients and perhaps his son, who died in infancy haunt the back rooms of the house. Some ghosts that haunt both the McLoughlin House and the Barclay house are a little red headed boy, a woman in a beautiful gown. Muddy dog paw prints have been seen. It is thought the red headed boy died at the Barclay house. Links: Top Dr. John McLoughlin House
Brief Location History: Location is publicly accessible. Joint tours with the Barclay House, which is located next door, are available Wednesday through Sunday. Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857) established Fort Vancouver in 1825. He was chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. Because of his role in Oregon's early history, Dr. McLoughlin is frequently referred to as the "Father of Oregon". He and his family moved to this Oregon City home in 1846 and he died here in 1857. The home was saved from demolition in 1909 and was moved from the waterfront to its present location next door to the Barclay house. It has served as a museum since 1910. Dr. and Mrs. McLoughlin were originally buried next to their home. When the home was moved to its current site, so were their graves. Paranormal Background: The spirits
of John and Marguerite McLoughlin started to appear at McLoughlin House
when their graves were moved from their original
location along with the house. They are now buried between the
McLoughlin House and the Barclay House. In the parlour where Dr. McLoughlin
died, people have reported a feeling of fear and foreboding. It is thought
a murder was once committed here during a later time when the house served
as a brothel or during the time vagrants lived there. Chinese spirits huddled
in terror were seen by a psychic in one of the rooms now set up as an office.
Displays have been changed, things disappear and then reappear and knocking
sounds
have
been
heard. Some ghosts that haunt both the McLoughlin House and the Barclay
house are a little red headed
boy, a woman in a beautiful gown. Muddy dog paw prints have been
seen.
NEHALEMNehalem Bay Winery
Brief Location History: The winery property is located in a green valley off Highway 101 in the Nehalem Bay area on the north Oregon coast. Now owned and operated by Ray Shackelford, the winery was established in 1974 by Patrick McCoy. McCoy was traveling on the Oregon coast when he discovered the old, abandoned Mohler Creamery. The creamery had been in production from 1909 to 1959. Converting the creamery property into a winery, McCoy's first production was of blackberry wine on April 1, 1974. Paranormal Background: hearing voices, seeing shadowy figures, fleeting movement, feelings of uneasiness, apparitions, evp captured with voices saying 'kill me', being touched or pushed but nobody is there. Hot spots: a guest bedroom, open area on second floor, corridor behind winery stage. Links:
NEWPORTYaquina Head Lighthouse
Brief Location History: Publicly accessible. Tallest lighthouse tower on the Oregon Coast. Built from 1871 to 1873 by the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersDuring WWII 17 Servicemen were stationed at Yaquina Head keeping a lookout for enemy ships. Although automated in 1966, the lighthouse still uses its original 1868 French-made Fixed Fresnel lensIn 1993, the lighthouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Paranormal Background: Unsubstantiated story of construction worker who fell to his death while working on the tower. His body could not be retrieved, so he ended up being sealed between the tower walls. John Zenor, lightkeeper from 1932 - 1954, reported "someone unseen would come in and go up the spiral stairs. After the war [WW II] we never heard him again". There are reports of a ghost roaming the beach nearby - a young lady searching for her father who was swept out to sea. Ships passing close to Yaquina Head have reported their compasses going awry. There is likely a scientific cause for this: there is a vein of magnetized iron in the outcropping on which the lighthouse sits. If a ship passes too close, a traditional compass will not give an accurate reading. In 1998, a German shepherd was walking with his master near the lighthouse when the dog fell over a cliff. Rescue workers were called out and could hear the dog barking on the beach below. After surveying the scene with search lights, it was decided the only way to get to the dog would be to rappel down the cliff. While the crew was waiting for additional help, the dog suddenly appeared uninjured by one of the fire trucks. No one could figure out how he got up the slippery cliff. The repeated story of the lightkeeper named Higgins having died and haunting the lighthouse has been disproved. A descendant of Mr. Higgins sent a letter to BeachConnection.net confirming that Mr. Higgins did NOT die in the lighthouse. He moved to Portland, Oregon, became a dockworker, and died there of natural causes in the 1930s. Links:
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
Brief Location History: Publicly accessible. Now a lighthouse museum and a state park. Constructed in 1871 and decommissioned in 1874. Only one lightkeeper and his family lived at the lighthouse; Charles H. Peirce and his family. One of the few lighthouses with the living quarters in the same building as the light tower. It is possibly the oldest existing building in Newport, Oregon. The light was reactivated in 1996. Paranormal Background: The ghost of a red-headed sailor with an emaciated skull-like face has been seen. It is possibly the ghost of Evan MacClure, captain of a yankee sailing ship. After a ship-board fight and a mutiny in 1873, MacClure was put over the side of the ship in a small boat. During a violent storm in January 1874, some locals watched a small boat wash up on the rocks and a a man with red hair climbed out. His face appeared skeletal. Then a wave washed over the rocks taking the man and the boat with it. The boat later turned up, but not the mysterious man. According to legend, when the lighthouse shut down in 1874, MacClure moved in. Many people had seen the lighthouse beacon lit, even though the oil reservoirs had been empty for weeks. There have also been rumors of people disappearing in the lighthouse during the decades it was abandoned. There was once the story of a ghost named Muriel Travenard that persisted for 80 years until it was discovered in the 1980's that the story was originally a fictional work written by author Lischen Miller. The story, 'The Haunted Lighthouse' had been published in Pacific Monthly, vol. 11 in 1899. Links:
PORTLANDThe Dibbuk Box
Brief Location History: Wine cabinet purchased at the estate sale of a 103 old woman in Portland, Oregon in September 2001. The old woman had told her granddaughter that the wine cabinet was never, ever to be opened Within a few days, the new buyer started experiencing strange phenomena. Subsequent owners also had many paranormal experiences. Paranormal
Background: Second Owner - Incidents seem more along the line of coincidence with the exception of repeated urine smell and the new owner (early 20s) hair falling out -- half his hair fell out, his doctor finds no reason after tests. Current Owner - The morning after he got the box, his right eye looked like it had been severely poked. After two weeks, no improvement, he went to two separate eye specialists who could find nothing, calling it a spontaneous drying of his eye whites. He has lost distinct vision for small items. He had the box checked to see if there was any residue that could have caused it; none found. During the first week of ownership, those near the box reported several incidents of harm to their family members. The newest owner witnessed the Jasmine and cat urine smells -- while reading a blog that said he should burn the box -- his computer hard drive erased, leaving the monitor on, internet cut off. Links: (URLs for podcasts subject to change) Top
Brief Location History: Completed in December 1927 after seven months of construction, the New Heathman Hotel was Portland's largest construction project to date, employing 1200 workers. It was built to accomodate the wealthy lumber barons and railroad magnates who desired a more refined hotel than the other hotels in town at that time. The Heathman Hotel is a member of the Historic Hotels of America and a National Historic Landmark. The hotel received the Travel + Leisure 2009 Award as one of the 500 Best Hotels in the World. It is a boutique hotel offering luxurious accomodations and award-winning service. It is one of the last grand hotels built during this period remaining in downtown Portland. Paranormal
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Attempts to verify Paranormal Activity: RESEARCH DOCUMENTATION: Top Old Town Pizza - Merchant Hotel
Brief Location History: Old Town Pizza, founded 1974, is currently housed in the original lobby of the old Merchant Hotel. The hotel was built in 1880 by lumber barons to cater to the wealthy. The window where you place your pizza order is the original hotel reception desk. Underneath the floorboards are the Shanghai Tunnels connecting Portland via underground pathways. (see coverage of the Shanghai Tunnels, above) The Merchant Hotel, built in 1880, it was the center of Japantown in Portland in the 1930s and the 1940s. Paranormal
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Brief Location History: Publicly accessible, open daily, except January. Designed by architect Edward Foulkes and constructed between 1909 and 1914, Pittock Mansion sits on 46 acres of land and overlooks the city of Portland The mansion was home to Portland pioneers Henry and Georgiana Pittock from 1914 to 1919. Henry had arrived in Oregon penniless by wagon train in 1853, and immediately began working for the Weekly Oregonian newspaper. Quite the businessman, Henry took ownership of the Weekly Oregonian a mere 7 years later, in 1860 and changed it to the daily format we read today. Eventually, Henry Pittock's empire comprised real estate, banking, railroads, steamboats, sheep ranching, silver mining and pulp and paper. His wife Georgiana worked at improving the lives of women and children, and, among other accomplishments, founded the Ladies Relief Society in 1867, whose Children's Home provided for needy children. Georgiana died in 1918 and Henry died in 1919. The Pittock family continued to live in the mansion until 1958. Because of the historical significance of the mansion, the City of Portland purchased the estate in 1964 and opened it to the public in 1965. Paranormal
Background: Childhood photo of Henry Pittock moves from place to place; sound of heavy boots walking in or out of rear entrance. A window overlooking the front entrance shut and latched on its own. The latch is a type that takes a human hand to life and turn to close. One woman was looking at picture displays in the basement. She turned around and saw the figure of an elderly woman standing next to her - the woman vanished before her eyes. A shaman said he could feel the spirit of the Pittocks in the mansion and reported that they were 'very happy'. An Oregon sensitive/ clairsentient reports two sisters happy energy on the south side of the 2nd floor; memory imprint of a baby who died at he north end of an upstairs bedroom. [NorthwestHauntings Staff note: Reports of the strong smell of roses when there are none in the house may be discounted by the fact there is a famous and extensive rose garden outside -- this report does not elaborate on time of year, etc.] Links: Top Shanghai Tunnels
Brief Location History: The practice of shanghaiing (forcing someone to join a ship lacking a full crew by drugging or other underhanded means) took place in Portland, Oregon mostly during the period 1850-1941. Various bars and establishments in the downtown area had trap doors in the floors. "Selected" persons were drugged and dropped down the trap doors, to be held in various locations in the tunnels until transported to a ship, unseen by the public. This method was also used to kidnap women for the overseas sex trade, and the tunnels were extensively used during prohibition to transport liquor. Paranormal Background: According to The Travel Channel, Portland's Shanghai Tunnels are one of America’s top ten most haunted places. Northwest Paranormal Investigations has proclaimed that the Shanghai Tunnels to be the most haunted place in Oregon and, perhaps, the most haunted place on the West Coast. Theshadowlands.net reports that the spirit of "NINA" has been known to haunt the halls of the tunnels. The spirit has been seen as that of a woman in white, which matched the description of a girl named Nina who died in those tunnels. In fact, the apparition has been known to stay pretty close to where her name "NINA" has been carved into the brick in one of the passages there. It is an original carving that was put there back in the day. Links: White Eagle Saloon and Cafe
Brief Location History: Established in 1905 as 'B. Soboleski & Company Saloon' by two Polish immigrants, Barney Soboleski and William Hryszko, to offer other Polish immigrants a place for drink and recreation. William lived in Walla Walla, WA, but his brother Joseph Hrysko lived in Portland, and was the saloon's bartender who also lived upstairs. The saloon was nicknamed the 'Bucket of Blood' because of the frequent and fierce brawls in and around the saloon. In 1914, Soboleski sold his portion of the business and the name was changed to 'Hryszko Brothers Saloon'. In 1917 the name changed again to 'Hryszko Brothers Soft Drinks Emporium' because of Prohibition. The bar had now become a place for the neighborhood children to get ice cream cones*, although the story goes that liquor was still available in the basement. On the main level the bar contained a beautiful black bar crafted in Europe in the 1800s and a tile floor in a Native American pattern. According to legend, there was also a white brothel upstairs and an opium den and brothel of color downstairs. A feature of the basement was supposedly a tunnel connecting to an underground network leading to the waterfront. Speculation has it that unlucky bar patrons were shanghaied to fill ship's crews [see Shanghai Tunnels], although no evidence exists to prove shanghaiing actually occurred at the White Eagle. After Prohibition was lifted in 1933, the saloon served hard-working blue-collar folks of the neighborhood serving beer, burgers and pool, shuffleboard and cards. The name was changed in 1938 to 'Hryszko Brothers Restaurant & Beer Parlor'. During WWII, the name changed to the Blue Eagle Cafe, and in 1949, the saloon took on its current name of White Eagle Cafe and Saloon. In 1997, the White Eagle was nominated and later placed on the National Register of Historic Places. *This is documented by the 1910 US Cenus, Ward 9, Portland, Multnomah, OR, 118 Russell Street, where Barney Soboleski and his boarder Joe Hrysko are enumerated. Barney simply states his occupation as store, but Joe lists his as liquor server, store. On the 1920 US Census, Pct 247, Portland, Multnomah, OR, 508 Ross Street, we find Joe Hrysko. His occupation is Proprietor of a Confectionary. Joe Hrysko lists this same occupation on the Portland, Oregon 1930 US Census. Paranormal
Background: Paranormal activity by floor is followed by information on the resident ghosts The White Eagle Ghosts: Links:
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Brief Location History: Publicly accessible. A 187 mile long tributary of the Columbia River, the Willamette River's northern end it divides the city of Portland, Oregon. The river was a major transportation route during much of Oregon's early history. Paranormal Background: In recent years a phantom rowboat has been sighted along the river with no one in the boat. When the Coast Guard goes to retrieve the boat it disappears right before their eyes. [NorthwestHauntings Staff note: THE VALIDITY OF THIS REPORT IS QUESTIONABLE. The single report of this sighting is repeated as above on numerous websites but without further substantiation. It has been posted for years. When and where on the river the event occurred is never mentioned. No subsequent private reports have been located to date.] Links: Top SALEMSalem Pioneer Cemetery
Brief Location History: Began as a family burial plot on the Donation Land Claim of Methodist Missionary David Leslie. The earliest death in the cemetery is of Leslie's first wife, Mary, who died in 1841. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows purchased adjoining land for community burials and established a cemetery in 1853 known as the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Today the entire cemetery covers 16 1/2 acres. Paranormal
Background: SEEN: Angry spirit perched in tree warning people to leave; six-foot tall black figure; glowing tomb; spirit of young girl; disappearing man; photos and videos showing orbs and other anomalies. Links: Top TILLAMOOKTillamook Rock Lighthouse
Brief Location History: "Terrible Tilly" is literally a mile offshore on a rock, privately owned and not open to the public. Tillamook Rock lighthouse was constructed in 1879-1880 and was one of the great engineering feats of the late 19th century. Construction was done in secret with the crew sequestered, due to public opposition. Until the lighthouse was unmanned in 1957, the men had to use a "breeches buoy" from a boat or ship in order to get on and off the rock (no women or children were ever permitted on Tillamook Rock). In the 1980s the lighthouse interior was converted into the world's first lighthouse columbarium, named Eternity at Sea. 10,000 niches for urns were created. As of 1996, only 17 urns had been interred there. Even though the lighthouse is privately owned, it is maintained by the U.S. Forest Service. Tillamook Rock is on the National Register of Historic Places. Paranormal
Background: James Gibbs, a former lightkeeper and author of many books about lighthouses, has heard sounds of ghostly moaning and has seen a phantom steamship. One of the last visitors to the rock in 1980 also claims to have heard ghostly voices. Residents on the mainland still claim to see a ghostly glow from the lighthouse tower, even though the light was discontinued since 1957. A Phantom Ship was supposedly witnessed by four lightkeepers one stormy day, about a quarter mile from the rock. The empty ship appeared old: peeling paint, streaks of rust, sodden decks, pilot house caved in and its portholes creaking open and shut. The lighthouse crew radioed for the Coast Guard to respond, but it was apparent they could not arrive in time to save the ship. As the derelict ship drifted closer to the rock, it suddenly became motionless even though a rip tide cut through the hull. As if there were someone at the wheel, the ship spun around, averting disaster. The ship then disappeared into the mist. The wooden rudder was the only thing to strike the rock, and it broke free. When the Coast Guard finally arrived, they mounted an air and sea search, but found no trace of the ship or the wreckage. A few weeks later during a bad storm, the waves deposited the lost wooden rudder at the base of the rock. The crew, wanting proof of what they had seen weeks earlier, attempted to retrieve it. Just before the crew reached the rudder, a huge wave came crashing, sweeping the rudder back out to sea. Links:
TROUTDALEMcMenamin's Edgefield Resort
Brief Location History: Originally built in 1911 as the Multnomah County Poor Farm, where the poor, indigent and elderly could live and work. From 1962 until its closure in 1982 it operated as Edgefield Manor, a nursing home. The 38 acre site has since been converted into a destination resort with a Bed & Breakfast, numerous restaurants and pubs, golf course, brewery and more. Paranormal Background: haunted rooms, moving objects, ghost cat, ghost dog, woman in white, nurse ghost, child in white, sounds of crying Links:
WHEELER
Brief Location History: Publicly accessible hotel open year round. Built in 1920 to replace two wooden buildings that had occupied same location -- the Rector Hotel and the Hotel Annex. In 1940 Dr. Harvey Rinehart bought the building and opened it as the Rinehart Clinic, a well-known arthritis treatment center. Patients stayed in the hotel rooms on the upper floors and treatments were on the first floor and basement. The clinic continued to offer all forms of medical services until it closed about 1980. The building changed ownership several times until 1998 when the building was purchased, refurbished and turned into the current Old Wheeler Hotel. Paranormal Background: The figure of a tall man in black pioneer clothes was seen reflected in one of the large mirrors in the upstairs sitting room. Some have reported hearing footsteps and seeing black shadow movement in the basement, as well as some EMF. EVP recordings have been obtained by some investigators. Photographs show orbs and other abnormalities. Frequency of paranormal events were at their highest when the owners bought the hotel in 1998 and began restoration -- after a while, the building seemed to "accept" them, and the majority of the events stopped. As of October 2009, the building is under new ownership. Links:
YACHATSCleft of the Rock Lighthouse
Brief Location History: Not open to the public. Privately owned home, private museum, and lighthouse overlooking Cape Perpetua. Built in 1976 by former lighthouse attendant and maritime author Jim Gibbs. The lighthouse can be viewed from pullout on Hwy 101 near milepost 166. Paranormal Background: Owner Jim Gibbs and others have seen the ship's wheel in his private museum move of its own volition. Reports that the land itself may be haunted. Jefferson Davis reports a legend involving a child his book "Ghosts, Critters & Sacred Places of Washington and Oregon II " that has not been substantiated elsewhere and in the opinion of the NWHaunting staff, seems unlikely due to the time period in question. Links:
Heceta Head Lighthouse and Bed and Breakfast Lighthouse:
Lightkeeper's Quarters - now a Bed and Breakfast:
Brief Location History: Publicly accessible. Most photographed lighthouse in the world. Construction of the lighthouse began in 1892, and the lighthouse opened on March 30, 1894. Many lightkeepers found the isolated conditions difficult and moved on. Head Keeper Olaf Hansen spent 15 years making the Lightstation a liveable community, starting the vegetable gardens, a schoolhouse, and the Heceta Head Post Office. The lighthouse remained in operation until 1963 when it was fully automated. The lightkeeper's home is now a Bed and Breakfast and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Paranormal Background: Apparently haunted by a ghost named Rue, also called The Gray Lady because of her habit of appearing as a cloud of gray mist that floats about the grounds and throughout the house, although she also has also appeared as a silver-haired woman wearing a floor-length gray skirt. Legend says Rue searches for her infant daughter who tumbled from the 200 foot cliffs to her death or drowned in the ocean or a local pond. There is a grave of a child with a headstone on the property. Since the 1950s almost every person to inhabit Heceta House has reported odd occurrences. Lights turn on and off unexpectedly even in calm weather; doors suddenly lock; objects from one room will suddenly appear in another room; fire alarms have been set off, dishes rattle in the cupboard and its doors open and close; footsteps have been heard walking upstairs; sounds of a woman screaming; windows previously locked have been found unlocked and open. Unlike may ghosts, Rue has been seen mostly in daylight. She seems to prefer the attic. Many people have seen Rue looking out at them from the attic window; during renovation in the 1970s, Rue reportedly rose up out of the floor and stood fact to face with a worker painting the attic. One couple staying at the B&B watches their daughter's eyeglasses be pushed up her forehead by unseen hands. Genealogical Data: Contiuing search for the woman named Rue has had no results so far. A search of Oregon census records finds no woman named Rue or La Rue living in any Oregon coast county in 1900, 1910, or 1920. In 1930 a Rue found in Tillamook County, OR has a husband who is a mill worker, and another in Lincoln County, OR has a husband who is a carpenter. In addition, this second Rue may be named Rose - the handwriting is poor. Links:
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