Oregon

Blue Mountains

Tollgate

Researchers tracked a group of four Sasquatch monsters in this area from 1982 to 1987. Their footprints ranged in size from sixteen to eighteen
inches. The first footprints were found near Elk Wallow in 1982. In 1986, three different sets of tracks started appearing. These included a set of
twelve-inch footprints thought to belong to a young Bigfoot. A supposed sleeping lair was discovered, as well as significant damage to shrubs
and trees. Different footprints were discovered near Tollgate in 1986, and a sighting occurred on a road about twenty miles to the north of the
resort town.

Gold Hill

Oregon Vortex

People have felt there was something not quite right about this hill for hundreds of years. Indians called it the "Forbidden Ground", and white
settlers in 1864 talked of "something wrong" here. The unease felt by people on the hill may have made them receptive to paranormal
experiences. John Litster, a Scottish physicist, for instance, came to the site in 1914, and spent the rest of his life studying what he considered
to be "aberrations in the light field and gravity." The site became a tourist attraction in 1930, and thousands of people have experiences both
entertaining illusions, and the authentic effects of the Oregon Vortex. The House of Mystery on the site was used as an assay office for gold
mining company until it collapsed sideways in a thunderstorm. The strongest vortex concentration is said to be directly behind the building. The
whirling energy is believed to distort photographs taken there. Round items placed on a hill, will not go down, the hill and rather defy the laws of
gravity and go up the hill. In a 1994 investigation, William Moffitt concluded that the site exhibits some genuine phenomena, but compared with
other sacred areas it is "a lesser vortex infused with commercialism."

Jacksonville

Herman Helms House

This house dates back to 1862. Two ghosts haunt this old home. One, an elderly lady who walks through the halls weeping and the other is a
little girl who sits at the bottom of the stairs, also crying. The old lady is Herman Helms' wife Augusta Englebrecht Helms, who is mourning the
family's numerous tragedies. Epidemics, murder, and suicide claimed a dozen members of the Helms clan in the late 1800's. Mrs. Helms died
in the house in 1911, seventy-two years old. The little girl ghost is her youngest daughter, Herminne who died of a small pox epidemic in 1868,
and was buried in the front lawn. When they put on an addition onto the home, they uncovered her grave in 1878, and she and her tombstone
was moved to the basement in the new section of the home.

Lincoln County

Neahkahnie Mountain

The spirits of massacred Spanish pirates guard a lost treasure on the coast here. In the early 1700's, Indians watched as two sailing vessels
fired "thunder" at each other. One of the ships was badly damaged and ran aground near this mountain. They watched as men from the ship
buried a heavy black chest in the sand. Later, they befriended scores of these "white and black men". But the arrogant Spanish pirates wasted
no time wearing out the Indians' hospitality. one night a band of 1,500 united Tillamook, Clatsop, and Nehalem Indians descended on the
sailors' camp and killed them all. They buried the bodies on the beach next to the black chest. Mysterious markings on the rocks on
Neahkahnie Mountain may hold clues to the whereabouts of the lost treasure chest. A giant "W" with a mile long base formed with mounds of
rocks has been found here, as well as several smaller rock carvings of the letter. The Indians believe the spirits of the lost sailors guard their
treasure, and, indeed, since 1900, five people have died in separate accidents while searching fo the lost chest.

Portland

Ella Rooming House

Another tragedy struck the Helms family here on January 6, 1907, where Emma and Anna the daughters of Herman Helms operated a rooming
house. Emma's estranged husband, Fred Martin went in and killed the sister-in-law whom he blamed for his marital problems. He them shot is
wife, wounding her and them she ran out the door. He ran after her, but the borders in the house prevented him, so he than ran into the
basement where he killed himself. His wife was taken to the hospital where she later survived. The rooming house is no longer there and is a
video store, and Fred is buried in a nearby cemetery. I do not know if either of them are haunted.