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Haunted places in Oregon
A haunted location: Capital Building in Salem, Oregon.
Details: The capital was burned down twice by fire.
One of the elevators shows its history when the carpeted floor mysteriously smolders.
The capital has had to be evacuated once because of this unknown fire.
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A haunted location: Stevens State Park in Warrenton, Oregon.
Details: Battery Russell – The bike path is haunted by a man in his twenties holding a flashlight looking for enemy soldiers.
The Battery itself is also haunted, strange sounds can be heard in the deep dark places that go into the hillside.
And cold spots are everywhere.
The bunkers on the far hill are also haunted.
Supposedly by a menacing figure in fatigues holding a large knife.
Very creepy place to be even in daylight.
Written by: Gwenyth Poler
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A haunted location: Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, Oregon.
Details: The shanghai Tunnels were used for kidnapping able men to work on boats.
Now are said to be haunted by the men.- June 2005 Update/Additional Information – This is a rather infamous part of Portland as the name suggests.
Men would be shanghaied, beaten up to awaken aboard a ship.
Also, women would be kidnapped and sold into the sex business.
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A haunted location: Outpost Village Resort RV & Mobile Home Park in Gates, Oregon.
Details: Former landlord shot and killed a man in the Jacuzzi over a betting debt.
The Jacuzzi and house were burned down by the local fire department in 1998.
People report seeing a ghostly figure wandering around the property.
The former property manager (me) had to do a spirit releasement on some of the tenants and friends living in the resort.
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A haunted location: Mission Mill in Salem, Oregon.
Details: Once a thriving woolen mill, it is now a museum and home to businesses such as the Salem Art Center.
Also on the grounds you can find the original home of Jason Lee, the founder of Salem, and several other historical buildings that were transplanted to the grounds.
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A haunted location: Old Mt View Hospital in Bend, Oregon.
Details: Is now an apartment building next to Drake Park, a man died of old age in one of the apartments in the basement.
People have heard creaks in the floor like he’s walking around.
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A haunted location: White Eagle Tavern in Portland, Oregon.
Details: A stairway is haunted in the kitchen area off the office area.
The manager has gotten trapped there by various cleaning equipment.
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A haunted location: Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon.
Details: In the courtyard there have been several sightings of a women dressed in white calling for her daughter “Francis”.
Often do bushes and trees move when she gets mad that she can’t find her.
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A haunted location: MACK Theater in McMinnville, Oregon.
Details: Cold spots in the women’s bathroom by one of the entrance doors to the theater.
Feeling of being watched.
Feelings there aren’t scary just a little uneasy.
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A haunted location: Westgate Cinema in Beaverton, Oregon.
Details: A shadowy figure has been reported lurking in the upstairs projector room that was formerly a living quarters.
When chased, the shadowy figure vanishes down a hallway that leads to double-doors that never opened.
– June 2005 Update – Act III shut it down a couple of years ago, and it sits empty now.
They are going to build a new cinema in the newer, “Hipper”, part of town.
– March 2008 Was torn down over a year ago.
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