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Apparitions filed in Oregon

Oregon files 33 dossiers under this claim — a visible figure, full or fleeting, reported by a witness. It is the most common shape a report takes in the archive, and the Oregon shelf runs the same range as the national one: nameless shapes in hallways, figures identified across decades of separate sightings. The dossiers note who reported it and when; what was seen is left where the record leaves it.

33 dossiers1 county covered91% open to visitorsWolf Creek Inn — deepest file
Inn
Medium

Wolf Creek Inn

Wolf Creek, Oregon

Historic stagecoach inn with documented visitor ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Sumpter

Sumpter, Oregon

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Ghost Town
High confidence

Shaniko

Shaniko, Oregon

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Clatsop

Astoria, Oregon

The 1805 winter camp—where Lewis and Clark waited out the rain.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Sea Lion Caves

Florence, Oregon

The 1880 cave—the largest sea lion cave in America.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Thor’s Well

Yachats, Oregon

The basalt drain—where the ocean sinks into the rock.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Cape Perpetua

Yachats, Oregon

The 800-foot headland—where the forest meets the Pacific.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Shore Acres

Charleston, Oregon

The Simpson estate—where the garden grows on the cliff.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Oregon Dunes

Reedsport, Oregon

The dunes—40 miles of sand that swallows the forest.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Tillamook Air Museum

Tillamook, Oregon

The 1943 blimp hangar—where the wooden giants still stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Astoria Column

Astoria, Oregon

The 1926 column—where the spiral tells the city’s story.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Oregon State Hospital

Salem, Oregon

The 1883 asylum—One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest filmed here.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Stevens

Hammond, Oregon

The 1863 fort—where the Japanese shelled Oregon in 1942.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Neahkahnie Mountain

Manzanita, Oregon

The mountain—where the beeswax wreck and the buried treasure legend began.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Cape Arago

Charleston, Oregon

The cape—where the lighthouse stands on the island.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Battle Rock

Port Orford, Oregon

The 1851 rock—where the landing party held the beach.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Cape Blanco

Port Orford, Oregon

The westernmost point in Oregon—where the lighthouse stands alone.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Umpqua Lighthouse

Winchester Bay, Oregon

The 1894 lighthouse—where the first one fell into the river.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Yaquina Head

Newport, Oregon

The 1873 lighthouse—where the basalt headland juts into the sea.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Yaquina Bay Light

Newport, Oregon

The 1871 lighthouse—where the light went out and the ghost stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Flavel House

Astoria, Oregon

The 1885 mansion—where the river pilot kept his ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Liberty Theatre

Astoria, Oregon

The 1925 theatre—where the vaudeville ghost stays.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Celilo Falls

The Dalles, Oregon

The drowned falls—where the Indians fished for 11,000 years.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Dalles

The Dalles, Oregon

The 1850 fort—where the only surgeon’s quarters survived.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cemetery And Chapel
Medium

Odell Pioneer Cemetery and Ebenezer Chapel

Dayton, Oregon

Pioneer cemetery with explicitly disputed urban legends.

2 claims→
Site
Medium

Antelope / Rajneeshpuram

Antelope, Oregon

The town the cult took over—1984 bioterror, the ranch in ruins.

2 claims→
Hotel
Medium

Geiser Grand Hotel

Baker City, Oregon

Restored mining-era hotel with apparition reports.

1 claim · 1 legend→
House Museum
Medium

Francis Ermatinger House

Oregon City, Oregon

Historic house with child and boat-captain ghost stories.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Oregon Caves

Cave Junction, Oregon

The "Marble Halls of Oregon"—and the 1934 lodge above.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Golden

Wolf Creek, Oregon

The church-and-saloon ghost town—four buildings left.

1 claim→
Park
Low

Lithia Park

Ashland, Oregon

Ashland park with multiple local apparition legends.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Low

Benson Hotel

Portland, Oregon

Historic hotel with Simon Benson apparition lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Cornucopia

Halfway, Oregon

The "Horn of Plenty"—the high camp that collapsed in the snow.

1 claim→

Full Oregon record → state index· Every apparition filing → phenomena index