{"id":3015,"slug":"antelope-rajneeshpuram-antelope-oregon","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Antelope is the taken — the 'renamed Rajneesh' that's the council's vote, the 'population 50' that's the town's size. The 'salad bars' is the poisoned — the '751 sick' that's the attack's count, the 'largest bioterror' that's the nation's mark. The 'voters sickened' is the aimed — the 'election rig' that's the plan's goal, the 'homeless bused' that's the failed first.","The '90 Rolls' is the hoarded — the 'Bhagwan's fleet' that's the guru's wealth, the 'peace sought' that's the followers' aim. The 'Sheela led' is the run — the 'nurse cultured' that's the lab's work, the 'fled later' that's the leader's escape. Antelope is the renamed — the 'back to' that's the '85 vote, the 'ranch empty' that's the commune's end.","The file keeps Antelope: the taken town, the poisoned salads, the rigged election, and the guru's fleet.","Antelope is the archive's Oregon file — the town renamed by a cult that poisoned salad bars."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Antelope is the archive's Oregon file — where the largest bioterror attack in US history was about a county election.","A town keeps its takeover — the file's suggestion being that Antelope's hold is the absurd: the 'salad bars' that's the weapon's form, the 'votes sick' that's the plan's aim, and the 'name back' that's the town's return."]}],"name":"Antelope / Rajneeshpuram","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","RELIGIOUS","LEGEND_SITE"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The town the cult took over—1984 bioterror, the ranch in ruins.","full_desc":"A site in Antelope, Oregon, Antelope / Rajneeshpuram is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The town the cult took over—1984 bioterror, the ranch in ruins. The archive files it under dark history, religious heritage and local folklore. The dossier holds 2 reported claims and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Antelope","county":null,"state":"Oregon","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":44.91126,"lon":-120.723581,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / park","research_notes":"PNW batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2885,"type":"HISTORICAL_LEGEND","description":"The takeover is documented history—the lore is the ranch’s memory. Antelope / Rajneeshpuram's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. Coverage gave the claim its audience; proof remains another matter. The account appears in 'Rajneeshpuram / Antelope'. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","evidence_label":"Media reported","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Rajneeshpuram / Antelope","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneeshpuram","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2886,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the ranch site. The reports at Antelope / Rajneeshpuram are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. 'Rajneeshpuram / Antelope' carries the account. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Rajneeshpuram / Antelope","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneeshpuram","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The 1984 takeover and the bioterror attack are documented. The documented date is 1981–1985. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Rajneeshpuram / Antelope'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1981","date_end":"1985","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Rajneeshpuram / Antelope","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneeshpuram","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Rajneeshpuram / Antelope","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneeshpuram","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}