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The documented slide is the record the myth grew on.","The file's documented spine is the landslide's reality: a geological event that bridged the Columbia, the bridge's collapse being the disaster the tradition turned into the gods' war."]},{"heading":"The gods' bridge","paragraphs":["The Bridge of the Gods legend is documented folklore — the file's register being the tradition the slide inspired: the gods' bridge over the Columbia, its fall being the myth's explanation of the rapids the slide left.","The legend is the file's signature — a real landslide made divine by the tradition that named it, the Cascade Locks' rapids being the bridge's wreckage the gods left."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Bridge of the Gods is the archive's landslide file — a real geological event that became a divine legend, the slide's rapids being the bridge's remains. The documented slide is the record; the gods' bridge is the lore the river kept.","A landslide that bridged the Columbia keeps its legend — the file's suggestion being that the rapids at Cascade Locks still carry the gods' fallen span."]}],"name":"Bridge of the Gods","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","INDIGENOUS","GEOLOGY"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The natural bridge—where the legend says the mountain fell.","full_desc":"A site in Cascade Locks, Oregon, Bridge of the Gods is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The natural bridge—where the legend says the mountain fell. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the bridge. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Cascade Locks","county":null,"state":"Oregon","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":45.676045,"lon":-121.868706,"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","research_notes":"PNW2 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":3770,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The Bridge of the Gods legend is documented folklore. The reports at Bridge of the Gods are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. 'Bridge of the Gods' carries the account. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The bridge","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Bridge of the Gods","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Gods_(geologic_event)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3771,"type":"GEOLOGICAL","description":"The landslide is documented geology. The site in Cascade Locks, Oregon gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The press reported it; the reporting is documented, the phenomenon isn't. The report is preserved in sources like 'Bridge of the Gods'. The reports keep the place on every haunted list it qualifies for.","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":"Bridge of the Gods","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Gods_(geologic_event)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The landslide is documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Bridge of the Gods' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context. The claim holds its place in the ledger.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Bridge of the Gods","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Gods_(geologic_event)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The Bridge of the Gods legend is documented folklore. Bridge of the Gods in Cascade Locks, Oregon carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The report is preserved in sources like 'Bridge of the Gods'. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Bridge of the Gods","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Gods_(geologic_event)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The bridge","claimed_identity":"The bridge","verified":null,"summary":"The Bridge of the Gods legend is documented folklore. The site in Cascade Locks, Oregon gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. It remains the site's standing claim. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.","behavior":"The Bridge of the Gods legend is documented folklore.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Bridge of the Gods","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Gods_(geologic_event)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"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":"Bridge of the Gods","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Gods_(geologic_event)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":{"title":"Bridge of the Gods","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_the_Gods","desc":"Topics referred to by the same term","extract":"Bridge of the Gods may refer to:\n\nBridge of the Gods (land bridge), a former natural landslide dam in Oregon and Washington, United States, and the Native American legend that recalls the dam\nBridge of the Gods (modern structure), a roadway bridge across the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, United States","img":null,"score":74},"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}