{"id":3468,"slug":"cape-arago-charleston-oregon","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Cape Arago is Oregon's southern headland — the cape at Charleston where the coast's rocks have taken ships since the records began, the headland's documented history being the ledger of the sailors the Pacific claimed.","The file's spine is the cape's maritime weight: a headland whose waters are a ships' graveyard, the rocks being the coast's register of the men who didn't make the bar."]},{"heading":"The sailors","paragraphs":["The lore reports the sailors seen — the file's haunting being the wrecked crews' residue: the men the cape's water took reportedly still at the headland where their ships went down.","The sailors are the file's signature — a cape keeping its drowned, the rocks' ghosts being the crews the Pacific's teeth caught."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Cape Arago is the archive's headland file — an Oregon cape keeping its sailors reportedly still on the rocks. The documented wrecks are the record; the lingering crews are the lore of a coast that's always taken ships.","A cape that took sailors keeps them — the file's suggestion being that Arago's rocks still hold the men whose ships the Pacific broke."]}],"name":"Cape Arago","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","GEOLOGY","LIGHTHOUSE"],"groups":["hauntings","legends"],"desc":"The cape—where the lighthouse stands on the island.","full_desc":"Cape Arago is a site in Charleston, Oregon. The cape—where the lighthouse stands on the island. Its accounts name only a collective — the sailors. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":null,"city":"Charleston","county":null,"state":"Oregon","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":null,"lon":null,"coord_kind":null,"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":3744,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The sailors are reportedly seen. The reports at Cape Arago are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Sources including 'Cape Arago' keep the claim in circulation. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The sailors","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Cape Arago","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Arago_Light","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3745,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures at the cape. The reports at Cape Arago are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. The report is preserved in sources like 'Cape Arago'. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Cape Arago","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Arago_Light","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The cape’s history is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Cape Arago' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine. The lore keeps its witness. The file stays open on it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Cape Arago","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Arago_Light","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The sailors are reportedly seen. Cape Arago in Charleston, Oregon carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. 'Cape Arago' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Cape Arago","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Arago_Light","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The sailors","claimed_identity":"The sailors","verified":null,"summary":"The sailors are reportedly seen. The reports at Cape Arago are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Cape Arago' carries the account. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is The sailors. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.","behavior":"The sailors are reportedly seen.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Cape Arago","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Arago_Light","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":"Cape Arago","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Arago_Light","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":{"title":"Cape Arago State Park","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Arago_State_Park","desc":"State park in Oregon, United States","extract":"Cape Arago State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.  Cape Arago is north of Bandon and 15 miles southwest of Coos Bay on Cape Arago Highway in Coos County.","img":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Cape_Arago_State_Park_-_DPLA_-_941f68b2184001030289e3272c58e5f0.jpg/960px-Cape_Arago_State_Park_-_DPLA_-_941f68b2184001030289e3272c58e5f0.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","score":71,"lat":43.3062214,"lon":-124.3934519},"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}