{"id":332,"slug":"finch-cemetery-portland-indiana","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The cemetery is the counted — the '13 up' that's the way's tally, the '11 back' that's the return's count. The 'Cinderella' is the girl — the 'Dau. of' that's the stone's truth, the 'not a boy' that's the legend's error. The 'Steed' is the pioneer's — the '1858' that's the birth's year, the '18 months' that's the life's length.","The 'green eyes' is the watched — the 'tree' that's the boy's perch, the 'staring' that's the gaze's form. The 'misspelled' is the carved — the 'Cinderlla' that's the engraver's slip, the 'family' that's the stones' kin. The cemetery is the kept — the 'Conservation Club' that's the land's owner, the 'shift' that's the stones' trick.","The file keeps the cemetery: the counted graves, the girled Cinderella, the watched eyes, and the kept family.","Finch Cemetery is the archive's Indiana file — the graveyard that can't keep count."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Finch Cemetery is the archive's Indiana file — the math that changes on the way back.","A cemetery keeps its count — the file's suggestion being that Finch's hold is the arithmetic: the '13/11' that's the stones' trick, the 'Cinderella' that's the name's charm, and the 'daughter' that's the truth's correction."]}],"name":"Finch Cemetery","aliases":[],"type":"CEMETERY","type_label":"Cemetery","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["cemeteries","hauntings"],"desc":"Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"Finch Cemetery is a cemetery in Portland, Indiana. Cemetery associated with documented cultural history. HauntHunt files it with haunting reports. Ask the file who haunts it and it answers: Cinderella. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 named or described presence — all telling, no verified spine yet, and the file says so plainly. Access details are unverified — research before visiting.","address":null,"city":"Portland","county":"Jay","state":"Indiana","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":40.437662,"lon":-84.983485,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","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":null,"research_notes":"Tourism locates this cemetery at the Jay County Conservation Club. The alleged boy’s historical identity, exact parcel and public access are unverified.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":43.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":251,"type":"FOLKLORE_ENTITY","description":"Local stories describe a boy called Cinderella and grave counts changing from thirteen to eleven. The burial ground at Portland is exactly the setting the account needs — old graves, older grief, and a story that won't settle. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The report is preserved in sources like 'Stranger Things in Indiana'. Named ghosts are the ones that last — this one has lasted.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Cinderella","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.7,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Stranger Things in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/stranger-things-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Local stories describe a boy called Cinderella and grave counts changing from thirteen to eleven. The burial ground at Portland is exactly the setting the account needs — old graves, older grief, and a story that won't settle. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. 'Stranger Things in Indiana' carries the account. Every community keeps one story like this; this is theirs.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Stranger Things in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/stranger-things-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Cinderella","claimed_identity":"Cinderella","verified":null,"summary":"Local stories describe a boy called Cinderella and grave counts changing from thirteen to eleven. Cemeteries keep their stories in the stones; Finch Cemetery in Portland, Indiana has its version filed among them. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The file stays open on it.","behavior":"Local stories describe a boy called Cinderella and grave counts changing from thirteen to eleven.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Stranger Things in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/stranger-things-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research 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":"Stranger Things in Indiana","url":"https://visitindiana.in.gov/blog/post/stranger-things-indiana/","publisher":"Visit Indiana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}