{"id":3257,"slug":"ka-lae-south-point-naalehu-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Ka Lae is the point — the southernmost that's the US, the 'first landing' that's the hypothesis. The '56 was the dig — the 14,000 artifacts that's the Bishop Museum, the '650' that's the settlement. The mooring holes are the fishing — the canoes that were the tied, the 'swept away' that's the prevented.","The Kalalea is the heiau — the fishing shrine that's the Ku'ula, the 'very sacred' that's the informant. The Marquesas are the origin — the 2,000 miles that's the voyage, the 'first inhabitants' that's the belief. Ka Lae is the beginning — the Polynesian that's the landing, the wind that's the constant.","The file keeps Ka Lae: the southernmost point, the '56 dig, the mooring holes, and the Kalalea heiau.","Ka Lae is the archive's Hawaii file — the first landing."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Ka Lae is the archive's Hawaii file — the start of Hawaii.","A point keeps its holes — the file's suggestion being that Ka Lae's hold is the origin: the '650' settlement, the mooring holes that tied canoes, and the 'first landing' that's the belief."]}],"name":"Ka Lae / South Point","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","INDIGENOUS","ARCHAEOLOGICAL"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The southernmost point—where the first Hawaiians landed.","full_desc":"A site in Naalehu, Hawaii, Ka Lae / South Point is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The southernmost point—where the first Hawaiians landed. HauntHunt files it with Indigenous heritage, archaeology and local folklore. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the first hawaiians. 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":"Naalehu","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":19.069816,"lon":-155.575126,"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 / memorial","research_notes":"HI 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":3318,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The site’s lore is documented. The first Hawaiians is the name the reports keep returning to. The site in Naalehu, Hawaii gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The first Hawaiians","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ka Lae / South Point","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_Lae","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3319,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the point. The reports at Ka Lae / South Point are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. Sources including 'Ka Lae / South Point' keep the claim in circulation. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ka Lae / South Point","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_Lae","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The point’s archaeology is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Ka Lae / South Point' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Ka Lae / South Point","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_Lae","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The site’s lore is documented. Ka Lae / South Point in Naalehu, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. 'Ka Lae / South Point' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The story outranks the documentation, which is how you know it's folklore.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Ka Lae / South Point","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_Lae","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The first Hawaiians","claimed_identity":"The first Hawaiians","verified":null,"summary":"The site’s lore is documented. The first Hawaiians is what the reports name it. Ka Lae / South Point in Naalehu, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The account appears in 'Ka Lae / South Point'. The file keeps The first Hawaiians on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.","behavior":"The site’s lore is documented.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Ka Lae / South Point","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_Lae","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":"Ka Lae / South Point","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_Lae","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}