{"id":3253,"slug":"laupahoehoe-laupahoehoe-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Laupahoehoe is the '46 — the April 1 that's the tsunami, the 24 that's the dead. The school was the point — the '16 children' that's the lost, the '4 teachers' that's the with them. The 'fish' is the lure — the 'washed up' that's the excitement, the 'come quick' that's the cry.","The monument is the marble — the Izumi that's the builder, the 'names' that's the etched. The '2,300 miles' is the distance — the Aleutian that's the source, the '5 hours' that's the travel. Laupahoehoe is the deadliest — the 'modern Hawaii' that's the disaster, the 'April Fool's' that's the date.","The file keeps Laupahoehoe: the 1946 tsunami, the 24 dead, the school point, and the monument.","Laupahoehoe is the archive's Hawaii file — the school's wave."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Laupahoehoe is the archive's Hawaii file — the April Fool's tsunami.","A point keeps its school — the file's suggestion being that Laupahoehoe's hold is the morning: the 'fish' that's the lure, the '16 children' that's the lost, and the 'monument' that's the names."]}],"name":"Laupāhoehoe","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","DISASTER"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"April 1, 1946—the tsunami that took the schoolchildren.","full_desc":"A site in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, Laupāhoehoe is filed here for what the record attaches to it. April 1, 1946—the tsunami that took the schoolchildren. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the schoolchildren. 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":"Laupahoehoe","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":19.969944,"lon":-155.236144,"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":3311,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The children are reportedly remembered. The lore files them collectively as the schoolchildren. Laupāhoehoe in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. 'Laupāhoehoe tsunami' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The schoolchildren","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Laupāhoehoe tsunami","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laup%C4%81hoehoe,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3312,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the point. The reports at Laupāhoehoe are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Laupāhoehoe tsunami","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laup%C4%81hoehoe,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The April 1, 1946 tsunami is documented; 24 died at the point. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Laupāhoehoe tsunami' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1946-04-01","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Laupāhoehoe tsunami","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laup%C4%81hoehoe,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The children are reportedly remembered. Laupāhoehoe in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Every community keeps one story like this; this is theirs. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Laupāhoehoe tsunami","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laup%C4%81hoehoe,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The schoolchildren","claimed_identity":"The schoolchildren","verified":null,"summary":"The children are reportedly remembered. The file calls it The schoolchildren. Laupāhoehoe's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Laupāhoehoe tsunami'. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is The schoolchildren.","behavior":"The children are reportedly remembered.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Laupāhoehoe tsunami","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laup%C4%81hoehoe,_Hawaii","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":"Laupāhoehoe tsunami","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laup%C4%81hoehoe,_Hawaii","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}