{"id":291,"slug":"mary-kay-cabin-at-ox-bow-saugatuck-michigan","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Ox-Bow's is the invited — the 'Bandle asked' that's the school's start, the 'plein air' that's the painting's kind. The 'hotel bought' is the homed — the '1914' that's the move's year, the 'lagoon' that's the setting's curve. The 'cabins given' is the dotted — the 'Tallmadge' that's the architect's gift, the 'Norton painted' that's the interior's mark.","The 'names passed' is the schooled — the 'Silverstein' that's the alum's fame, the 'Neiman' that's the canvas's voice. The 'century run' is the kept — the '1910' that's the founding's year, the 'artists still' that's the residency's now. Ox-Bow's is the escape — the 'Chicago's heat' that's the flee's cause, the 'light west' that's the draw's pull.","The file keeps Ox-Bow: the invited start, the hotel home, the given cabins, and the century's run.","Mary Kay Cabin at Ox-Bow is the archive's Michigan file — the colony born from a student's invite."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Mary Kay Cabin at Ox-Bow is the archive's Michigan file — the art colony in the river's bend.","A cabin keeps its paint — the file's suggestion being that Ox-Bow's hold is the invited: the 'Bandle' that's the founder's name, the 'lagoon' that's the light's spot, and the 'century' that's the school's run."]}],"name":"Mary Kay Cabin at Ox-Bow","aliases":["The Mary Kay"],"type":"CABIN","type_label":"Cabin","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites"],"desc":"Cabin associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"A cabin in Saugatuck, Michigan, Mary Kay Cabin at Ox-Bow is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Cabin associated with documented cultural history. Its signature presence is Mary Kay Bettles — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend, every one filed as account rather than fact. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.","address":null,"city":"Saugatuck","county":"Allegan","state":"Michigan","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":42.661361,"lon":-86.204623,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"RESTRICTED","access_notes":"Cabin used for artist and student housing/studios; school events do not establish general cabin access.","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":"Discovery pass. Earliest attestation, primary history, precise location and current access require independent enrichment.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":51.9,"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":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":225,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"Campus accounts associate a spirit with former caretaker Mary Kay Bettles. Mary Kay Cabin at Ox-Bow wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. The report is preserved in sources like 'Ghosts of the Art Coast'. The haunting is unproven and unfired: it keeps showing up for work anyway.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":"Mary Kay Bettles","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.7,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ghosts of the Art Coast","url":"https://saugatuck.com/ghosts-of-the-art-coast/","publisher":"Saugatuck Douglas Area Convention and Visitors Bureau","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Campus accounts associate a spirit with former caretaker Mary Kay Bettles. A house with Saugatuck's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. Local lore carries the account; no documentation has ever caught up with it. The account appears in 'Ghosts of the Art Coast'. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"Ghosts of the Art Coast","url":"https://saugatuck.com/ghosts-of-the-art-coast/","publisher":"Saugatuck Douglas Area Convention and Visitors Bureau","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Mary Kay Bettles","claimed_identity":"Mary Kay Bettles","verified":null,"summary":"Campus accounts associate a spirit with former caretaker Mary Kay Bettles. Mary Kay Cabin at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, Michigan is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The claim holds its place in the ledger.","behavior":"Campus accounts associate a spirit with former caretaker Mary Kay Bettles.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Ghosts of the Art Coast","url":"https://saugatuck.com/ghosts-of-the-art-coast/","publisher":"Saugatuck Douglas Area Convention and Visitors Bureau","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access is restricted; check with the managing agency or landowner 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":"Ghosts of the Art Coast","url":"https://saugatuck.com/ghosts-of-the-art-coast/","publisher":"Saugatuck Douglas Area Convention and Visitors Bureau","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}