{"id":3248,"slug":"mookini-heiau-hawi-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Mookini is the '5th — the 'oldest' that's the claimed, the 'Mo'okini' that's the priest. The 'Pa'ao' is the '1370 — the 'Tahiti' that's the from, the 'human sacrifice' that's the introduced. The 'luakini' is the class — the 'highest' that's the temple, the 'Kamehameha birth' that's the nearby.","The '3,000 m²' is the size — the '4 meters' that's the walls, the 'no mortar' that's the built. The 'living temple' is the now — the 'solitude' that's the visit, the 'whales' that's the winter. Mookini is the first — the 'war heiau' that's the type, the 'many lizards' that's the name.","The file keeps Mookini: the 5th century temple, the Pa'ao rebuild, the luakini class, and the Kamehameha birthplace.","Mookini Heiau is the archive's Hawaii file — the oldest temple."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Mookini Heiau is the archive's Hawaii file — the sacred's origin.","A heiau keeps its kapu — the file's suggestion being that Mookini's hold is the first: the 'Pa'ao' that's the introduced, the 'luakini' that's the class, and the 'Kamehameha' that's the born."]}],"name":"Moʻokini Heiau","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","INDIGENOUS"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The oldest heiau—480 CE, where the sacrifices were made.","full_desc":"Moʻokini Heiau is a site in Hawi, Hawaii. The oldest heiau—480 CE, where the sacrifices were made. HauntHunt files it with Indigenous heritage, dark history and local folklore. Its accounts name only a collective — the sacrificial dead. 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.","address":null,"city":"Hawi","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":20.227406,"lon":-155.839597,"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":3302,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The site’s lore is documented. The presences go by the sacrificial dead in the file. The reports at Moʻokini Heiau are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Moʻokini Heiau' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Moʻokini Heiau'. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The sacrificial dead","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Moʻokini Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%CA%BBokini","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3303,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the heiau. The reports at Moʻokini Heiau 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 figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting. 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":"Moʻokini Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%CA%BBokini","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The heiau’s age and the sacrificial tradition are documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'Moʻokini Heiau'. The record keeps it — history, not lore. The file stays open on it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Moʻokini Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%CA%BBokini","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The site’s lore is documented. The reports at Moʻokini Heiau are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'Moʻokini Heiau' keep the claim in circulation. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Moʻokini Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%CA%BBokini","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The sacrificial dead","claimed_identity":"The sacrificial dead","verified":null,"summary":"The site’s lore is documented. The presences go by the sacrificial dead in the file. The reports at Moʻokini Heiau are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. Sources including 'Moʻokini Heiau' keep the claim in circulation. The lore has a face now: The sacrificial dead.","behavior":"The site’s lore is documented.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Moʻokini Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%CA%BBokini","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":"Moʻokini Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%CA%BBokini","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}