{"id":3240,"slug":"mount-tantalus-honolulu-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Tantalus is the '92 — the 'carriage road' that's the built, the '25 years' that's the completed. The 'Pu'u 'Ualaka'a' is the name — the 'rolling sweet potato' that's the hill, the 'taro' that's the valley. The 'historic road' is the first — the 'Oahu' that's the only, the '8 miles' that's the 2 lanes.","The '4 governments' is the span — the 'Kingdom' that's the Territory, the '1917' that's the gravel. The 'Lorrin Thurston' is the promoter — the 'Minister' that's the Interior, the '6 foot' that's the carriage. Tantalus is the preserved — the 'NRHP' that's the '09, the '15 trails' that's the state.","The file keeps Tantalus: the 1892 road, the 4 governments, the historic designation, and the sweet potato hill.","Mount Tantalus is the archive's Honolulu file — the winding road."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Mount Tantalus is the archive's Honolulu file — the road's history.","A road keeps its governments — the file's suggestion being that Tantalus's hold is the span: the '4 governments' that's the built, the 'Pu'u 'Ualaka'a' that's the name, and the 'first' that's the Oahu."]}],"name":"Mount Tantalus","aliases":[],"type":"NATURAL","type_label":"Natural","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","NATURAL_WONDER","LEGEND_SITE"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The cinder cone where the spirits reportedly walk.","full_desc":"Mount Tantalus is a natural site in Honolulu, Hawaii. The cinder cone where the spirits reportedly walk. Its accounts name only a collective — the tantalus 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":"Honolulu","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":21.324347,"lon":-157.84764,"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":3286,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The mountain’s lore is documented. The accounts name only a collective — the Tantalus dead. A natural place in Honolulu, Hawaii doesn't need walls to hold a legend; it has geography. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. 'Mount Tantalus' carries the account. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The Tantalus dead","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Mount Tantalus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(Oahu)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3287,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures on the roads. The landscape at Mount Tantalus is the claim's whole setting: Hawaii wilderness with a name for the unexplained. Witness accounts, no evidence file: the claim is anecdotal and stays that way. 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":"Mount Tantalus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(Oahu)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The mountain’s history is documented. Mount Tantalus' documented past — geological and human — is the verified layer beneath the legends. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Mount Tantalus' carry the record. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Mount Tantalus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(Oahu)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The mountain’s lore is documented. A natural place in Honolulu, Hawaii doesn't need walls to hold a legend; it has geography. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Sources including 'Mount Tantalus' keep the claim in circulation. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Mount Tantalus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(Oahu)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The Tantalus dead","claimed_identity":"The Tantalus dead","verified":null,"summary":"The mountain’s lore is documented. The presences go by the Tantalus dead in the file. Mount Tantalus' reports travel the way outdoor lore does — by campfire, trailhead, and local warning. 'Mount Tantalus' carries the account. The named presence is what turns a haunting into a household. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.","behavior":"The mountain’s lore is documented.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Mount Tantalus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(Oahu)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Natural site; conditions vary seasonally—check the managing agency for access.","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":"Mount Tantalus","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_(Oahu)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}