{"id":3264,"slug":"piilanihale-heiau-hana-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Piilanihale is the largest — the 'Polynesia' that's the biggest, the '341x415' that's the feet. The '13th century' is the started — the 'Pi'ilani' that's the '16th, the 'peace' that's the unified. The 'basalt' is the carried — the 'Hana Bay' that's the hand, the 'no mortar' that's the fit.","The 'Kahanu' is the garden — the 'Uncle Blue' that's the descendant, the '30 years' that's the restored. The 'residential' is the debate — the 'heiau' that's the maybe, the 'luakini' that's the uncertain. Piilanihale is the piko — the 'cultural center' that's the now, the 'Maui' that's the largest.","The file keeps Piilanihale: the largest Polynesia, the Pi'ilani builder, the basalt carried, and the Kahanu restoration.","Piilanihale is the archive's Maui file — the largest temple."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Piilanihale is the archive's Maui file — the Polynesian monument.","A heiau keeps its size — the file's suggestion being that Piilanihale's hold is the largest: the 'Polynesia' that's the biggest, the 'Pi'ilani' that's the peace, and the 'residential' that's the debate."]}],"name":"Piʻilanihale Heiau","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","INDIGENOUS"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The largest heiau in Hawaii—three acres of stone.","full_desc":"Piʻilanihale Heiau is a site in Hana, Hawaii. The largest heiau in Hawaii—three acres of stone. The presence its accounts keep returning to is the one they call the heiau. 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":"Hana","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":20.773975,"lon":-156.014258,"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","research_notes":"HI2 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":3332,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The site’s lore is documented. The figure answers to The heiau in the retellings. Piʻilanihale Heiau in Hana, 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. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The heiau","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Piʻilanihale Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piilanihale_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3333,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the heiau. Piʻilanihale Heiau in Hana, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The account appears in 'Piʻilanihale Heiau'. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Piʻilanihale Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piilanihale_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The heiau’s construction is documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'Piʻilanihale Heiau'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from. The file stays open on it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Piʻilanihale Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piilanihale_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The site’s lore is documented. Piʻilanihale Heiau in Hana, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'Piʻilanihale Heiau' keep the claim in circulation. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Piʻilanihale Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piilanihale_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The heiau","claimed_identity":"The heiau","verified":null,"summary":"The site’s lore is documented. The file calls it The heiau. The reports at Piʻilanihale Heiau are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. Sources including 'Piʻilanihale Heiau' keep the claim in circulation. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.","behavior":"The site’s lore is documented.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Piʻilanihale Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piilanihale_Heiau","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":"Piʻilanihale Heiau","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piilanihale_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}