{"id":3234,"slug":"puu-o-mahuka-heiau-haleiwa-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Puu o Mahuka is the '1600s — the 'largest Oahu' that's the 2 acres, the 'hill of escape' that's the name. The '3 enclosures' is the walls — the 'Ka'opulupulu' that's the priest, the 'Kahahana' that's the chief. The 'Vancouver' is the '92 — the '3 men' that's the killed, the 'sacrificed' that's the suggested.","The 'signal fires' is the Kauai — the 'Wailua' that's the ties, the '1795' that's the Kamehameha. The '1819' is the abandoned — the 'kapu' that's the abolished, the 'NHL' that's the '62. Puu o Mahuka is the overlook — the '300 feet' that's the Waimea, the 'commanding' that's the view.","The file keeps Puu o Mahuka: the largest Oahu, the 3 enclosures, the Vancouver sacrifice, and the signal fires.","Puu o Mahuka is the archive's Oahu file — the hill of escape."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Puu o Mahuka is the archive's Oahu file — the largest's view.","A heiau keeps its signal — the file's suggestion being that Puu o Mahuka's hold is the high: the '300 feet' that's the bluff, the 'Vancouver' that's the sacrificed, and the 'signal fires' that's the Kauai."]}],"name":"Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","INDIGENOUS"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The largest heiau on Oʻahu—the hill of escape.","full_desc":"Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau is a site in Haleiwa, Hawaii. The largest heiau on Oʻahu—the hill of escape. 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":"Haleiwa","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":21.602384,"lon":-158.09564,"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":3275,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The site’s lore is documented. Witnesses name it The heiau; the name travels further than the proof. The site in Haleiwa, Hawaii gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The account appears in 'Puʻu o Mahuka'. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","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":"Puʻu o Mahuka","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%CA%BBu_o_Mahuka_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3276,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the heiau. Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. Witness accounts, no evidence file: the claim is anecdotal and stays that way. 'Puʻu o Mahuka' carries the account. 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":"Puʻu o Mahuka","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%CA%BBu_o_Mahuka_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The heiau’s history is documented. Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Puʻu o Mahuka' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Puʻu o Mahuka","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%CA%BBu_o_Mahuka_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The site’s lore is documented. The reports at Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Puʻu o Mahuka' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Puʻu o Mahuka","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%CA%BBu_o_Mahuka_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 heiau is what the reports name it. The reports at Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The account appears in 'Puʻu o Mahuka'. 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":"Puʻu o Mahuka","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%CA%BBu_o_Mahuka_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":"Puʻu o Mahuka","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%CA%BBu_o_Mahuka_Heiau","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}