{"id":3283,"slug":"queens-bath-princeville-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Queen's Bath is the tide pool — the 'lava rock' that's the formed, the 'Princeville' that's the Kauai. The '28' is the sign — the 'drownings' that's the tally, the 'skull' that's the crossbones. The 'winter' is the dangerous — the 'November-March' that's the surf, the 'swept' that's the sea.","The '7th' is the '17 — the 'Yayun Cheng' that's the California, the 'climb rocks' that's the attempt. The 'not promoted' is the official — the 'county' that's the warned, the 'AllTrails' that's the still listed. Queen's Bath is the deadly — the 'beautiful' that's the trap, the 'rogue waves' that's the unexpected.","The file keeps Queen's Bath: the tide pool, the 28 sign, the winter danger, and the drownings.","Queen's Bath is the archive's Kauai file — the beautiful killer."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Queen's Bath is the archive's Kauai file — the trap's beauty.","A pool keeps its tally — the file's suggestion being that Queen's Bath's hold is the deceptive: the 'calm' that's the turtles, the 'rogue' that's the sweep, and the '28' that's the unofficial."]}],"name":"Queen’s Bath","aliases":[],"type":"NATURAL","type_label":"Natural","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","NATURAL_WONDER","LEGEND_SITE"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The tide pool that kills—the Princeville death pool.","full_desc":"A natural site in Princeville, Hawaii, Queen’s Bath is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The tide pool that kills—the Princeville death pool. The presences in its file go unnamed: the drowned, the record says. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Princeville","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":22.219681,"lon":-159.481445,"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":3365,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The dead are reportedly remembered. Witnesses name it The drowned; the name travels further than the proof. Open country keeps its stories differently — Queen’s Bath in Princeville, Hawaii files its reports in weather and distance. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The drowned","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Queen’s Bath","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Bath","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3366,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the pool. Queen’s Bath's reports travel the way outdoor lore does — by campfire, trailhead, and local warning. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The account appears in 'Queen’s Bath'. 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":"Queen’s Bath","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Bath","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The pool’s deaths are documented. The landscape's recorded history gives the file real substance underneath the lore. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Queen’s Bath' carry the record. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Queen’s Bath","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Bath","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly remembered. The landscape at Queen’s Bath is the claim's whole setting: Hawaii wilderness with a name for the unexplained. 'Queen’s Bath' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. 'Queen’s Bath' carries the account. The retelling is the record now — the legend metabolized the facts long ago.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Queen’s Bath","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Bath","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The drowned","claimed_identity":"The drowned","verified":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly remembered. The drowned is what the reports name it. Open country keeps its stories differently — Queen’s Bath in Princeville, Hawaii files its reports in weather and distance. The report is preserved in sources like 'Queen’s Bath'. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is The drowned.","behavior":"The dead are reportedly remembered.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Queen’s Bath","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Bath","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":"Queen’s Bath","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Bath","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}