SUNLIGHT BASIN
Site — Cody, Wyoming
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/sunlight-basin-cody-wyoming/

The basin—where the gold and the grizzlies stay.

Sunlight Basin is a site in Cody, Wyoming. The basin—where the gold and the grizzlies stay. HauntHunt files it with geology, mining history and local folklore. Its accounts name only a collective — the miners. 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.

Sunlight Basin is the '81 — the 'Chatfield' that's the first, the 'blank spot' that's the map. The 'Sheepeater' is the before — the 'Crow' that's the territory, the '1868' that's the reduced. The 'Dead Indian' is the pass — the '8,060 feet' that's the summit, the 'Chief Joseph' that's the '77.
The 'dude' is the '07 — the 'Holm Lodge' that's the first, the '7D Ranch' that's the still. The 'Kitty' is the widow — the 'mining camp' that's the Creek, the 'remained' that's the '97. Sunlight is the isolated — the 'Sunlight Gorge' that's the bridge, the 'seven switchbacks' that's the road.
The file keeps Sunlight Basin: the Chatfield first, the Sheepeater before, the Dead Indian pass, and the dude ranches.
Sunlight Basin is the archive's Wyoming file — the blank's first.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Sunlight Basin is the archive's Wyoming file — the last frontier.
A basin keeps its pass — the file's suggestion being that Sunlight's hold is the remote: the 'blank spot' that's the 1881, the 'Chief Joseph' that's the flight, and the 'dude' that's the after.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] legend: The basin’s lore is documented. The presences go by the miners in the file. Sunlight Basin's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The account appears in 'Sunlight Basin'. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.
  source: Sunlight Basin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight_Basin)
· [Anecdotal] apparition: Reported figures in the basin. Sunlight Basin's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. The report is preserved in sources like 'Sunlight Basin'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.
  source: Sunlight Basin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight_Basin)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The basin’s history is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'Sunlight Basin'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context. The report keeps its place in the record.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Sunlight Basin — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight_Basin

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