{"id":74,"slug":"uncle-billys-hilo-bay-hotel-hilo-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Uncle Billy's is the rotted — the '60s built' that's the heyday's start, the '2017 condemned' that's the end's mark. The 'lease lapsed' is the orphaned — the 'state took' that's the ownership's turn, the 'no repairs' that's the decade's truth. The '6,479 calls' is the counted — the 'police ran' that's the trouble's volume, the 'arsons' that's the fire's kind.","The 'squatters swept' is the emptied — the 'walled off' that's the fence's form, the 'asbestos' that's the hazard's add. The '$8 million' is the cost — the 'demolition' that's the state's bill, the 'Banyan Drive' that's the address's fame. Uncle Billy's is the razed — the 'iconic once' that's the memory's claim, the 'revitalize' that's the hope's word.","The file keeps Uncle Billy's: the rotted icon, the orphaned lease, the counted calls, and the razed end.","Uncle Billy's is the archive's Hawaii file — the hotel demolished for being too haunted by the living."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Uncle Billy's is the archive's Hawaii file — the landmark that became a black mark.","A hotel keeps its fall — the file's suggestion being that Billy's hold is the rotted: the 'condemned' that's the end's mark, the 'calls counted' that's the trouble's proof, and the 'razed' that's the future's clear."]}],"name":"Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel","aliases":[],"type":"FORMER_HOTEL","type_label":"Former Hotel","cats":["HAUNTING_CLAIM","DEMOLISHED_SITE"],"groups":["hauntings","lodging"],"desc":"Former Banyan Drive hotel referenced in guest ghost accounts.","full_desc":"Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel is a former hotel in Hilo, Hawaii. Former Banyan Drive hotel referenced in guest ghost accounts. A 2026 report states the hotel was condemned in 2017 and subsequently demolished during district redevelopment. Reported lore and claims include: KRG reproduces a 2010 guest account alleging a female apparition.","address":null,"city":"Hilo","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":19.688748,"lon":-155.082892,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"DEMOLISHED","access":"UNKNOWN","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":null,"research_notes":"Original guest review not independently retrieved. Demolition completion year needs project record.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":55.6,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":50,"type":"APPARITION","description":"KRG reproduces a 2010 guest account alleging a female apparition. Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It's a reported experience — real to the people who had it, unresolved for everyone else. The report is preserved in sources like 'The 52 Most Supernatural Places on Hawaii Island'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"REPORTED_EXPERIENCE","evidence_label":"Reported experience","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.5,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"The 52 Most Supernatural Places on Hawaii Island","url":"https://www.kahunaresearchgroup.org/articles-reports/the-52-most-supernatural-places-on-hawaii-island","publisher":"Kahuna Research Group","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"A 2026 report states the hotel was condemned in 2017 and subsequently demolished during district redevelopment. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It enters the file through media reporting — documented coverage, not folklore. The record appears in 'State reimagines Hilo’s Banyan Drive bayfront resort…'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"State reimagines Hilo’s Banyan Drive bayfront resort district","url":"https://dbedt.hawaii.gov/hcda/news-state-reimagines-hilos-banyan-drive-bayfront-resort-district/","publisher":"Honolulu Star-Advertiser, republished by Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority","type":"NEWSPAPER","authority":3}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research 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":"The 52 Most Supernatural Places on Hawaii Island","url":"https://www.kahunaresearchgroup.org/articles-reports/the-52-most-supernatural-places-on-hawaii-island","publisher":"Kahuna Research Group","type":"PARANORMAL_ORGANIZATION","authority":4},{"name":"State reimagines Hilo’s Banyan Drive bayfront resort district","url":"https://dbedt.hawaii.gov/hcda/news-state-reimagines-hilos-banyan-drive-bayfront-resort-district/","publisher":"Honolulu Star-Advertiser, republished by Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority","type":"NEWSPAPER","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}