Albany - Herford Steer Restaurant - The ghost is of the owner who was accidentally killed in his establishment by police. He is known for flipping hats off of employees, turning wall pictures upside down and sideways, turning non-burning table candles upside down, and sending everything on top of tables to the floor. This restaurant has since been torn down, and as of yet, the site is still just a vacant piece of land.
Ashland - Lithia Park - Haunted by the ghost of a girl who was raped and murdered there in the late 1800's. As witnesses passed a duck pond and noticed a glowing blue mist floating directly over the center of the pond. They watched it for about thirty seconds, at which point it flickered and vanished like a flame being blown out.
Athena - Old Gem Theater - The second story of the theater is now used as a home and the first floor is the abandoned theater. There are reports of hearing foot steps in the hallways and doorknobs turning when there is no one on the other side. A whitish figure wanders about the theater seats.
Baker City - Baker Hotel - There are reports of parties on the second floor, especially in one room. Ladies of the evening show their ghostly appearance coming down the long stairway.
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Congress house - Many people have seen the ghosts that inhabited this house from the turn of the century. There have been a few families that have lived there that have either died or something tragic has happened to them due to living in the cursed house.
O'Kane building - Many people have reported seeing ghostly smoke and weird lights and hearing footsteps and voices. On the ground floor, in the restaurant, people have reported a ghostly voice shouting names and orders. The basement of the building is haunted by the ghost of an old man.
Old Mt View Hospital - Is now an apartment building next to Drake Park. A man died of old age in one of the apartments in the basement. People have heard creaks in the floor like he's walking around.
Canby - Old pioneer cemetery on Knightsbridge Road> - An old man dressed in a black suit with a brown leather hat holding a leather pouch can be seen on some nights standing in the graveyard staring straight ahead. He has been seen slowly walking away and down the street and around the corner where he disappeared.
Cannon Beach - The Argonutua Beach House - This beach house is haunted by the ghost of Ghengis Hansel, a man who mysteriously disappeared after the storm in 1952. People who have stayed in the house have felt a foreboding presence, especially around the many secret doors and compartments.
On the short approach road from Highway 101 to Cannon Beach there is the phantom of a mummy known as "Bandage Man." It jumps into the back of vehicles at night. The mummy even attacks at times, leaving bits of his bandages behind. Bandage Man is said to eat dogs and has murdered several people. Many believe him to be the ghost of a logger cut to pieces in a nearby sawmill.
Cave Junction - Oregon Caves National Monument - The Oregon Caves Chateau has a ghost named Elizabeth that roams through the rooms and halls. The story goes that she hung her self on her wedding night after catching her husband with another woman. She has been seen roaming the halls at night.
Clackamas - Harmony House - This restaurant has had many sightings mostly by workers but also some customers. A worker has been trapped in the supply closet and then just let out. Also two workers were closing and talking when they heard an older man clearing his throat and when they approached where the sound was coming from they saw smoke and smelled pipe tobacco. There has been a girl laughing and things moved from one place to another. This restaurant defiantly has personality and had an article written about it in The Oregonian Newspaper.
Corvallis - OSU - Sackett Hall - In one of the rooms is the sight of numerous disturbances including fire starting and things be thrown around the room. It is said that a girl was killed in that room. Her name was Brandy and she lived in room 121. She was known to be very loose particularly since it was the 1950's and one night she was killed by accident by a drunken frat boy. She still roams B-long, her physical body having been turned to dust ages ago all that remains is her angry spirit which is seen at times to be a swirling cloud, twisting and turning in constant eternal anguish for a unpunished crime...very few have seen her.
Culver - Old hwy. 97 between Culver and Crooled River Bridge - Many freaky myths in the high desert of ghosts walking the road at night. Cows all the sudden appear in the road with glowing eyes, and the vehicles travel right through them. This stretch of road is very windy and treacherous, There has been many deaths due to car wrecks.
Dayton - Ebenezer chapel - Sightings of spirits in the cemetery and chapel. Very odd things go on there.
Elgin - Elgin High School -Custodians, teachers, and students have all heard the sound of running and basketballs late at night in the gymnasium. One year, to a basketball game, two high school lovers were killed in a car wreck, never making the game. At night in the old school, you can hear the sounds of basketballs and running echo throughout the school.
Elgin - Opera house - haunted by two ghost. In the late eighteen hundreds there was a gun fight over one of the local young woman that lived in town. The two men are seen fighting on the front steps with there big six shooters firing at each other. They are both seen holding there chest and falling to the ground.
Enterprise - old Graingroers - Every night at 12:30 you can hear a man yelling, �I am going to die� and then a and you can see a flash from a flashlight and a cop car drives by.
Eugene - Fox Hallow Elementary School - Many people have spotted a ghosts named Opal there. At night you can always hear someone saying "Opla" over and over again. The playground shakes as if someone is playing on it.
Eugene - Kmart - Janitors working over night tell stories of doors in the stock room opening and closing by themselves. They also reported seeing signs hanging from the ceiling swaying back and forth like they were being tapped in a row. A night stocker witnessed a 10-foot section of talking Elmo�s all begin talking and moving at the same time. They are not sound activated. And there is an ominous presence that can be felt in the closed auto service center.
Eugene - Lane Community College - The elevator in the center building is haunted by a janitor that fell to his death in the sixties. You can hear his yells for help at sunset. He likes to play tricks on the people that use the elevator after sunset by taking people to the creepy basement.
Eugene - South Eugene High school - A Student was in the high school auditorium. He went up onto the catwalks, fell off and died. His spirit has rarely been seen, but often you will hear the sounds of someone walking when no one is there.
Eugene - Toys R Us - In the back room the upstairs is haunted by something...You are only allowed to go back there in a buddy system because of the strange happenings. Things such as boxes being thrown a you from the second floor...the lights going out in the middle of your shift radio's being turned on and off.
Eugene - Woodland Park - A young boy was shot on the playground. And whenever any one goes there after 12:00 they are approached by a ghost child, Who warns people to stay away.
Florence - Heceta Head Lighthouse - Many stories abound around the haunting here, the most widely heard is probably the story of an old woman who haunts the place, the wife of a lighthouse keeper. You can stay here and see for yourself, it's now a bed & breakfast.
Florence - The Lighthouse Keepers residence - haunted by a little old woman named Abby. She can be seen looking out windows and floating above the floor throughout the house. She is believed to be the wife of one of the lighthouse keepers room the early years of the light.
Forest Grove - Forest Grove woods - The woods around Forest Grove are said to be haunted by a burley man who beats anyone who dares to venture deep enough into these dark woods. This dangerous ghost is linked to numerous deaths in the Washington County area surrounding Forest Grove.
Forest Grove - Pacific University - Knight Hall -which used to be the music programs classroom facility is haunted by two spirits. Activity has been observed by hundreds of faculty and students since the 1940s.
Gates - Outpost Village Resort RV & Mobile Home Park - Former landlord shot and killed a man in the Jacuzzi over a betting debt. The Jacuzzi and house were burned down by the local fire department in 1998. People report seeing a ghostly figure wandering around the property. The former property manager (me) had to do a spirit releasement on some of the tenants and friends living in the resort.
Gold Hill - (Near) Oregon Vortex - Several visitors to the vortex have seen John Lister, the Scottish scientist who discovered the area, standing at the top of the sloping floor of the old log cabin. He is usually seen resting against the wall, laughing and plucking his eyebrow. The visitors have asked the guide the identity of the man who somehow got ahead of the tour. One tour guide looked inside and recognized Lister from an old photograph. After the quick look, Lister disappeared. When the other tour guides looked inside the cabin, there was no one there. Anyone leaving the cabin by the back door would have been seen. Also, Native American legend says that horses would not come into the affected area known as the "Forbidden Ground."
Gold Hill - Rock Point Cemetery - Many stories have been told of a strange dark hooded "ghost" that carries a lantern and wonders through this cemetery vanishing into thin air when approached. Many other stories of strange lights, sounds and visions of fire leaping from the crypts. A greenish fog is often seen floating through the area and has said to have broken windows of cars that pass through it. Some have said that the "hauntings" are a result of the Oregon Vortex, which is, located close by.
Helix - Griswold School - Haunted by Dr. Griswold, the founder of the school, and his wife. They can be seen looking in the left window in the gymnasium, although Dr. Griswold has been seen more often.
Hermiston - The Dollar Tree Stare - there a few different ghost the plays with the toys and talk. A worker took her digital camera and took some pictures and they claim it showed faces of like five different ghosts.
Idanha - The Rock Piles - This place has been said to be inhabited by loggers and other ancient spirits. Many people have seen a woman hanging, a skinless dog, a headless logger, and even a little girl in white.
Jacksonville - Herman Helms House - 2 crying ghosts dwell here, and old lady and a young girl.
Jacksonville - McCully House - Many guests have reported seeing a women in a white gown wandering the halls late at night.
Klamath Falls - The Old Hospital - Rumor is this was the first hospital in Oregon. People could rent rooms in the place before it was turned into a historical landmark. Apparitions of people where reported, especially by children.
Klamath Falls - Linkville Cemetery - This cemetery is over 150 years old and is said to have a grave that glows a bright green on every full moon. Strange noises and other odd lights have also been reported.
Klamath falls - old OIT - three Dominic screams people being skinned alive, animals mutilated, Dominic figures, blood on the out side walls its a rumor that the occult practices there and on a full moon you can see them practice its a really evil place!!!
La Grande - Candy Cane Park - Reports of the merry-go-round being haunted and cursed by a woman.
La Grande - Hot Lake - It was a resort built in 1907 considered the "mayo clinic of the west" because of the hot springs, it burned down in 1934 all except the brick portion, after that it was used as a hotel and then an insane asylum and finally a restaurant in the 1970's. Reports of a piano playing when there isn't a piano in the building, and clattering footsteps roaming the halls.
Lafayette - Lafayette Cemetery - The witches' grave is haunted by the witch that was hung. Before she died she cursed the town and said that the town would burn to the ground 3 times. So far it has burned completely to the ground twice. If you go to her grave at night, usually you can see her standing around, or walking through the cemetery. Many people have reported being chased by the witch, and some still have scars on their backs from being scratched. The marks look like razor blades have been sliced down their backs. This is all true and factual, Just ask anyone that lives or has lived in that town.
Mary Hurst - Christie School Administration Building - Many years ago, when Christie School was an orphanage for girls, several children died of various diseases. Now, the fourth floor where the children lived is said to be haunted by these children. People have claimed to hear children singing and making other noises. There is also a voice of a woman that has been heard. Recently, four people went to the fourth floor at midnight. There was a cold draft and the sounds of children talking.
Molalla - Dibble Cemetery - Strange howling can be heard coming from no where.
Mt. Angel - Providence Benedictine Nursing Center - Passed residents walking up and down the halls, standing in their old rooms, or sitting on their old bed. There's a story that a nun walks the halls at night, but some have never seen her. Feeling taps on your shoulder and hearing "can you help me?" Only to turn around to find that no one is there.
Mt. Hood National Forest - Little Crater Lake - Lots of people camp at Little Crater Lake Campground. Some have reported hearing crying at night and white cat that disappears every time you go close to it. People hiking by the lake have seen 3 teenagers swimming, yet no living people could handle water that cold. They say that there is one girl and two boys that reach there hands out of the water as if asking you to save them.
Myrtle Point - The Hurst Home - mysterious appearances of a ghost named Mikey experienced by many.
Newberg - Newburg Grafic - this small newspaper is housed in a extremely haunted location. Over the years employees have experienced strange time lapses and sightings of many apparitions.
Newport - Yaquina Bay Lighthouse - The lighthouse is haunted by a ghost named Muriel Trevenard. She was visiting the lighthouse with some friends from the valley. They looked around. Then left. Muriel then realized she left her handkerchief in the kitchen. She told her friend Harold she'd be right back and come out through the kitchen. He let her go. Then he heard her scream he ran to the kitchen door, but it was locked. he went to the front of the house and ran to the kitchen. Muriel wasn't anywhere in sight.
North Bend - North Bend High - There used to be an old pool underneath the sophomore hall of North Bend high school. A young man died in the pool of an unexplained drowning. The hall has been rumored to not only have students wandering the halls. It is believed by some to be the home of a long lost soul that died there so many years ago. There have been flashes of light, doors opening and closing, strange gurgling sounds, and even items being tossed across the room. The staff at North Bend don't like to talk much about the rare, yet most strange occurrences. But they have been talked about by the students for many years.
Oregon city - McLoughlin house - the McLoughlin house is a historical house turned into a museum it is haunted by Dr. John Mcloughlin and his wife.
Pendleton - Eastern Oregon Correctional Institute (EOCI) - Guards have stated hearing people down below yelling: "help, help, help."
Pendleton - Pendleton Arts Center - Used to be a Library - Haunted by old Librarian who ate a whole bar of Lye soap in the basement over a love affair. She has been seen often at night in the windows looking out, and when it was a library she used to knock books over with a violent push. The basement is now rarely used and only during the day by employees.
Pendleton - Old Building in the center of town - It is said that a violent murder in this small town in an old abandoned building. The murderer murdered a young girl from the town, very brutally. The killer chopped off her fingers, then he chopped her up and her body is hidden in the walls and all along the roof. She still haunts the place where she was killed and is mostly on the roof and inside the building waiting for someone to find her and her body.
Pendleton - Pendleton High Auditorium - Ghost of former student resides there. Has been seen in the light loft and in seat J-26. Ryan has also been known to run across the stage. During shows, pieces of scenery ha e moved and maniacal laughing has been heard.
Pendleton - Pioneer Park - It was once a old cemetery until they built the park. A few graves still rest there. When you go you get an eerie feeling that someone is watching you when you do not see anyone. Some cold breezes go through when it is not windy.
Redmond - New Redmond Hotel - people have claimed to here foot steps walk back in forth in the halls. There have been pictures taken and in the pictures there are clearly orbs in the lobby hall. Feelings of a strange presence in the rooms in the middle of the night. Apparitions of a woman have been reported.
Portland Salem - Bush House - The Bush House is now a Art gallery has a ghost from the tern of the century, she was a young woman who suffered from schizophrenia, her family kept her in the basement in shame. She died there. She now haunts the house. The owners have residents who live in the upstairs they say the ghost of the young woman will play with the thermostat. Salem - Capital Building - The capital was burned down twice by fire. One of the elevators shows its history when the carpeted floor mysteriously smolders. The capital has had to be evacuated once because of this unknown fire. Salem - Denny's Restaurant - an evil entity is said to haunt this location. Salem - Hayesville Area - Reports of a ghostly semi-truck is said to drive around here and pass you at very high speeds at night then its lights fade right before your eyes! It will also chase away hitchhikers blowing its air horn. A wraith is also seen walking in the filbert trees. Salem - Leslie Middle School - Believed to be haunted by the founder of the school, Mr. Leslie. Salem - Mission Mill - Once a thriving woolen mill, it is now a museum and home to businesses such as the Salem Art Center. Also on the grounds you can find the original home of Jason Lee, the founder of Salem, and several other historical buildings that were transplanted to the grounds. Employees have had experiences of a young woman running across the bridge (from her spouse; she was rumored to have been murdered on the bridge), meetings with Wayne the groundskeeper (who, after death, is still caring and watching over the grounds), and can sense extreme anger and pain from the turbine room, where a male employee lost his life while maintaining a turbine - while it was still on. Some people can also feel the vibrations of the old machinery running and weaving wool on the top floor of the museum; a room void of machinery and often rented for parties and receptions. Sheridan - NE Center St. - There is a house on Center St. haunted by the spirit of an old woman (witch?) She is seen wearing rags. There are strange choking chemical smells. Loud metal banging crashing from the abandoned house next door in the middle night. Whimpering moaning dog sounds from the other abandoned house also next door. TV�s will turn themselves on in the middle of the night full blast. Cupboards will bang in an empty kitchen. Footsteps are heard walking around the house/in the house at night. Strange break ins with no one being seen. The front door will unlock itself at night. Game systems (Nintendo, Playstation) will lose their memory. Shadows running around the house in the day. Yard gates unlock by themselves. Earthquake like rumbling in the day. Banging on the bedroom door at night. Sound of the front door opening/closing with no one around. Sheridan - Sheridan city park - a male in black cloths running between the trees and sitting on a bench on far side of park Sherwood - Chapman Road house - This 4 bedroom home built in late 1999 has been the scene of horrifying ghostly manifestations. This home is set next to the family's vineyard. The family has lived on this property for years. Up until 1998 they had lived in a older home on the same site but decided to demolish the old house and build a new one. Before the new home was built there were never any problems. Springfield - House on 25th St. - There has been sightings of a young woman in a black silhouette that stands in the hallway and outside the bedroom doors in the house. The guest room door that is separated by the garage has been haunted with pounding and banging on the door sometimes when people shut it. Noises come from the kitchen and mysterious sounds come from various places. Mattresses will randomly go down with pressure as if someone was sitting and footsteps are heard. St. Helens - The High School Auditorium - The high school auditorium is haunted with a women's ghost that died there. People have seen her in the lighting booth and sitting in the chairs. The Old Clatsop Hospital - It is now a nursing home\assisted living center, but it was a hospital built in the early 1900's. The old elevator is still in use that goes down to the morgue. One night the employees there saw a beautiful blonde woman in an old fashioned nurses uniform with a laundry cart get on the elevator, the two employees ran down the stairs to find out who she was and why she was taking their laundry cart. When they reached the ground floor by the entrance to the old morgue, the elevator came down. They opened the old cage door only to find the laundry cart, but the woman was gone. Others say they have seen her walking in the halls. Nobody really knows who she is, but it is suspected that at one time she was a nurse there. She has been seen by most of the night employees Tigard - Canterburry Cemetery - Ghostly lights and apparitions have been sighted from the highway below by passing motorists. This historic cemetery in located atop Canterburry hill in this suburban area. The lights are usually small greenish balls that move about in the trees. They don't seem to get close to people; they stay in the distance. Newer homes and apartments have been developing around the cemetery since the 1970's and residents in the area have also heard unearthly howls and screams from here. There is a large malevolent presence that comes and goes from there. And one of the condos built near the cemetery is the sight of ghostly phenomenon linked to the cemetery. Tigard - Washington Sq. Cinemas - There is a ghost known to whistle, produce light, start movies in the middle of the night, and push his image through the movie screen. The theater has an ominous presence and you can feel your hair rising from your skin. Troutdale - Edgefield - This complex is now owned by the Mcminamin Brothers and they run this as a vineyard / brewery / restaurant / B&B. However it's original use was that of a Poor Farm and then later as a nursing home. It is said to have strong activity above the wine cellars (which was once the morgue) and in the cellars themselves. McMinamin's even posts some of the hauntings in their pubs/hotels on their website. Troutdale - Springfield - A Dark man that stalks the brick buildings on a basic basis. claims to be a man named Paul and states that he died at the hands of a monastery gathering. some believe others don't yet for r 28 year old Ben Yakarii the experience is all but a tall tale. when Ben first stepped foot onto the old grave grounds he felt nothing but coldness. two weeks after his stay with a group of five friends he was awoken by a freezing chill and noted that all windows had been securely shut. two days latter Ben found one if his friends in his room talking in his sleep and asking for lights to be turned off. Ben latter that day said that he saw a dark man or the out line of a dark man standing over him. Ben awoke two days latter in a Portland hospital and was told that his friend John had been found dead hanging from a railing of a flight of stares. Union - Carnegie Library - one of the storage rooms in basement has not been refinished, you can hear strange noises, and the feeling of another presence. Also, upstairs in the main library, there is always an eerie feeling right behind you. the giant portrait staring down at you with conviction at the front desk doesn't help either. Union - Hotlake Hotel - between La Grande Oregon and Baker City - Reports of hearing someone in a wheelchair, feelings of being watched and apparitions. Vale - Skerjanec Ranch - A man is constantly seen sitting on an old stump, walking around. An electric keyboard comes on and off. At night, You can see a green mist from behind the shop. You can hear big thumps in rooms, you'll go in there and nothing will be there. Veneta - death hill - It is said that the ghosts of some loggers that were killed there are still roaming that place. Wolf Creek - Wolf Creek Inn - Owner, workers and guests at this lovely Victorian inn built in the late 1800's have all seen the apparition of a vampire creature with blood dripping from his mouth. And passing motorists on the old country freeways have seen him as well. One such story which made national news was when two hikers in the area witnessed the vampire while hiking around the wolf creek area, then later that night at the hotel they were bitten on the neck by the creature when they were in bed and it left strange unidentifiable bite marks on their neck. Woodburn - Carl Road - If you drive down Carl Road and drive down until you see an orchard and get out of your car, you can feel a strange presence. If you go into the orchard and walk a little ways you'll hear leaves crunching behind you and when you look behind you, you'll see a white shadowy figure walking from one tree to another and then disappear. If you stay longer you can feel something pressing against you.