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Oregon Vortex – Circle Mystery
I remember going to the Oregon Vortex when I was a kid, so had to visit it again. I went with my kids, eager to show them the great mysteries I remembered. Okay, all I remembered was a weird house that was crooked and being able to stand crooked but look like I was standing upright.
The center was opened in 1930, but the mystery of the area has been known about for centuries. History says that the Native Americans discovered it, rather avoided it. Their horses would not go into this area, so they avoided it, calling it the “forbidden land”.
But the discovery of gold did not stop people from inhabiting the land. An assay office was built here in 1904. It was later used as a storage barn. It slid down the hill in 1910 during a rainy season and remained empty after. It still sits, leaning up against a tree. In 1920 a scientist developed the land. He opened the center to the public in 1930 and did thousands of experiments on the mystery of this circle of land surrounding the house until his death in 1959. Step inside the house and and you will find yourself leaning towards magnetic north. Note the broom that seems to stand on it’s own.
Outside the house, there is one area where you stand facing each other. Put one tall child on one end of a plank and your shorter child on the other end. The short child appears to be the same height. Find the canal of water where you float a ball, which goes uphill.
The term vortex means swirling field of force, like a whirlwind. The Oregon Vortex is set on one of these force fields, a circle of mystery. The whole things seems kind of hokey, but it makes you wonder. Most of the occurrences can be explained by science. But there are some experiences that remain mysterious. For more information on visiting the Oregon Vortex, check out their website. Then if you want to know what’s really going on there, click here.
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