The Oregon Vortex

The above image is the Image of "The House of Mystery"

Brief history ; 

Originally built in 1904 as a prospecting House used primarily as a Tool house , the Gold hunt ended in 1911. After several years of neglect it slid off it's foundation becoming what we see today. 

A short time after the foundation failure , the Myth of the property tells us  it was Bought by a John Litster a Geologist , Physicist and Mining Engineer. Son of a British Foreign Diplomat , he was born 1886 and Died later 1959. During his ownership is when the Place developed it's paranormal reputation. Litster opened the property to the public in the 1930's and left Claims to conducting over 1000 experiments. Unfortunately , as with every good Paranormal Story. Upon his death he burnt all his experiment Data claiming "The world is not prepared for this information" (or something to the like)

The Oregon Vortex has been all over the Media and Paranormal circuit from Fictional appearances in The TV show Supernatural and the X-Files. To mentions in Para-Magazines. 

As well as "De-Bunking" TV shows such as "Fact or Faked : Paranormal Files"

(Admittedly , I'm rather fond of this show. I appreciate the approach they tend to take. I often disagree with it too , giving me place for research on my own. So I may site the show as an Example.(I swear not because of my Crush on Jael) however , will never cite it as a definite source as it's subject to TV Producers and the Demand for ratings)  

Interestingly enough , Fact or Faked is one of the only sources of Media coverage to out right come out and declare The Oregon Vortex a maze of Optical illusion. How this is interesting? It's also the only Media Exposure I've found that The Oregon Vortex Company does not publicly mention or make reference too. When watching the Episode in reference to The Oregon Vortex , they themselves (Fact or Faked) admit to not fully understanding the Height Differences. (An interesting Phenomena I'll comment on later)  

Phenomena #1

Magnetic Resonance 

Reports of people hearing a hum and seeing images when eyes have been kept close for several seconds to a minute. 

These reports are rare , and I've only ever found them made in third party. Never directly quoted by The Oregon Vortex Company, or any investigator who has visited the property. I mention it only because of it's rarity and unique quality of a paranormal event. 

Phenomena #2 

The House of Mystery

The Mystery house is an interesting building. There are reports of people feeling strange effects when entering the house. Nausea , dizziness , vertigo , all these symptoms and a few more (See Phenomena #1) The other interesting effect of the house seems to be it's ability to defy the laws of physics! Or so it seems. There are images of brooms standing on their own perfectly vertical(kinda). 

So first let's address the effects of simply being in the house.

After it fell off the foundation it slipped and Sloped into a very interesting angle. Not the whole house either (exactly) mainly just a portion of the house on specific Side  (see Image). The one side of the house has slipped completely off the foundation causing an almost 45 Degree incline. This alone can Mess with our perception. The Ponzo Illusion comes to mind here. Manipulating Parallel lines to change our perception of depth. (See Diagram Below)

Paying attention to this image you can see the black and yellow lines. These lines are the example of the effect. The Black lines are all parallel just on an upward slope. The yellow lines though the same measurement are percieved as one being smaller then the other. This is simply because of the distance , the angle and the location of placement.

Think of it this way. You have two images. One image is of the tracks. This is a perceptional depth image. Showing the track going uphill over a great distance. This is directly in your visual perception. Then take a second picture. The picture of two yellow lines. Now these lines are the same dimension. Same in length , shape and size, now place them directly on the tracks. Simply by doing this , it gives us the illusion that one line is larger then the other, when in fact they are the same size. 

There have been thousands of facebook photos going around showing these and other similar optical illusions. I'd have to say this is one of the most common to occur in the case of Paranormal photo/videos. 

Being in an environment (such as standing in The Mystery House) that is the source of these illusions can cause Vertigo , dizziness , nausea among other physical reactions. 

This isn't to say that it isn't perhaps a build up of Natural energies. This can also happen. When there is a large source or force (vortex) of Energies it can cause physical effects such as the ones mentioned above in a person who isn't accustomed to them. 

Another more common culprit to these symptoms would be Natural/Electromagnetic Fields (or EMF). EMF can cause worse symptoms when left in an environment of extreme exposure. Such as nightmares , night terrors , paranoia , and delusion or hallucination.

When it comes to the effects within the house it's to hard to say one way or another. However , I'm more inclined to think and believe more towards the Vertigo caused by the Ponzo effect or other Optical effects which can cause the aforementioned symptoms in people. However , I myself have felt great energies within an area. I've felt a house filled with extreme negativity , which caused symptoms of headaches , nausea , trepidation , and some rare cases full on vertigo and tunnel vision. 

Where I cannot completely discredit the idea of a Vortex of Energies , I also cannot ignore the obvious effects a simple placement of angles and location causing minor to extreme physical side effects. 

As for the brooms. This is an interesting event to me. The idea that something designed on slope stands vertical is really well.. cool. Don't get me wrong , I've replicated it in my kitchen just pressing down on the broom to cause the bristles to spread giving me an anchor point. However , when examining the footage of the broom standing on it's end it's clearly visible that the broom it self is not pressed down. It is instead gently placed on it's head and left to balance. 

Interestingly enough , this seems to be easiest to replicate using only long hay bristle brooms. (Old school brooms-don't think witch brooms) I've tried to replicate it with an angled broom on my own to no avail without the needed pressure. I can however balance a flat broom with no pressure easily. However , seeing video of the same experiment within the house alternating broom styles. It seems the angle broom is the simplest to balance. The flat head broom took much more effort and calibration.

So what can this tell us?

Well as mentioned prior the house it self is on a deep angle. This means that the broom with a near matching angle essentially acts as a flat broom would in your own kitchen and is easily balanced. May take a couple tries but it can be done. I believe that the phenomena of the broom is strictly an Angle and balance based event , with no Paranormal  association. 

Phenomena #3

Height Difference/Change

Now to me this is one of the most interesting phenomena of The Oregon Vortex. (I think I may have said "Most interesting" already... oops). This really can't be fully explained (within my ability). That's not to say that there isn't some scientific explanation. However I've seen a lot of in-depth tests to this particular effect trying to remove any optical illusion and testing depth and levels of the ground and area. All come back with the same result. 

What is this Phenomena? 

Imagine You're 5'7 and your friend is 5'9 that's only a what? Two inch difference? Nothing much. Now you and your friend are standing on the path to The Mystery House.(North End) You and your friend are facing each other. You being 5'7 staring directly at your friend who is 5'9 right at the center of their forehead. Your friend is just gazing over your head oh so slightly. Now you switch places... suddenly as if by Magic! You're now staring at their Chin and them at your bridge! (See examples below) 

Now bare in mind the examples I'm showing are directly off The Oregon Vortex website. So I don't claim ownership or legitimacy of the images. Only that they work excellently as an example of the effect. 

Image 1                                       Image 2 

Looking at the above images , you can clearly see the difference in height and the effect they claim to experience. 

Now seeing as these photos are not exactly the best , I'd advise you to google The Oregon Vortex Black Mat experiment. This is a commonly done experiment at The Oregon Vortex. They place a black mat and in some cases a laser grid behind the subjects in the photo and try to reproduce the effect. Every experiment I've found to date (could be more) has replicated the effect. One of my favourite variations used the Black Mat as well as a Laser grid , however went the one step further to take a Level reading of the Ground , testing to see if the incline is slight enough that it can't easily be noticed by standing on it , instead only noticed by difference in height. The ground read a inclination of 2 Degrees where as the height difference was upwards of 16. The difference in the height compared to the incline is to much in my opinion to state that it's the only culprit in this phenomena. 

Now I admit I can't fully explain the reasons behind this Phenomena. However we can't deny how interesting it is. 

Perhaps there is a legitimate explanation for this , I'm willing to accept it should I find it or it be shown to me. However as it stands right now , I cannot explain this myself. 

Some theory's are Molecular Depression. Which I'd think may sting a wee bit. However , it's a theory. Another theory is an instant change in Form not effecting Mass or Volume. You yourself do not change , instead everything else changes. 

I myself have no direct theories. As I can't legitimately postulate. However , I'm interested in hearing any or all that are out there. 

As for any other phenomena, there are a few. One comes to mind of a Ball that rolls up hill. However this is another Optical illusion in my opinion and is explained in the explanation of the house itself. 

When it comes to The Oregon Vortex. There's not enough information to  affirm one belief or declare any fact. Not yet , we can assume all we want as to what may be the cause. I do know of a Land survey where a metal detector went off however the owners were adamant, denying any excavation of the area. 

This can be the cause of Magnets Buried , or any other man made solution, that I'm not able to come up with. However as it stands right now. I myself cannot make any conclusions.