![]() ![]() "I'm no scientist, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist tosee what happens here." "It sounds likedouble-talk, but it's not. "You can't even measure the measures you measure with, becauseeverything is affected," said Cooper. Turn around and head north, and it feels like the personis growing. There is an overwhelming feeling, verifiedby onlookers, that the walker is shrinking as he or she approachesthe south. Anyone can grab the carpenter's level hanging from the treeto see that the posts are vertical and the plank on the groundbetween them is level.Ī guide instructs a person standing at the north post to lookstraight across and find his or her eye level on the south post.Then walk to the post. A certificate from a surveyor says they are bothlevel. The primary demonstration puts a person between two posts about8 feet apart in the shade of a madrone tree. The Bermuda Triangleis an attracting one." "John Lister's definition was, it's an anti-gravitationalelectromagnetic field," of which there are many around the world,Cooper explained. Within the vortex is a gift shop, the twistedremains of an old mining assay office dubbed the House of Mystery,two sites for demonstrating the growing and shrinking effect, andthe willingness of visitors to believe in something they don'tunderstand. She won't say how many visitors each year pay the $8 admission,beyond "thousands." The deal includes 22 acres of wooded hillsides, and athree-bedroom house. "There is so much potential here," said Cooper. Her son is more interested incomputers, so she is looking for someone - a family perhaps - tocarry on. When her father had heart trouble, she quither job as a psychiatric social worker at a prison and took overthe vortex in 1980.Ĭooper, 60, now wants to retire. The story goes that he was sofrightened by what he discovered, he burned his notes before hisdeath.Īfter Lister died, Cooper's family left a service station andmotel in town and bought the property in 1961, when Cooper wasstill in high school. He claimed the property was on the confluence of mysteriousforces he called terralines. Scottish mining engineer John Lister opened the Oregon Vortex asa tourist attraction in 1930 on the site of the Old Grey Eagle GoldMine. Step right up, because Maria Cooper has a deal for you.įor just $2 million, she'll sell you the Oregon Vortex, avenerable roadside attraction off the beaten track where … Broomsstand on end! Balls roll uphill! And walking from one spot toanother makes you shrink or grow!!ĭespite its remote location in the wooded hills behind this oldGold Rush town and little advertising, the Oregon Vortex has becomeso well known that Mulder mentioned it on The X Files, and itis widely considered the inspiration for a dozen similarattractions around the country. G O L D H I L L, Ore., Ma- Looking for a career change? Interestedin the paranormal? Always admired P.T. ![]()
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