The Oregon Vortex® is located at 4303 Sardine Creek Road in Gold Hill, Oregon. It was originally the location of a gold mining operation. The shack (Figure 3) was an assay office for the mining company. The operators say that over the years the shack has slid down the hillside. It now rests next to a large tree, which has stopped its continuing slide down the hill. The attraction has been open to the public since 1930, which makes it the oldest of all these type of attractions.
Figure 2: Location map of the Oregon Vortex.
Figure 3: The shack at the Oregon Vortex looking south. The center of the vortex is to the left of the building.
John Litster did the original research work in the 1940s to early 1950s. In his paper he deduces that the area is a vortex because of its circular size and terralines, inside the area. He introduces in his paper observations found in atomic physics and astronomy, which he tries to link to the vortex concept. He also assumes the phenomenon is elector-magnetic in origin. He also describes the circular 165˘ area in question, expanding and contracting periodically.
The procedure for starting the experiment was the same for all of the sites tested. When I arrived, a new 9-volt battery was put into the crystal frequency source. This was done because from previous testing, in Bellevue Washington, it was realized there was a 25 to 30 minute warm-up period, after which the circuit reached its ambient operating temperature. The time was 11:32 AM June 2, 1996 when the battery was put in. The times listed in the experiment are duration time from the installation of the battery. It was 12:08 PM when the frequency counter, cable, and crystal were set up. I had the frequency counter turned on for about ten minutes before it was connected to the crystal. Both, I thought, were outside the vortex.
Five years before, I had located the center of the vortex, so I stretched out a 100˘ metal tape measure from the center going north to the frequency counter. The shorter cable is 113˘ long, so the frequency counter was about 112˘ from the center. If Litster was correct, the radius of the vortex should have been 82.5˘, plus a corona area he describes as being 27˘ wide, gives us a 109.5˘ radius to be completely out of the influence of the vortex. The reason I am going into a little more detailed description of the location of the equipment is because I got a big surprise when the counter started reading the frequency from the crystal. I placed the crystal at the 100˘ mark to start. What I noticed was the frequency was fluctuating wildly by several thousand hertz. My frequency counter and crystal had never done that, and at first I thought something had broken or come loose. I brought the crystal back to the frequency counter and waited a few minutes to see what was going to happen. The frequency swing started reducing. I also checked the equipment and found nothing wrong. I then disconnected the cable from the frequency counter when, much to my surprise, the counter was displaying from 10 to 500 hertz for a few minutes thereafter. I had never seen this before, so I assumed that a strong RF field coming from the vortex was effecting the counter. I decided to move the frequency counter much further away from the center, so the other 200˘ cable was connected. The frequency counter was now 170˘ away from the center. I reconnected the cable with the crystal and just waited to see if the counter would stabilize over time. At 1:17 PM the frequency counter stabilized and the first run of the experiment started.
After observing similar start-up frequency fluctuations at the Mystery Sport, Confusion Hill, and Magnetic Hill I realized that this was something special and was not a malfunction of the equipment. Because of this observation and another, I was prompted to test the Oregon Vortex again on June 9. That visit confirmed a hunch I had developed while testing these anomalies (see Chapter 7).
The frequency tests are really measuring time. That’s why these tests are so important. If time is changing, then what we are seeing is not an optical illusion. Currently, there is no way that man knows how to alter time or make objects smaller so the element of trickery was eliminated. The first series of tests were done June of 1991. The results of all three runs were frequency shifted upwards as the crystal was placed near the center of the vortex.
The frequency counter was placed 110˘ away from the center. Only the 113˘ coax cable was used.
Experimental test run number 1 (Table 3) started at 1:00 PM. Measurement started at the 100˘ mark and proceeded toward the center. The frequency counter started at 24,998,078 Hz. The graphs only display the last four numbers (8,078 Hz.). The 9-volt battery was in the crystal source for 15 minutes before the experiment started. The adjusted frequency difference from outside to inside was 34 hertz. The frequency inside was higher than outside.
Table 3: Run number 1; measuring frequency from the 100˘ mark into the center of the vortex using 113˘ of cable. Start time: 1:00 PM. Duration of the experiment: 16 minutes.
The second run (Table 4) started at the 50˘ mark, and then proceeded to the center, and then 5 feet beyond.
Table 4: Run number 2; measuring frequency from the 50˘ mark into the center of the vortex using 113˘ of cable. Start time: 1:25 PM. Duration of the experiment: 6 minutes.
The third run (Table 5) started at the 100˘ mark and proceeded only to the 50˘ mark. This was done to help locate the edge of the anomaly.
Table 5: Run number 3; measuring frequency from the 100˘ mark to the 50˘ mark of the vortex using 113˘ of cable. Start time: 2:00 PM. Duration of the experiment: 5 minutes.
The conclusion I came to, five years ago, was that frequency only shifted upwards towards the center of the anomaly and that time was affected. There did seen to be an edge to the vortex about 70˘ from the center.
The crystal was placed in the approximate center of the vortex at 1:17 PM and the frequency counter recorded a frequency of 24,997,934 hertz ±4 hertz. The graph displayed in Table 6 displays only the last 4 digits (7,934 Hz), because the changes observed were always less then 1,000 hertz (except for the start-up period).
Table 6: Run number 1; measuring frequency from the center (approx.) to 200˘ from the center. Start time: was 1:17 PM. Duration of the experiment: 47 minutes.
Frequency was higher near the center of the anomaly than outside. There was a 110 hertz difference between inside and out. At the 65˘ mark it appeared the frequency stabilized. This may be the edge of the vortex but not the edge of all of its effect as Litster had noted there was a corona of a certain distance around the anomaly. The only problem is he does not explain how he determined it was a corona.
The second run (Table 7) measured from the frequency counter at 170˘ into the vortex. The frequency difference was 40 hertz.
Table 7: Run number 2; measuring frequency from the frequency counter to the center of the vortex. Start time: 2:04 PM. Duration of the experiment: 33 minutes.
A new battery was put into the crystal oscillator at 2:42 PM. After 22 minutes the third run (Table 8) was begun. The frequency difference between inside and out was 50 hertz. All three runs recorded frequencies higher in the center than outside.
Table 8: Run number 3; measuring frequency from the 115˘ mark into the center of the vortex using 313˘ of cable. Start time 3:04 PM. Duration of the experiment 22 minutes.
I performed a fourth run (Table 9), but at the time I thought it was inclusive and confusing because the frequency started out at 24,997,889 Hz (3:36 PM) at the 100˘ mark. Then went down to 24,997,887 Hz at the center (3:47 PM). Then when I brought the crystal out again, the frequency dropped down at the 25˘ mark, then proceeded back up to 24,997,884 Hz at the 100˘ mark, which is 5 hertz from where it started from. Table 9 shows the puzzling result.
Remember, sometimes it is the unexpected surprise that gives you a deeper insight into what is going on. What I had recorded was the frequency changing, within the vortex, in front of my very eyes. Terry Cooper, manager of the Oregon Vortex, told me that the shrink and grow effect will change from day-to-day, and sometimes during the day, they will notice a difference. For instance, they have two 7˘ poles at the beginning of the tour. Some days, one pole will look 6” shorter, the next day it will look 3” shorter, and sometimes there will be no visible differences in height. When he told me this, on June 2, I thought that maybe the frequency was changing dynamically. It would not be easy determining frequency, unless readings were taken over long periods of time, and multiple runs were made so a pattern could be established.
Table 9: Run number 4; measuring frequency from the 100˘ mark into the center of the vortex using 113˘ of cable. Start time: 3:36 PM. Duration of the experiment: 22 minutes.
After testing Confusion Hill and the Mystery Spot, the question was were these gravitational anomalies dynamically changing over time? At both those locations I created a new test by leaving the crystal at one location, for a number of hours, and record the frequency fluctuation over time.
On this visit I only wanted to check one thing. What was the frequency change over time, if the crystal was left at one location. The experiment started at 12:12 PM, June 9, 1996. The crystal was placed at the 15˘ mark and frequency was recorded every 2 minutes. Only the 113˘ cable was used and the frequency counter was 125˘ away from the center. It was left there for 93 minutes. For test purposes, I also placed the crystal outside the vortex some 240˘ away from the center to see if the frequency counter was recording frequency properly. The crystal was placed this distance after 48 minutes inside the vortex. It remained at 240˘ for about 10 minutes. During that time the frequency stabilized at 24,998,073 ±2 hertz. After the crystal was put back at the 15˘ mark it resumed the same frequency pattern it did before. While the crystal was located at the 15˘ mark, there was a variation in frequency output. Over the two-minute interval, the frequency variation ranged beyond what I was comfortable with. That is one of the reasons I placed the crystal at the 240˘ mark, to see if it was the equipment or was it recording something real. At this point, I concluded that it was something real. For some time the frequency variation was over 20 hertz. In Table 10 I have shown the high and low frequency recorded 15 seconds after the 2-minute mark.
Table 10: Measuring frequency from the 15˘ mark from the center of the vortex using 113˘ of cable. At 2:02 elapse time, the crystal was taken to 240˘ away from the center. Start time: 3:36 PM. Duration of the experiment: 22 minutes.
During the middle of this experiment (12:40 PM), I decided to record the frequency output per second for one minute to see if a pattern would emerge. Table 11 shows a graph of the output frequencies for that minute. There looks like a pattern is present. I do not have a frequency counter that could record the output over a long period of time, but that would be a very enlightening experiment that should be done.
Table 11: Measuring frequency from the 15˘ mark for one minute. Start time: 12:40 PM. Duration of the experiment: 1 minute.
What the operators of the attraction had reported was that it was harder pushing a dead weight towards the center than away from it. I built a suspension device (Figure 4) that was put on a level area and placed in-line with the center of the vortex. Table 12 shows the force, in pounds, to move the 25lb. weight 10” to 15” towards and away from the center of the anomaly. The explanation for this phenomenon is in Chapter 7.
Figure 4: Weight suspension experiment showing the 25 lb. weight.
Table 12: Graph showing the force in pounds to move a 25 lb. weight 10” to 15”
The main attractions of these tourist sites are the shrink and grow phenomenon. Usually two people will stand on opposite sides of a level plank or concrete slap. When they change positions, the observers, perpendicular to the subjects, see the change in heights. The problem with most of these exhibits is that they can be the product of an optical illusion, because of the crooked building with a sloping fence as a backdrop. The Oregon Vortex has three platforms where people could see this phenomenon. I set up the tripod and camera at the cabin courtyard, which was level. Figure 5 and 6 shows a 5.4% shrink observed. Figure 7 and 8 shows two subjects standing on a level, concrete slab. The two poles are both 7˘ tall. There is a 5.8% shrink factor for the one standing to the right. The pictures for both locations were taken several hours apart, and that could be why there is a difference in the shrink and grow percentage. The other factor may be that one is more in line with the center of the vortex than the other.
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