Spooky Oregon: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore by S. E. Schlosser, Paul G. Hoffman (Illustrator)

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Forest sounds and the gentle slap of Pacific waves form the background music for this collection of ghostly tales. Master storyteller S. E. Schlosser adds to her enviable bibliography of eerie, yet strangely winning stories of local hauntings and unexplained occurrences. Ideal campfire accompaniment.

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SPOOKY HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT OREGON!

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for twenty-five creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Oregon. From the girl who goes missing in Newport's haunted lighthouse to the Bedford man whose lust to possess a woman's gold arm comes back to haunt him, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.

Oregon folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and through artist Paul Hoffman’s evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and devils, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and dreary night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to Grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
 
Tales of hauntings and strange happenings in towns such as:
 

Portland
Oregon City
Bend
Mount Hood
Gold Beach
Crater Lake

Eugene
Willamette Forest
Baker City
Jacksonville
Astoria
Newport
and more. . .

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