6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., 1.5 miles, 1 hour. $29 introductory price
The city of Portland Oregon was built on an ancient crossroads; known as a place to step into alternate worlds. What visit to the city would be complete without lifting the veil — for at least a minute — between the world of the living and the spirit world? Weaving in historical tales with the fiction authors and filmmakers (including Twilight author Stephenie Meyer) with local ties have written about this place and these people, we tell the stories of darkness, death and the liminal space that comes beyond. Starting at Salmon Street Springs, 1000 SW Naito Pkwy.
From fiery deaths to watery graves, we explore it all. In this 1.5 mile / 2.5 km waterfront walking tour, we weave what we know of the peoples who lived here for millennia with verifiable stories of recent centuries. We can only guess, based on our psychics’ readings and eerie coincidences we have observed, where people here before us feared to walk and canoe at night.
As a wise person wrote, every story ends as a ghost story. Our ghosts are legion.
We now call it Oregon; “ourigan” was ancestral home to hundreds of thousands. They have left a darkness here, expressed with stories from the earliest days of our written history to modern times.
Starting with early disasters, we will tell ghost stories we have collected, from fiery deaths to those in the waters of nearby river; from self-inflicted to deaths brought by the state or a rich man’s guilt. Our route takes us along the river. Why is Portland a place beloved by witches, goths, faeries and lovers of the macabre? Why are so many dark stories connected to the river? We’ll investigate the history of the river itself; both geologic and the human interaction with the river, that goes back over 10,000 years, to answer the question of why so many grim tales are tied here.
The Ghosts of the Willamette Westside walking tour leaves from Salmon Street Springs Fountain, 1000 SW Naito Pkwy, and we keep our groups to 20 or fewer people for intimate, personal experiences. $29.
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