#Oregon mystery house plus

Hours are 9am to 4pm (and until 5pm during July, August, and September). The Oregon Vortex is open 7 days a week, from March 1st to October 31st. So even though it was lame, we managed to have our share of stupid, dorky fun …

#Oregon mystery house plus

On the plus side? We have a pretty good sense of humor. Rand and I fall firmly into that latter category. And if you know anything about physics, that’s doubly true. But if come expecting something mysterious and un-earthly … well, that’s the wrong perspective to have. And they can be fun, when you realize that they’re just that. The mysteries are merely optical illusions. In the end, the Oregon Vortex is all about perspective, in every way possible. They even recreate the growing/shrinking trick in their own vortex-free kitchen, with identical results. The folks over at the James Randi Educational Foundation do a far better job of explaining the tricks behind the Oregon Vortex than I ever could. Sadly, it’s not magical or mysterious or the work of ghostly forces. She’s closer to me, and therefore looks bigger. Compare it to the guy’s feet and the edge. Check out the distance of the girls feet to the edge of the photo. Because one is much more closer to us than the other. The guide talked about how amazing and mysterious it all was – I mean, even the wooden pillars against which they were standing appeared to be two drastically different sizes. Keep in mind the pillars against which they are standing are the same size (the tour guide even measured them to prove this to us). No one has to the energy to explain all the things that are wrong with their thought processes, and instead, we go take a nap.Īs they switch places, it looks like girlfriend has grown substantially. This is the reason why Fox News and the Oregon Vortex are so successful. Your head just exploded, right? There’s too many things to refute, that you simply give up and lie down. “There’s too many apostrophes in this muskrat.” However, what if someone makes the following claim: This sentence, while ridiculous, can easily be argued, because if someone has a cat, it is, by definition, a cat and not a dog. For example, consider the following argument: Part of the problem is that the explanations make so little sense, it’s difficult to argue with them. And it has nothing to do with laws of perspective! Because of … the vortex bends magnetic fields or something. We then have to believe (for reasons that are never really explained other than attributing them to “they mystery of the vortex”) that objects shrink and grow within this area. The word “vortex” simply means a whirpool of force, like a whirling mass of water, especially one in which a force of suction operates, such as a whirlpool or a whirling mass of air, especially one in the form of a visible column or spiral, such as a tornado. The Oregon Vortex is a spherical field of force, half above the ground and half below the ground. Here’s a paragraph taken from its official webpage, under the the title “Scientific Info”. I suppose I should first explain what the Vortex is. Our tour group was filled with people our age (including one guy who was so damn enthusiastic, I thought he had been planted by the owners) as well as a very energetic guide.īut I’m getting ahead of myself. Like a rain-soaked bottle rocket, it was a complete and utter dud.Īnd believe me, if there was fun to be had, we would have had it. Thrown into a state of dorky ecstasy that I hadn’t experienced since … well, since we saw John Stamos on Broadway (I mean, seriously, I DARE YOU TO NAME SOMETHING MORE MAGICAL). So when I heard about the Oregon Vortex and House of Mystery, I was overjoyed. Like children on leashes and chocolate cigarettes, I think not of the negative connotations and assume that they exist only to make me happy. I love things that would make other people cringe with embarrassment, roll their eyes, and otherwise want to storm out of the theater/museum/restaurant. Notice that 'World Famous!' is in quotes.