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A green pulse in the dunes, a ranger who shouldn’t exist, and a dog named Sam who breaks his own faithful routine—our journey begins at Beaver Dunes Park, the stretch of Oklahoma terrain many call the Bermuda Triangle of the Plains. A longtime listener from the Panhandle sends two stories from the same patch of sand: teenage misadventure rescued by a helpful ranger later revealed to be dead for 15 years, and a later trip where a quick turn toward a green light ends with a beloved dog vanishing without a sound. Those two moments set off a wider exploration of portals, lost travelers, and the blurry edges between memory and land.
We dig into the legend of the Shaman’s Portal, tracing threads back to Coronado’s expedition in the 1500s and Indigenous warnings about the dunes after dark. Rumors of military night digs, electromagnetic oddities, and buried craft swirl around the site, even as hard evidence remains elusive. From there, the map blooms across Oklahoma: Dead Woman’s Crossing and its grim wagon rattle, Claremore’s Belvidere Mansion and its uneasy temperature swings, Veteran’s Lake with tales of tragic apparitions, and a one-room schoolhouse in Pawhuska where chalkboard names supposedly vanish on their own. Each stop adds a data point and a shiver.
We also step through living spaces that hold the past like a breath: the Cherokee Strip Museum with ground-floor cold spots and a piano that plays itself, Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom with a performer who never left the stage, and the Blanchard Cemetery where a tall man waves instead of warns. The stories grow stranger—an old saloon run by Miss Lizzie and her girls, a golf course bathroom glowing without power, and the Stone Lion Inn where a child’s hand brushes a cheek and a pipe’s scent announces a presence. Along the way we weigh skepticism and belief, grief and comfort, and how a community’s search for a missing dog becomes part of the folklore that keeps a place alive.
If tales of portals, haunted venues, and mysterious lights spark your curiosity, this one will keep you leaning forward. Listen, share with someone who loves a good mystery, and tell us your own encounter. Subscribe for more listener stories and strange histories, and leave a review to help fellow explorers find the show.
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A green pulse in the dunes, a ranger who shouldn’t exist, and a dog named Sam who breaks his own faithful routine—our journey begins at Beaver Dunes Park, the stretch of Oklahoma terrain many call the Bermuda Triangle of the Plains. A longtime listener from the Panhandle sends two stories from the same patch of sand: teenage misadventure rescued by a helpful ranger later revealed to be dead for 15 years, and a later trip where a quick turn toward a green light ends with a beloved dog vanishing without a sound. Those two moments set off a wider exploration of portals, lost travelers, and the blurry edges between memory and land.
We dig into the legend of the Shaman’s Portal, tracing threads back to Coronado’s expedition in the 1500s and Indigenous warnings about the dunes after dark. Rumors of military night digs, electromagnetic oddities, and buried craft swirl around the site, even as hard evidence remains elusive. From there, the map blooms across Oklahoma: Dead Woman’s Crossing and its grim wagon rattle, Claremore’s Belvidere Mansion and its uneasy temperature swings, Veteran’s Lake with tales of tragic apparitions, and a one-room schoolhouse in Pawhuska where chalkboard names supposedly vanish on their own. Each stop adds a data point and a shiver.
We also step through living spaces that hold the past like a breath: the Cherokee Strip Museum with ground-floor cold spots and a piano that plays itself, Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom with a performer who never left the stage, and the Blanchard Cemetery where a tall man waves instead of warns. The stories grow stranger—an old saloon run by Miss Lizzie and her girls, a golf course bathroom glowing without power, and the Stone Lion Inn where a child’s hand brushes a cheek and a pipe’s scent announces a presence. Along the way we weigh skepticism and belief, grief and comfort, and how a community’s search for a missing dog becomes part of the folklore that keeps a place alive.
If tales of portals, haunted venues, and mysterious lights spark your curiosity, this one will keep you leaning forward. Listen, share with someone who loves a good mystery, and tell us your own encounter. Subscribe for more listener stories and strange histories, and leave a review to help fellow explorers find the show.
Support the show