Gold Hill, Oregon is home to the famous Oregon Vortex. The area became famous when gold was discovered in the mid 1800's. The vortex was identified by the indigenous people in the area as a phenomenon long before westward bound settlers found their way to Southern Oregon. As our guide said, there are rarely furry visitors to the vortex or the area surrounding it. While I was there birds flew over us and hopped around the edges, but stayed outside the area identified as the vortex.

The day I visited the Oregon Vortex, I was driving comps on Sardine Creek Rd. As I turned onto the road from Hwy 99 I remembered that I'd been wanting to visit the House of Mystery located on the vortex, and decided after I finished my photographs of recent sales in the area I would stop and see what all the commotion was about.

Thank goodness I was working, because I had my camera with me and took photographs as we went along....otherwise this phenomenon (there is really no other way to describe it) it had to believe.