Rock Point Cemetery

Over a hundred years ago, a local landowner deeded about 26-1/2 acres of land for a cemetery in the Rock Point district a few miles west of Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon. While the town of Rock Point no longer exists, the graves are still there. Around 1900, part of the cemetery land was deeded to the IOOF and that side was maintained with regular lot designations and caretaking, but the other side, which became known as the Pioneer Cemetery, declined. In 1955, a group of civic-minded citizens got together, cleaned up the cemeteries and recorded tombstones and grave markers. Reports say a hooded figure with a lantern has been seen strolling through the cemetery, but it disappears when people get too close. Eerie lights and sounds and a green fog also have been reported, and some fire occasionally blazes from the crypts. Visitors’ cars have suffered broken windows while driving through. The hauntings, some say, can be blamed on the nearby Oregon Vortex.