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Article #185Re: Oregon Vortex
From: Robert Reed
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:36
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:36
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In article <1993Jan07.192227.5223@news.mentorg.com> mikelo@cecil.mentorg.com (Mike Lottridge) writes: |There was a tv program about this a few days ago, but I missed it. |Supposedly, there's some point in Oregon where your ability to judge |perspective and distance gets distorted (actually, I've noticed this |after leaving McMenamins on occasion). Does anyone know what the story |is here, and where this place is? It is just off the freeway between Grants Pass and Medford. Like many other places around the country (e.g. Confusion Hill on US 101 South of Garberville CA), this place rakes in the dough by providing viewers with a "natural phenomenon" implemented though a collection of carefully (or not so carefully) constructed forced perspectives that give the viewer the impression that the laws of gravity are somehow being violated. The Oregon Vortex in particular is located at the site of an old ore assay office from the last century. One corner of the build has fallen 12 feet and there are various stations around the grounds which exhibit peculiar perception tricks. ________________________________________________________________________________ Robert Reed Home Animation Ltd. 503-656-8414 robert@slipknot.rain.com 5686 First Court, West Linn, OR 97068 I am getting into abstract painting. Real abstract--no brush, no canvas, I just think about it. --Steve Wright ________________________________________________________________________________
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Newsgroups: or.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!tessi!eaglet!slipknot!robert From: robert@slipknot.rain.com (Robert Reed) Subject: Re: Oregon Vortex Message-ID: <C0IHsr.Bur@slipknot.rain.com> Reply-To: robert@slipknot.rain.com.UUCP (Robert Reed) Organization: Home Animation Ltd. References: <1993Jan07.192227.5223@news.mentorg.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:36:27 GMT Lines: 24