Yachats, OR

The former lighthouse keeper's home is now a bed and breakfast in a very unique setting with a short hike to the lighthouse. The home is considered the most haunted house in Oregon.

Ghost story always associated with Heceta House was that in the 1890’s was that of a woman, wife of an assistant keeper, whose young child died while at the lighthouse. A Ouija Board revealed the name Rue, but there’s dispute whether that was the name of the woman or the child. There are tales of a headstone in the vegetation on the property that has never been found. Caretakers, college students and construction workers have claimed that strange unexplained occurrences have taken place inside the house. Guests have reported some friendly encounters with Rue. Nearly all the residents of the station since the ’50s have reported unexplainable things. One family heard screams and several times found things moved or missing. An 1890’s silk stocking replaced a box of rat poison. A worker in the ’70s cleaning attic windows noticed a reflection on the glass and turned to face the eternal visage of a silver-haired woman in a long, dark dress. He ran out of the attic, and would only come back to work if he didn’t have to climb into the attic. Working outside, he broke an attic window, but didn’t go in to clean up the glass. That night the couple living there heard sounds in the attic and the next day discovered the glass neatly swept into a pile.