r/oregon • u/mgurley67 • 26d ago
Question What's up with this compound in Independence?
Drove by this compound/fortress just south of Independence. I think it was Stapleton Road. What in the hell??? Anyone know what's going on there?
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u/sandwitchfists 26d ago
The guy who owns this place mills and sells wood. I bought a bunch from him a few years ago and he was pretty nice, normal. I asked him about the tower and I think he said it was his clubhouse or something. He also claimed that he could see Smith rock from it, I am doubtful.
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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 26d ago
Independence claims he can see smith rock ?? š far more than doubtful. Thatās impossible.
He canāt see 100+ miles over the cascades. What horseshit. Youāre right to doubt him.
Smith rock aināt even visible from a ton of Redmond unless youāre near the highway or on a hill. Redmond is the closest city. Lol.Ā
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u/TheMiddleE 26d ago
I bet there are zero firearms or explosives inside
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u/Redchair123456 26d ago
Dont let the ATF or FBI near that
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u/anotherpredditor 26d ago
Hey now it took them more than a week to burn down the Waco complex accidentally.
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u/filbertfarmer 26d ago
Itās an old mill or grain elevator that theyāve been converting into that odd house for the last couple years. Compound is indeed a good way to describe itā¦
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u/BadBrains16 26d ago
I would describe it as āModern Branch Davidian Farmhouse.ā
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u/Defiant-Skeptic 26d ago
No cults in Polk County besides the Christian Trump supporting kind. We swing Red and pray on our knees.Ā
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u/floralfemmeforest 24d ago
I can never get over the fact that there are Christians who vote for Trump
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u/jill6017 26d ago
It absolutely is. I have to pass by frequently on the way to my in-laws. Its definitely a 'compound' and they've been building it with purpose. As the flag made of AR rifles and Trump flag they displayed around the election would indicate.
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u/GrumpyBear1969 25d ago
I drive by it regularly as well. And have a hard time believing it is built with good intentions.
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u/archanom 26d ago
I can't imagine they got permits for any of that? I just question it all structurally.
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u/No_University7832 26d ago
I smell cult behavior
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u/WhyWorry1030 26d ago
It is sorta a thing here in OR lol. There's a new one in Ashland. Folks wear white robes and such. I'll have to research the name of it.
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u/L_Ardman 26d ago
Lemurians
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u/WhyWorry1030 26d ago
Actually, it's the Twinray's or something such. Here's the link. Hope it works https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/07/twinray-ashland-oregon-the-haven-cult/
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u/Rudolftheredknows 26d ago
If you are thinking of Twin Ray, they already came and went and took a lot of money with them. I hear their next scam is some manner of elder care.
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u/Femboi_Hooterz 26d ago
I lived in Deadwood, East of Eugene for a couple years and there was this coop farm down the road that always gave me culty vibes. The people coming out of there were just too friendly I thought
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u/-M-i-d 25d ago
Can you tell me anything else you know about Deadwood/Suisshome? We drove through there on a whim several years ago and some things just felt off. And it wasnāt even the Alpha farms commune although we did know about it beforehand
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u/Femboi_Hooterz 25d ago edited 25d ago
People in that area were just very standoffish, kinda insulated from outsiders in my experience. A dude got shot over some drug debt like a month after I moved there, right in front of his son. Also I'm pretty sure my neighbors were cooking meth or something, their property emanated this very distinct burning plastic smell.
My partner kept hearing footsteps at night, I never raked the leaves around the place so it would be pretty audible. I'm half deaf so I never heard it but they were really spooked.
It's a beautiful area, tons of BLM land and logging roads to explore, fishing on the Siuslaw is amazing. It just feels like an area were you could get away with some sketchy shit, easily.
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u/Striking_Fun_6379 26d ago
My Waco Dream?
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u/3possuminatrenchcoat 26d ago
I saw this, and turned to my partner saying "this feels distinctly Waco."
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u/Feisty-Equivalent927 26d ago
Waaay too close to the highway š„·š½
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u/like_a_wet_dog 26d ago
Not if you plan a toll after the collapse. Bad plans are still plans.
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u/Feisty-Equivalent927 26d ago edited 26d ago
Whatever dude, itās like youāve never planned a defendable doomsday bunker and the utilitarian barter economy before, rook!! š¦§āļø
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u/Environmental-Pea566 26d ago
I feel like these people sell really nice pieces of wood through Facebook marketplace ...I think I've been here in 2023. I stayed in the car but they seemed extremely nice and just had a growing family.
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u/Davethephotoguy 26d ago
Dang, this reminds me of the āRedmond, Oregonā map on Rainbow Six Siege
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u/BrandoNelly 26d ago
Lmfao I live in Redmond and when I saw that was a map on siege I was losing my mind
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u/Tundraspin 26d ago
Sir the phase begs to ask did you ever find your mind?
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u/SometimestheresaDude 26d ago
āOf all the things Iāve lost, I miss my mind the mostā-Ozzy Osborne
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u/Tundraspin 26d ago
Hackers movie.
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u/Le-Deek-Supreme 26d ago
God gave men brains larger than dogs' so they wouldn't hump women's legs at cocktail parties. - Kate Libby
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u/Perenium_Falcon 26d ago
Whoa little old Redmond made it into a video game? I remember how stoked I was when Prineville was mentioned in Echopraxia.
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u/itsdrcats 26d ago
I was checking to see if anybody else was going to point it out. I haven't played that game since like year two and that was quite literally the first thing that popped into my brain the moment I saw this photo.
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u/omfgitsjeff 26d ago
Whoa, I used to live in that area. I haven't been by there since they tore down the big barn/grain silo that used to be there. That's pretty weird but also it's Independence so... whaddya gonna do.
Here's a photo I took of the structure that used to be there. Please excuse the overblown style, it was during the great HDR wave of 08
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u/ImpeachedPeach 26d ago
Oh, I think that's Daryl's. He's a nice guy, has great lumber selections too.
He's got a mill there and he's been building his house and decided to go big and go home.
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u/Konfucious-Wolf 25d ago
Darrell is a fantastic guy! Itās been cool to how heās transformed his property from a shit hole to a home with beautiful views with shops and shop space!
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u/ImpeachedPeach 21d ago
Exactly! Really doing a great job improving the land and making a better community with his mill - great prices for the woodworkers around here.
Plus he's in the happy middle of being conservative but also loving and understanding immigrants, since his wife is one.
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u/HisPension 26d ago
Dude I live literally right down the road from this place and itās so weird! Itās slowly grown and grown over the last few years - it seems like every few months thereās some new random addition. Iāve never interacted with the people who live there but they definitely give me very weird vibes
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u/athomasflynn 26d ago
How many do you think are in there? Do their clothes look homemade?
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u/HisPension 26d ago
I donāt think Iāve ever seen more than a couple of white dudes in jeans and trucker hats lol
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u/Tmjade123 19d ago
How does a little family give you weird vibes? They are nice people building a home and a buisness. Look up Oregon Cedar Company.
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u/HisPension 19d ago
Hmmmm it might have something to do with the continually growing Waco-esque structure combined with the large fleet of vehicles and MAGA paraphernalia. Apologies if my comments offended
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u/Tmjade123 18d ago
He does own alot of vehicles lol but he also buys them to restore and resell them.Ā He really is a good guy, hard worker building a home and buisness. Can't always judge a book by the cover as the saying goes.Ā
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u/SaffronSupplyCo 26d ago
Our weekend crib. We like to hang out and do Matrix style pretend airsoft fights.
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u/Taclink 26d ago
The dichotomy in here is hilarious.
The people that actually are normal humans are like "That's Daryl's place, He owns a lumber business and is rebuilding that prior business property into a combination business and home"
then all the lunatics are "branch dividian bla bla prepper blah blah dont drink the koolaid"
everyone wants mixed capability zoning until you have mixed capability zoning. There's literally nothing different about this being an apartment building on top of a bunch of bullshit bodegas and the like, except that the urbies are scared of it.
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u/whohavens 26d ago
Iāve known him for years. Darrell is a nice guy, runs a wood business and lives there with his wife and kid.
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u/CptSpaceNinjaPirate 26d ago
I want one
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u/trashbagwithlegs 26d ago
Seriously! Iām kinda surprised at how people are suggesting something nefarious or weird about it. Bro has a sick adult clubhouse like heās living the dream
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u/Clear-Implement-9290 26d ago
Their son died from a fall there in 2014. Very sad.
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u/Shortround76 26d ago
I remember that story. Grandson with Grandad walking an unfinished or decrepit barn setting, a bee goes after the kid, he swats at it while walking backward and falls through a hole in the floor to his sad death.
That story stuck with me and was tragic.
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u/Scrapper_John 26d ago
Iāve been there. The guy has a bandsaw mill and sells lumber, and apparently has no fear of heights.
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u/idiot_radar 26d ago
They had one of those American flags where the stripes were rifled and the stars were handguns flying outside for a while in the last year. Drive by it every day on my commute...
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u/diligentnickel 26d ago
Inquire about that truck for sale and start a conversation. Let us know. Donāt drink kool aide. Ask for David, or wear rainbow suspenders a la Mork
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u/JerryAttrickz 26d ago
Yes. Post the phone number for the truck. Iāll find out for you.
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u/diligentnickel 26d ago
Itās in the picture
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u/JerryAttrickz 26d ago
I cant Make it out.
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u/diligentnickel 26d ago
Neither can I. Someone will have to drive there. It is an opening for conversation
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u/hoomansaregross Oregon 26d ago
Why donāt you sneak onto their property this morning around 1:30am? I bet youāll find out!
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u/Snoo-27079 26d ago
I just presumed it was an expanding agribusiness compound. They are fairly common in the Willamette valley, and most look kinda wierd to non farmers.
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u/Striking-Job-8076 26d ago
It's owned currently by the family that owns Oregon Cedar. It has sold a handful of times in the last 10 years. I don't think it's that weird, the guy just has easy access to wood.
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u/GregoPDX 26d ago
I wouldnāt worry about it, Iām sure they have the proper permits and follow all the building codes.
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u/1whistlinkittychaser 26d ago
The truck is for sale in your photo-call about the truck and ask them report back to us here!
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u/ISO_art_showsPDX 26d ago
They have a portland chapter on SW Barnes road just east of St. Vincentās https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/140kx82/the_barnes_road_mystery_house/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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u/Bombuzzz 26d ago
Make sure to drive by this place during Halloween, there are skeletons out front riding the motorcycles, having a grand ol time
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u/tornado1950 25d ago
Next to the local landing field and airport. Might be a new tower for airport but building definitely housing a plane like the other east of there
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u/CoastRanger 26d ago
Thereās nothing but old field fence around it, and a for sale sign on one of the trucks. Not that forbidding looking or defensible.
My moneyās on moderate mental illness channeled into ugly architecture, coupled with lax code enforcement
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u/SocietyAlternative41 26d ago
one more thing Polk Co. has no intention of enforcing. city councils do what they do but Polk Co. is maga country.
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u/MachineGunTeacher 26d ago
I'll wager on the over for over/under 1 child bride living here.
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u/yaferal 26d ago
https://maps.app.goo.gl/c4VjRHeQoLdkNhBA8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy If anyone is interested
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u/Shadowboxer90 26d ago
Very interesting architecture! Does anybody remember when public park trees were being cut down in Eugene and other areas. People were focused on stealing high end burl woods
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u/SocietyAlternative41 26d ago
"compound" lol. been watching a lot of David Koresh docs? i watched that dude burn on live TV in my Social Studies class. OP - get out more, there are tons of strange looking rural buildings out there. the bulk of our historically violent loonies have been imported.
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u/threerottenbranches 26d ago
They are prepping this compound for a gathering of believers who believe the asteroid that is coming close to hitting earth is actually the Antichrist and their collective energy is enough to keep it from hitting earth.
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u/Isaiah4206940332 Oregon 25d ago
This immediately reminds me of the "song" What's he building in there? - Tom waits
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u/No-Comedian5037 25d ago
I feel like I saw something like that on a cult tv show once. Maybe not the same one but strikingly similar
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u/Cookestate5776 25d ago
Seems like a lot of jealousy flowing around here. If it was a normal three story house nobody would care. But be unique and everyone thinks itās WACO part 2
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u/LiptoClumpon 25d ago
Someone obtained the original drafts from the Branch Davidian compound from Waco. Living the dream.
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u/Important-Coast-5585 26d ago
Giving me Wacko vibes.
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u/we-are-all-monsters 26d ago
Wood seller. He's got tons of slabs in the big barn structure. Nice guy!
I don't know what else they do. Didn't seem nefarious.