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12/03/06

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Weird Coast Facts Released Each Week on Oregon Website

What rare sight may be seen at coastal sunsets?

(Oregon Coast) - Get ready to freak out about the Oregon coast.

A flood of strange and amusing travel information about the region is coming to the Internet for the next two months, as tourism website BeachConnection.net begins its “Freaky Oregon Coast Facts Season.”

All through December and January, BeachConnection.net will provide a series of really unusual angles and a constant stream of surprises about the Oregon coast, called “Freaky Oregon Coast Facts.” Each week, dozens of odd and mind-blowing factoids and trivia about the area will be released onto the web, covering its history, beach spots, weird science, weather, entertainment and of course much about haunted places on the coast and other paranormal legends.

“The stuff we’re collecting right now is downright freaky at times,” said editor Andre’ Hagestedt. “I believe we’ll have some 200 really trippy things to talk about over those two months.”

Tidbits to look forward to include items on celebrities on the coast, rogue theories on historical events, the recent discovery of a new reef for surfers, wild weather facts, strange life forms from and near the sea, and much more.

“If you really get into science, you start to realize the real stuff is way weirder than science fiction,” Hagestedt said. “That’s the interesting delight about marine science. One good example is that this certain species of octopus at the Seaside Aquarium recently laid about 3,000 eggs, and they’re all hatching now. There are some other interesting surprises lurking there as well.”

Odd facts to look for include:

- The hotel that once had a picture of Pat Boone on its marquee, wearing a pink leisure suit

- Where to find sand that glows, or sand that sings

- The “mini summer” in the middle of February

- A castle on the coast

- The eerie rumors behind the legend of buried treasure in Manzanita

- Lava flows hundreds of feet high that formed much of what you see in Oregon and on the coast

- The mysterious “green flash” at sunset

- A list of secret shipwrecks and hidden ghost towns on the coast

- What 70 pound sea creature can squeeze through a hole the size of a silver dollar

- Where to find more whole sand dollars than anywhere else on the coast

- World record-holding landmarks on the coast

The list is long, varied and either humorous, varying degrees of unusual or at the very least interesting.

“There’s a lot more to the Oregon coast than meets the eye,” Hagestedt said. “And here will be proof.”

The list of facts and oddities will appear in the middle of the week at BeachConnection.net, throughout December and January.

The first one begins Monday with a host of shockers about the weather patterns of the coast, including the little known two weeks of warm, summer-like conditions that happen most every February, among other surprises.

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