Phoebe and Wilburt Oats

 

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The Macabre Case of the Twins Who Married Each Other and Created Their Own Dynasty (Oregon, 1903)

In the remote mountains of Oregon, where trees grow so dense they block sunlight even at midday, there exists a place that locals avoid mentioning. Crater Lake in 1903 was a community of only 300 souls, surviving on timber extraction and hunting.

 It was a place where secrets could be buried as deeply as the roots of century old sequoas. The legend I'm about to tell was born in these wild lands where isolation transformed ordinary people into something very different. It's one of the most disturbing stories I've ever heard about the limits of human nature, about how far a family can go to protect their darkest secrets.

 On an isolated property 15 miles from the nearest town, two twin siblings made a decision that would shock any civilized person. But what was discovered years later hidden in the dark corners of their home would reveal that some horrors are far worse than anyone could imagine. Tell me in the comments where are you watching from.

 And if this is your first time on the channel, subscribe so you don't miss any stories like this one. You'll need courage for what's coming next. The Oats property sat at the end of a dirt road that snaked for miles through dense forest. Waldo Oats had bought this land in 1885 when he was still young and ambitious, dreaming of building a timber empire.

 The main house, a sturdy two-story structure made from the very logs he cut, stood at the center of a 200 acre plot. Waldo was known in the region as a hardworking but reserved man. His wife had died in childbirth with the twins in 1884, leaving him to raise Phoebe and Wilbert alone. The nearest neighbors lived 3 mi away, and even then they rarely saw the Oats family in town.

 The family sustained themselves mainly from the sawmill that Waldo had built on the property, selling lumber for construction in the region. Phoebe and Wilbert grew up practically isolated from the outside world. They were pale children with almost white blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. From an early age, they demonstrated an unusual connection that made any visitor uncomfortable.

 They frequently finished each other's sentences and seemed to have a mutual understanding that dispensed with words. The family's isolation intensified after an incident in 1895 when Phoebe was 11 years old. During one of their rare visits to town, she had been ridiculed by other children due to her extreme palenness and shy behavior.

 Waldo, furious with the treatment given to his daughter, decided that the family didn't need outside society. From that moment on, visits to town became even more sporadic. When they turned 18 in 1902, Waldo began to notice behaviors that made him uneasy. The twins spent hours locked in the attic, and sometimes he found them sitting in absolute silence, just looking at each other.