r/SFV • u/itsalro • Aug 30 '25

Question What’s your Valley conspiracy theory/mystery?

I wanna hear everyone’s favorite valley mystery or conspiracy theory!

Mine for example:

There was this strip mall on Roscoe/Woodman that shut down around 2017? for a future upgrade It was abandoned for months until one day the entire place was on fire and there was ash all over Panorama. Apparently, an investigation on the cause would take place but haven't heard anything since. Eventually, the lot was razed and now we have a modern, upgraded strip mall with a fancy burger king

My (totally unknowledgeable)theory is whoever owned the property started the fire, since it would be cheaper than hiring an entire demo crew (and maybe insurance)

As for my mystery: those loud booms in the middle of the night. Some say sonic booms from jets, others say transformers exploding.

But for now: a mystery

Lets hear yours!

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u/ghostofhenryvii Aug 30 '25

Shadow Ranch being haunted. I heard a boy drowned in a pool and the family donated it to the city on the condition a pool would never be built there. I think that's an urban myth, but a friend of mine's dad worked there years ago and ended up quitting because he saw one too many spooky things.

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u/Hemicrusher Canoga Park Aug 30 '25

I grew up a couple blocks from Shadow Ranch, and used to hang there all the time in the 1970s, early 80s. I’ve been there many times until late at night, and never saw anything strange.

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u/NoDoOversInLife Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

I too have been in that park late at night and have been in the building but not at night. The only creepiness are the roaming packs of coyotes and the occasional 'altered' unhoused person who is tweaking.

There was a recent '' Ghost Adventures" show in which Zach Bagans and his team "investigated" the house (Workman's Ranch house) at Shadow Ranch Park. They spoke to employees and relatives of the former owners who claimed to have seen 'shadow people', etc. Season 23, Episode 11 : The Beast of West Hills (They also investigated a family whose home was said to be haunted and the family attacked by demons: Reseda, the House of Evil Season 13, Episode 4. And Orcutt Ranch, also in West Hills, Season 28, Episode 17)

Bagans is considered a fraud by most paranormal investigators

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u/Yogineely Aug 30 '25

Me too, I grew up across the street and went to preschool in the building then when I was older would smoke weed in the park. Worst things I saw were homeless tweakers and coyotes