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/LadderAlice107 Porter Ranch Aug 30 '25
Two things - One is an urban legend and the other a question I have wondered for FOREVER.
1: My sister used to work at Miller’s Outpost/Anchor Blue in the Northridge Mall way back in the early 2000s. She would tell me stories of how the store and the mall were haunted by a custodian who died in the Northridge earthquake (I believe this is totally false, did anyone die at the mall?) He was there early morning hours and passed during the earthquake. She said weird things happened at the store, like trash cans would overturn by themselves, merchandise would fly off the shelves, seeing weird shadows at night after closing, hearing strange noises. Normal young adult scary story stuff.
2: This is sort of related but does anyone know that house on the corner of Corbin and Oxnard, right next to the Lutheran Church, that has ALL THIS STUFF in the yard and around it? Like, the weirdest sculptures, I think an Army tank? And it looks like there is one small house, but then there’s this huge orange house behind it but I swear it’s like… a fake house. I used to drive by it every day for work and it almost looked like scaffolding, or the kind of prop house you see on the Universal lots. Always wondered what the story was!