Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasco County ya jawo hankalin duniya a cikin 1980s, lokacin da Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ya kafa motsi na Rajneeshpuram a wani gonar da ake kira "The Big Muddy". Rashin jituwa tare da gwamnatin gundumar da sauran mazauna kan dokokin yanki da dokokin gini ya ƙaru, yayin da mabiyansa, waɗanda aka sani da Rajneeshees, suka zauna "en bloc" a Antelope, Oregon kuma sun sami damar zaɓar mafi yawan 'yan majalisun gari. Lokacin da Rajneeshees daga baya suka ɗauki marasa gida daga ko'ina cikin Amurka don su zauna a Rajneeshpuram, an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin ƙoƙarin yin amfani da akwatin zabe don karɓar iko da gundumar. Cutar da aka yi da gangan
na salmonella a cikin sandunan salatin a gidajen cin abinci goma a The Dalles a 1984 an gano ayyukan Rajneeshees.