Kammala wannan magana: Wasco County ya jawo hankalin duniya a cikin shekarun 1980, 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 yawancin membobin majalisar 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. Da kuma
Sanarwar da aka yi game da barkewar cutar salmonella a gidajen abinci goma a Dalles a shekarar 1984 an gano cewa ayyukan Rajneeshees ne.