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Weird America at Francis Gabe’s Self Cleaning House

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VIDEO: After lugging my equpiment two miles up a dirt road I found Francis Gabe’s Self Cleaning House deep in the Oregon woods. She was gracious enough to invite me in - but once I turned on the camera her story unfolded like something out of a Dean Koontz novel.

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12 Responses to “Weird America at Francis Gabe’s Self Cleaning House”

1. Francis Gabe’s Self Cleaning House : Weird Daily Says:
   January 7th, 2007 at 12:29 pm

   […] [link] […]

2. steve garfield Says:
   January 10th, 2007 at 6:52 pm

   OH MY!

   the music!

   the bunkhouse!

   the dogs ear!

   wow.

3. Whack-a-Mole Says:
   January 11th, 2007 at 7:45 am

   She kicked him out of his share of the house and put him in that little trailer., and took his watch to boot. Go granny go… She scares me mommy

4. Tony Says:
   January 31st, 2007 at 10:39 am

   “He eventually died out there”…

   I am disappointed they didn’t demo the cleaning system

   Sorry - it no longer operational. cc

5. BilLy bOb Says:
   March 8th, 2007 at 11:34 am

   She bugGinN leaviN that OlD manN oUtsiDe she stR8Ght oUt BuGGinN iFf i WoUlda BeEn dat Old manN i WoUlda SHot That old bitch!! digG it!!

6. rejohn roman b. avila Says:
   August 29th, 2007 at 6:06 am

   it is good and helpful to some students here in the philipphines.

7. The American underworld on video at Weird America.com : twigged.net Says:
   September 7th, 2007 at 1:30 pm

   […] Some personal favourites amongst the huge archive of titles are Francis Gabe’s Self Cleaning House, Alessandro Thompson’s Difficult Things to Say as a Man and the Ghost Town Shake Down. September 7, 2007 | Filed Under Video, Art  […]

8. Student on a Mission Says:
   November 2nd, 2007 at 6:40 pm

   I had been looking for a video about Gabe and her house for SUCH a long time. Thank you. But still… you made it look really eerie.

9. erh13 Says:
   November 2nd, 2007 at 7:54 pm

   I wished i lived there. I hate cleaning.

10. Rosalie Says:
    December 9th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    I have heard that Frances has recently been admitted to a care facility. The family is looking for a buyer for the property and would like to see it preserved. Please email me if you have any info. or ideas… thanks, rosaliekell@gmail.com

11. Alyssa Says:
    February 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    give her a break she worked hard on it give her some credit

12. millie landis Says:
    March 30th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    […] the idea is to somehow do a portrait inspired by the obituaries of very interesting people.  i chose frances gabe, who converted her house to clean itself.  no really: it’s true […]

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