Skeleton Creek is a 2009 children's horror mystery novel by Patrick Carman, the first of a continuing series.
It is haunted by the ghost of "Old Joe Bush", a man who died in an accident on The Dredge, a large mining machine.
A video series, starring Sarah, also goes along with the novel, which shows trips to the Dredge and ghost sightings such as Old Joe Bush Prior to the release of Skeleton Creek, a conspiracy website (SkeletonCreekIsReal.com) was created, questioning whether the videos and journal entries were actual events.
The creator uses these videos to determine that the events in Skeleton Creek happened in the real town of Sumpter, Oregon.
Even though it is considered abandoned, updates to the site are made, such as new advertisements for Patrick Carman's other projects.