The residents of Wasco County in Oregon, where the sect was based, called it something else entirely - voter fraud. Ma Anand Sheela, the controversial spokeswoman for the sect, called this "an experiment" and an attempt to introduce "the derelicts and the winos" to "a drug-free and crime-free environment." In 1984, the Rajneeshees began sending buses to some of the nation's largest cities to invite the homeless back to the commune for food, shelter, and two beers a day. (The Dallas Morning News / Ed Timms)īut it wasn't just disillusioned young people quitting their jobs to make the trek. 9, 1984: A guard carrying what appears to be a submachine gun follows the guru's car. ![]() ![]() Dallasites weren't immune from the allure of the sect - The News highlighted the stories of Danny Brannon, who left the oilfields of West Texas to join the Bhagwan, and Levy Moore, a construction worker who ditched Dallas' skyscrapers to hop a bus to Rajneeshpuram. In the mid-1980s, thousands of people flocked to the Pacific Northwest to follow Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and live in the community of Rajneeshpuram.
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