We discuss hikers high on magic mushrooms (psilocybin), who found themselves lost, disoriented, and reported their hiking partner dead, when he was alive and uninjured on Cascade Mountain in the Adirondacks.

CW | TW: This episode discusses psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs, injuries, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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Sources

News Clip: MyNBC5-WPTZ affiliate: Hikers Helped By New York Forest Rangers After Eating Hallucinogenic Mushrooms (0:43)

Article: “Lost Hikers Call Police to Report Friend’s Death–Only for Police to Discover They Were on Mushrooms and Friend Was Alive” by Ingrid Vasquez (People)

Article: “Mushroom-tripping Hikers Mistakenly Report a Companion’s Death, Officials Say” by The AP (NBC News)

Article: “Two Hikers Reported Their Friend Dead. It Turned Out They Were Just on Mushrooms” by Adam Roy (Backpacker.com)

Article: “Hiker, 25, Found Dead in Washington Believed to Have Been ‘Under the Influence of Mushrooms’: Officials Say” by Maria Pasquini (People.com)

Article: “Psilocybin Mushrooms and U.S. Legal Regulations” by Naomi Carr; Medically reviewed by Dr. David Miles (Recovered.org)

Article: “Leave No Trace Principles” by Love Your Adirondacks (LoveYourADK.org)

Article: “Cascade Mountain” via LakePlacid.com

Article: “Cascade Mountain” via AllTrails.com

Article: “Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms)” via ADF (Alcohol and Drugs Foundation)

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