New York Department of Environmental Conservation
The forest guards were informed that the four excionalists were lost after eating mushrooms, and that one of them began to “feel a debilitating euphoria.”
Four walkers were trapped in a forest after one of them felt a “debilitating effect.” Probable cause: a hallucinogenic mushroom snack. Somewhere along the way, they also lost the keys of the car.
A little throughout the northern hemisphere, many people enjoy the last days of summer for outdoor activities. But not all the escapes are running as expected.
A recent episode happened in the Catskill mountains in New York, USA, and is a good example than not doing During a walk through the forest.
In a weekly balance of occurrences, the New York State Environmental Conservation Department reported an intervention on August 29 at Slide Mountain Wilderness.
Located near Woodstock, this popular zone owes the name to Slide Mountain which, with 1,280 meters of altitude, is considered the higher point of the metropolitan area of New York.
Around 17h00, The guards received a warning By satellite emergency message, next to Giant Ledge’s viewpoint.
A team of three forest guards ended up, around 6:45 pm, a group of Four walkers who claimed to be trappedin the forest after one of them began to “feel a debilitating effect.” The probable cause: an Lhallucinogenic mushrooms.
There are about 200 species of fungi that contain some level of Psilocibinathe psychoadelical compound responsible for the hallucinatory effects.
However, the expression “magical mushroomss ”generally refers to some more powerful species of the genus psilocybe, such as P. azurescens, P. Semilanceata e P. cyanescens.
A few milligrams are enough To cause sensory and perceptions, including visual and auditory hallucinations, euphoria and a distorted notion of time.
Recent studies suggest that controlled microdes of psilocybin can help in treatment of problems such as alcoholism, posttraumatic stress and depression. Although not considered addictive or deadly, their adverse effects may include disorientation, paranoia, nausea and vomiting.
It is not known for sure which of these symptoms affected the walkersbut the forest guards registered in the report that, “somewhere along the way, also lost the car keys”.
The rescue, however, was supported by the Pine Hill firefighters, led the excionalists back to the start of the track, where they were evaluated by a medical team.
After they received green light from doctors, the guards still gave them ride to the accommodation house they had leased. The next morning, they returned to the rail and They eventually regained the lost keyswhich were stored in a small hidden bag between high fetuses under a trunk.
Despite the recreational consumption of psilocybin not be cool in the state of New York, the guards considered that The bad experience was sufficient punishment. “The guards No fine passed”Said a spokesman for the Environmental Conservation Department to.
