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A pair of hikers in New York called emergency services to report that a third member of their group had died, but when a park ranger responded to rescue them it turned out they were just high on hallucinogenic mushrooms, officials say.
The third hiker was uninjured - and not dead - and the hikers were “in an altered mental state”, according to a report issued by parks officials.
The incident took place on 24 May on Cascade Mountain in the Adirondacks High Peaks of upstate New York.
The third person also called 911 during the hike, “and was not injured”, the report states. They were allowed to continue their camping trip, while the pair were taken to police.
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So I’m rappelling down Mount Vesuvius when suddenly I slip, and I start to fall. Just falling, ahh, ahh. I’ll never forget the terror. When suddenly I realize, "Holy shit, Hansel, haven’t you been smoking peyote for six straight days and couldn’t some of this maybe be in your mind?
Aww third guy was camping alone after that :(
More shrooms for them!
Yeah no, wanna bet the the hiker did die and has been replaced my alien or something paranormal!?
Quickly throw salt!
hey legal alien here, have you tried space cookies?
Ego death. It seems the 3rd friend has transcended to a higher plane of consciousness
I’m pretty sure it was not a fun trip for the 2 that thought their friend was dead. The one that was “dead” was probably laughing their ass off.
If police had been first to respond instead of park rangers, they’d probably be dead.
Instead, at least one of them was even allowed to return to the campsite.
Exactly! The police cruisers are not usually off road but the guns still work.
I hate it when that happens.
Bro did you fucking see that? Did Mike fucking die? Is this really real right now? Fuck fuck fuck. What do we do? Do we call the cops? No, maybe it’s not real. Fuck. What if Mike really did die? Bro, fuck. I can’t do this right now. Should we call the cops bro? Fuck bro. Let’s call the cops.
*looks at phone*
Fuck bro what is this object?
Taken to police… For wasting their time? I’m confused what actual harm they did.
Oh no they ate a fungus. Hardened criminals. Probably ms13. Gotta deport them now.
I’m not sure why this was covered by the BBC at all, but it has virtually no information. They were put into an ambulance. Yeah, police were there too…someone had reported a death. It doesn’t say they were arrested.
Remember kids, if you do all your drugs, you can’t get arrested for possession.
It cost money to do a Police response
It also costs money to take them into custody
I’m sure their massively inflated budget can handle it. Presumably the hikers pay their taxes.
They don’t have a huge budget. There really aren’t that many NYS rangers and they work pretty hard.
In the past they didn’t carry guns and focused mostly on search and rescue, appropriate use, etc., but they carry guns now which was not a popular change for a lot of them.
NYS rangers
How did I miss that part? That’s on me.
Yeah state parks, rangers, and anything that positively manages government land has always gotten the short end of the stick. The state police aren’t as militarily kitted out as some local PDs, at least in my experience.
A state park near where I grew up was basically begging for volunteers because they didn’t have the budget to take care of the park more than 3ft from the parking lot. (mild exaggeration, but you get the idea)
This whole time I’ve been thinking its some local city cops with too much time and not enough training…
This was a ranger, not police. But they might have had to hike out for a few days, so its definitely a non trivial effort
Well, all’s well that ends well, innit
Two people, tripping hard enough to get lost and think their friend was dead, were taken into police custody. They were committing no crime. They will have trauma from whatever the police do to them.
Most drug problems are because of the government and their evil war against drugs.
Possibly, yeah. But maybe not.
Remember to stay cool.
I always do, never lost my shit because of drugs. But remember ACAB as well.
Police strike me as the kind of people who would think fucking with tripping people is funny. That is if they don’t just beat the shit out of them.
Well technically, mushrooms are illegal (not that they should be), and I bet that technically counts as falsifying police reports or some similar charge, and even if mushrooms were legal this is technically “public intoxication,” so like, they were committing some crime, but yeah.
They’re that fucked up and you think they should be allowed on their merry way?! Not saying they should be punished, but some authority should take charge of them.
Typical trip on psilocybin is going to be 4-6 hours. They had enough time to get lost, think their friend was dead, find apparently some kind of trail guide (which makes me think they were pretty close to civilization) and then wait for the cops. They were probably well on their way to normal by that time.
BUT that being said you make a good point. They sound inexperienced, possibly very young. I’m just saying the police are the wrong guys for the job. I bet the trail guide could have had a lot more fun than their regular shift trip sitting these yahoos.
And you nailed the point we’re all inadvertently arguing about: Cops should not be responding to bullshit like this.
Guess my country. :(
If you call emergency services without an emergency you should be fined at the minimum. Don’t waste first responders time.
Negative. We do not want to make people hesitant to call emergency services when necessary. You can disagree with some guy on the internet, but I’m just parroting literally every body of first responders.
Honestly that’s a fair take. I think intentions really matter. I’m not sure what the details are in this case so it is hard to know.
Still beats what happened to my coworker a little over a year ago. He did LSD with a friend, and the friend murdered him. It was pretty crazy to find out about.
Sounds like a bs story
It’s always tough to learn your friends do drugs
The hike or the body?
Why would you do shrooms while hiking? Darwin awards a comin’…
It beats doing it in the middle of an urban hellscape
It makes it way more fun
