Hikers High on Psychedelic Mushrooms Mistakenly Report Friend Dead on Adirondacks Trail
- Two hikers called 911 Saturday from New York's Adirondack Mountains reporting a third member had died on Cascade Mountain.
- Officials said on Wednesday the hikers were mistaken because they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms before the call.
- A state forest ranger responded, escorted two hikers to an ambulance, and returned the third hiker unharmed to their campsite.
- The Adirondack Mountain steward identified the hikers' altered mental state, confirmed by the supposedly dead person calling and being uninjured.
- All hikers later reunited at the campsite, highlighting the impact of substance use on their inaccurate emergency report.
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Pro Tip: Don't Do Mushrooms Before a Hike
A group of hikers had quite the trip in the Adirondacks this week, in more ways than one. Officials say that a 911 call came in on Saturday morning from two individuals on Cascade Mountain who made an alarming comment—that a third person they'd been hiking with had died,...
New York Hikers On Shrooms Call 911 To Report Death Of Friend Who Was Very Much Alive
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2 lost hikers report friend dead. Ranger learns they were actually just on mushrooms
**Related Video Above: Cleveland Clinic testing "magic mushrooms" as treatment KEENE, N.Y. (WJW) -- What began as a fun Memorial Day trip through New York’s Adirondack High Peaks for a group of friends turned into another kind of trip. A ranger was dispatched to Cascade Mountain Saturday around 9 a.m. after two hikers called 911 to say a third person who was hiking with them had died, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation said in…
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