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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[–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Well, all’s well that ends well, innit

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Possibly, yeah. But maybe not.

    Remember to stay cool.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you call emergency services without an emergency you should be fined at the minimum. Don't waste first responders time.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [+] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    It cost money to do a Police response

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  • [+] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah no, wanna bet the the hiker did die and has been replaced my alien or something paranormal!?

    Quickly throw salt!

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Aww third guy was camping alone after that :(

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I hate it when that happens.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ego death. It seems the 3rd friend has transcended to a higher plane of consciousness

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The hike or the body?

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why would you do shrooms while hiking? Darwin awards a comin'...

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