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Hiker's death turns out to be magic mushroom hallucination

Rob Beschizza
May 30, 2025
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Two hikers reported that a third member of their party died on Cascade Mountain in the Adirondacks, but it turned out they were just high. The two hikers, that is, not the guy who wasn't dead. The BBC reports on what it calls a "backcountry saga."

None of the hikers were named in the reports, and it is unclear whether the…

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