Mushroom-tripping hikers mistakenly report a companion's death, officials say
Updated: 6:33 AM CDT May 30, 2025
Mushroom-tripping hikers mistakenly report a companion's death, officials say
Updated: 6:33 AM CDT May 30, 2025
mainly dry and pleasantly mild weather returning for much of next week. A GROUP OF HIKERS CAUSED AN URGENT RESPONSE FROM FOREST RANGERS IN ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK OVER THE WEEKEND -- BUT EVERYONE WAS OKAY IN THE END. THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION SAYS IT RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS AROUND 9 SATURDAY MORNING... FROM HIKERS REPORTING THAT A MEMBER OF THEIR GROUP HAD DIED WHILE HIKING CASCADE MOUNTAIN. THE CASCADE MOUNTAIN STEWARD WAS ABLE TO FIND THE GROUP AND SAYS THEY WERE IN AN "ALTERED MENTAL STATE"... BUT NO ONE WAS DEAD. THE D-E-C SAYS RANGERS LEARNED THEY HAD TAKEN HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS. RANGERS ESCO
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Mushroom-tripping hikers mistakenly report a companion's death, officials say
Updated: 6:33 AM CDT May 30, 2025
A group of hikers caused an urgent response from forest rangers in New York's Adirondack Mountains over the weekend after eating hallucinogenic mushrooms.The New York Department of Environmental Conservation said it received several calls from the group on Saturday morning, with hikers reporting that a member of their party had died while climbing Cascade Mountain in Keene.The Cascade Mountain steward was able to find the group and said they were in an "altered mental state" but that no one was dead.Forest rangers later learned the group had eaten mushrooms before making those calls.Rangers escorted two of the hikers off the mountain to an ambulance. A third hiker was helped back to their campsite.
KEENE, N.Y. —
A group of hikers caused an urgent response from forest rangers in New York's Adirondack Mountains over the weekend after eating hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation said it received several calls from the group on Saturday morning, with hikers reporting that a member of their party had died while climbing Cascade Mountain in Keene.
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The Cascade Mountain steward was able to find the group and said they were in an "altered mental state" but that no one was dead.
Forest rangers later learned the group had eaten mushrooms before making those calls.
Rangers escorted two of the hikers off the mountain to an ambulance. A third hiker was helped back to their campsite.