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US hikers reported a death. But they imagined it while high on mushrooms (www.bbc.com)

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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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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 11 points 22 hours 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.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It cost money to do a Police response

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm sure their massively inflated budget can handle it. Presumably the hikers pay their taxes.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

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...

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

It also costs money to take them into custody

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 20 hours ago

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