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Four hikers Officials said the person who admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms was rescued in New York’s Catskill Mountains after being disoriented and deviated from the trail. This is the second case in New York’s popular mountainous areas this year.
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEC) said the organization called for help around 5 p.m. on August 29.
The Forest Rangers and Pine Mountain Fire Department positioned the group around 6:45 p.m., less than 1,000 feet from the marked trail.
New York State Forest Rangers bring disorientated hikers out of the slide mountain wilderness after picking up psychedelic mushrooms near the giant ledge in Catskills on August 29, 2025. psilocybin mushrooms. (Document; James McDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
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The four men were in their twenties and a hiker was in a fetal position and could not communicate. New York Times.
Forest Ranger Russell Martin told Fox News Digital that a hiker was hallucinating a bridge that didn’t exist.
Psychedelic mushrooms, also known as “magic mushrooms”, contain psilocybin, a hallucination agent that changes brain chemistry and can trigger dynamic hallucinations, a twisted sense of time and rapid mood swings. psilocybin mushrooms are illegal New York.
“It’s dangerous, steep Catskill terrain, and when people are deliberately so high, it reduces their ability to make good decisions,” Russell said. “Mushrooms are illegal, but whether you’re using marijuana or alcohol, it’s a good idea to make sure you’re with at least one person in charge who doesn’t attend.”
These people hike in the huge ledge area of the slide wilderness, about 80 miles southwest of Albany, are one of the most popular trail destinations in the Catskills, enjoying the views of Panther and Slide Mountains from a series of pure rock outcrops. The ledge rose to about 3,200 feet and hikers climbed about 1,200 feet from the trail to reach a overlook.
Dried psilocybin mushrooms are displayed in glass bowl. (iStock)
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The people deviated about 1,000 feet from the path, according to the New York Times.
Once the Rangers and firefighters found the men, they brought the team back to the pathway where they were assessed. Officials said none of these people needed to be hospitalized and the Rangers later sent them back to the rental accommodation.
Somewhere along the way, hikers also lost their car keys, officials said. The next day, a Ranger was hiking and found a suspender bag with a key and among tall ferns.
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psilocybin mushrooms dry on a shelf at Uptown Fungus Laboratory in Springfield, Oregon on August 14, 2023. (Craig Mitchelldyer)
In May, two hikers in the Adirondack Mountains (in northeastern New York State near Lake Placid) called on authorities to report the death of a member of their hiking party. It turns out they have taken it Hallucinogenic mushrooms And misunderstood.
It is believed to be called dead, without injured hikers. Officials said a ranger escorted two hikers to an ambulance, which took them to the hospital and brought the third to the group’s campsite, and they all later met.
Two hikers who called 911 also told a butler on the top of the mountain that they were lost. According to the DEC, the housekeeper “identifies the change in the hiker’s mental state.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
