Four hikers were rescued by officials after they admitted to authorities that they had consumed magic mushrooms and were suffering from a "debilitating high."

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers said that its rangers and local firefighters rescued the hikers in the Slide Mountain Wilderness, a park about 20 miles west of Woodstock , on Aug. 29.

"The original caller admitted the group had consumed mushrooms and one of them was experiencing a debilitating high," the agency said in a statement.

Rangers and firefighters located the group of hikers and escorted them "to the trailhead where they were evaluated by Shandaken Ambulance," the agency said.

Officials said that they provided a courtesy ride to the group's rental lodging.

They added that on

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