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A group of four hikers got lost after they consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms on Aug. 29

The group contacted dispatch services and reported that one hiker was experiencing a “debilitating psychedelic mushroom high”

Rangers were able to locate and rescue the group from the Slide Mountain Wilderness in the Catskill Mountains

Four hikers were rescued after they got lost "while experiencing a debilitating psychedelic mushroom high" in New York’s Catskill Mountains on Aug. 29, per authorities.

The hikers were near Giant Ledge in the Slide Mountain Wilderness when they sent a text message via satellite to Ray Brook Dispatch at 5.p.m. local time, reporting that they were lost, according to a New York State Troopers press release and the New York State Department of Environment

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