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NEW YORK - A hiking trip took a "trippy" turn that ended with a group having to be rescued from a popular mountain destination in New York State last month.

What we know:

Dispatch received a 911 text reporting that four hikers were lost near Giant Ledge in the Slide Mountain Wilderness of the Catskill Mountains.

The group had ingested psychedelic mushrooms, and one of them was experiencing a debilitating high, according to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

He was hallucinating about a nonexistent bridge, according to FOX News.

Less than two hours later, forest rangers found the stranded hikers less than 1,000 feet from the marked trail and guided them back to the trailhead for evaluation.

However, the rescue didn't end there.

The hikers had lost their k

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