Four hikers who admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms had to be rescued by forest rangers in New York’s Catskill Mountains after “experiencing a debilitating high,” according to officials.

The Ray Brook Dispatch received a 911 satellite text via Ulster County from a hiker reporting that a group of four was lost near Giant Ledge in the Slide Mountain Wilderness.

According to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) , the original caller admitted the group had consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms and said they were lost around 5 p.m. on Aug. 29. One of the hikers was hallucinating a bridge that did not exist, according to The New York Times .

They had wandered approximately 1,000 feet away from the marked trail.

Forest Rangers located the group of hikers at 6:45 p.m.

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