
Hikers hallucinating on mushrooms rescued by forest rangers
Andrew Paul
created: Sept. 5, 2025, 6:21 p.m. | updated: Sept. 5, 2025, 9:41 p.m.
In a recent weekly recap of events, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers described an August 29 dispatch to SIide Mountain Wilderness.
However, the term “magic mushrooms” generally refers to a handful of potent species in the Psilocybe genus, including P. azurescens, P. semilanceata, and P. cyanescens.
After ambulance workers cleared the hikers, rangers provided them a “courtesy ride” back to their rental lodge.
Although recreational psilocybin use isn’t currently legal in New York State, it sounds like the forest rangers felt the bad trip was enough punishment on its own.
“Rangers did not issue any tickets,” a Department of Environmental Conservation spokesperson told Popular Science.
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