NORTH ELBA, N.Y. (AP) — Two hikers in New York’s Adirondack Mountains referred to as 911 to report a 3rd member of their get together had died, but it surely turned out they’d taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and had been mistaken, officers mentioned Wednesday.
A state forest ranger responded to a name Saturday a few hiker who had reportedly died on Cascade Mountain, a well-liked summit within the Adirondack Excessive Peaks, the Division of Environmental Conservation mentioned in a information launch.
The 2 hikers who referred to as 911 additionally informed a steward on the mountain’s summit that they had been misplaced. The steward “decided the hikers had been in an altered psychological state,” based on the company.
The supposedly useless particular person referred to as and was not injured.
The ranger escorted the 2 hikers right down to an ambulance, which took them to a hospital, and introduced the third to the group’s campsite, the place all of them later met up, officers mentioned.
