Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Four hikers, lost in the New York State Catskill Mountains while high on psychedelic mushrooms, were rescued as one of the hikers experienced a "debilitating high."
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said they received a satellite text at about 5 p.m. EDT on Aug. 29, about the group.
"The hikers text messaged for help late Friday while lost in the Slide Mountain Wilderness near Giant Ledge, an interconnected trail hike ranging from 1,100 to 2,600 feet in elevation with several sheer cliffs and drop," James McCartney, president of the Police Benevolent Association of New York State, said Thursday.
"The original caller admitted the group had consumed mushrooms and one of them was experiencing a debilitating high," according to New York's DEC.
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