Mountain rescuers had to intervene after a group of walkers took magic mushrooms while out in the Lake District over the weekend. The Keswick Mountain Rescue team were called to Stonycroft and Newlands after passers-by raised concerns about a group of young men.
According to reports, several of the walkers, including the driver, had started to feel unwell after consuming the mushrooms. After the emergency workers found the group, they escorted them back down to their vehicle and gave them advice for their onward journey, LancsLive reports.
A spokesperson for Keswick Mountain Rescue team said: "A number of calls were received via passers by, who had come across a group of young adult males who had taken magic mushrooms.
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"Two in the group were feeling unwell including the driver in the party. The casualties were walked down and given advice by the team medic regarding the timing of their onward travel."
This wasn’t the only call out that day for the team. In the evening on Saturday (April 8), four walkers were descending the Styhead Tarn path towards Seathwaite when the walker hurt their ankle and had a panic attack. The team were located and shown back to their car at Seathwaite.
"Later in the day the team were called to assist four walkers who were descending the Styhead Tarn path towards Seathwaite. One was reported to have had an ankle injury and another a panic attack," they said.
"The team deployed but after a short walk from Seathwaite farm the walkers were found after making good progress down the hill. They were walked back to their car at Seathwaite."
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