Young hikers have to be rescued from Lake District after taking magic mushrooms

11 April 2023 , 13:20

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The Keswick Mountain Rescue Team had to intervene (Image: Keswick Mountain Rescue /LancsLive)

A group of young men high on magic mushrooms sparked a near dozen-strong two-hour rescue mission.

Keswick Mountain Rescue had to intervene after passers-by raised concerns over a group of walkers acting oddly and a number of calls were made.

They raced to Newlands Valley in the Lake District on Saturday to aid a group who had taken the hallucinogenic fungi.

It took 11 people to locate them and walk them down the valley after two started feeling unwell.

The rescue mission on Stonycroft Beck involved 11 people and took two hours.

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After the emergency workers found the group, they escorted them back down to their vehicle and gave them medical advice, LancsLive reports.

Two men in the group were feeling unwell, including the driver as a hunt was sparked (Keswick Mountain Rescue /LancsLive)

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

"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, four walkers were descending the Styhead Tarn path towards Seathwaite when one hurt their ankle and another 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."

Magic mushrooms, which grow in the wild and can be eaten and made into tea, are considered a Class A drug.

They can make those who take them excited and create hallucinations.

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