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Ohio Man Rips off Part of His Penis After Consuming Magic Mushroom
Benita Matilda
First Posted: Jun 29, 2013 07:55 AM EDT
A 41-year-old unidentified man was found naked, covered in blood and screaming after he ripped off part of his penis with his bare hands after consuming magic mushrooms.
The incident took place on the grounds of Ypsilanti Middle School at 1 a.m..The man, who is a native of Columbus, Ohio, broke one of the windows of the school that triggered an alarm in the campus. The school authorities immediately informed Washtenaw County Sheriff's deputies about the incident and summoned them to the scene, Sergeant Geoff Fox told Ann Arbor.com.
When the officials arrived at the scene they were stunned to see the man bent on his knees, completely nude and covered in blood below his waist area.
"He mutilated his genitals with his bare hands," Fox said. "He was doing a lot of yelling and screaming. He wasn't making sense. They couldn't really communicate with him in terms of constructive conversation."
The victim who claimed to have no previous history of any mental health problems or drug use, was immediately taken into custody for his own safety and was transferred into an ambulance. It took nearly six officers to control him. The man had tried to tear off his scrotum and penis with his bare hands, reports The Columbus Dispatch.
The man was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital where he was stated to be in a stable condition. Later the man admitted to the investigators that he was in town visiting his friends and purchased the 'shrooms' earlier the same day. But the sad part was that the man had no memory of the events that followed after purchasing the mushrooms.
Magic mushrooms trigger differences in mood, perception and behavior that people generally refer to 'tripping'. These shrooms cause hallucinations because of the chemical Psilocybin.
A study conducted a few months back by the Department of Neuroscience at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, provided an estimation that nearly 32 million people have used LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), psilocybin ("magic mushrooms"), or mescaline (peyote and other cacti) in their lifetime. This includes 17 percent of U.S. adults aged 21 to 64 years. In the 30 to 34 age group the researchers found the highest rate of psychedelic use, with an overall rate of 20 percent, or 26 percent of males and 15 percent of females.
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First Posted: Jun 29, 2013 07:55 AM EDT
A 41-year-old unidentified man was found naked, covered in blood and screaming after he ripped off part of his penis with his bare hands after consuming magic mushrooms.
The incident took place on the grounds of Ypsilanti Middle School at 1 a.m..The man, who is a native of Columbus, Ohio, broke one of the windows of the school that triggered an alarm in the campus. The school authorities immediately informed Washtenaw County Sheriff's deputies about the incident and summoned them to the scene, Sergeant Geoff Fox told Ann Arbor.com.
When the officials arrived at the scene they were stunned to see the man bent on his knees, completely nude and covered in blood below his waist area.
"He mutilated his genitals with his bare hands," Fox said. "He was doing a lot of yelling and screaming. He wasn't making sense. They couldn't really communicate with him in terms of constructive conversation."
The victim who claimed to have no previous history of any mental health problems or drug use, was immediately taken into custody for his own safety and was transferred into an ambulance. It took nearly six officers to control him. The man had tried to tear off his scrotum and penis with his bare hands, reports The Columbus Dispatch.
The man was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital where he was stated to be in a stable condition. Later the man admitted to the investigators that he was in town visiting his friends and purchased the 'shrooms' earlier the same day. But the sad part was that the man had no memory of the events that followed after purchasing the mushrooms.
Magic mushrooms trigger differences in mood, perception and behavior that people generally refer to 'tripping'. These shrooms cause hallucinations because of the chemical Psilocybin.
A study conducted a few months back by the Department of Neuroscience at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, provided an estimation that nearly 32 million people have used LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), psilocybin ("magic mushrooms"), or mescaline (peyote and other cacti) in their lifetime. This includes 17 percent of U.S. adults aged 21 to 64 years. In the 30 to 34 age group the researchers found the highest rate of psychedelic use, with an overall rate of 20 percent, or 26 percent of males and 15 percent of females.
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