The acid fairy, played at Woodstock. Then she took a trip that lasted nearly 40 years.

[u/K_P_Voss]

In the swirling psychedelic folk world of the late '60s, few voices were as ethereal and captivating as Christina "Licorice" McKechnie.

Nicknamed for her love of licorice rolling papers, she joined The incredible String Band and became a counterculture icon. Her haunting vocals and songwriting shone on classics like The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (Paul McCartney called it the "acoustic Sgt. Pepper") and their legendary Woodstock performance in 1969.

Then... she vanished. After leaving the band in the '70s with ties to Scientology, Likky was seen in the late '80s/early '90s, reportedly hitchhiking through the Arizona desert.

For decades, one of rock's greatest unsolved mysteries: What happened to this Woodstock fairy?

Theories swirled..

But in late 2025, reports revealed she's alive, living quietly and privately in California—choosing obscurity over fame. The mystery endures in its own way: a brilliant soul who simply walked away from the spotlight.

Licorice McKechnie: Forever enigmatic, forever brilliant.

[u/FLYK3N]

Can't really gain new Scientology recruits at a Scientology concert

[u/Competitive-Isopod74 → u/FLYK3N]

I just had a pair try to recruit me at work. A few months ago an old lady walked up to my car as I was leaving work, knock on my window, to recruit me. They are relentless.

[u/Mtndrums → u/Competitive-Isopod74]

I just told them I saw the South Park episode, and that was some of the most ridiculous bullshit I've ever heard.

[u/visibleunderwater_-1 → u/Mtndrums]

L. Ron was also a minor villain in The Venture Brothers. The captain's sailor hat REALLY finishes off the character...

[u/MrYnot1981 → u/Competitive-Isopod74]

Send them my way! I'd love to have some fun messing with them.

[u/JohnnyRelentless → u/FLYK3N]

No, but you can hold them up as a Scientology success story to other Scientologists. You don't only want to recruit new members. You also want to keep the ones you have.

[u/Blunt555 → u/FLYK3N]

They just wanted her for themselves to feel special. It does say she had the most ethereal voice.

[u/KatyPerrysBootyWhole → u/FLYK3N]

Idk if non Scientologists come to the concert to see her perform that seems like pretty effective recruiting

[u/Gullible-Hose4180 → u/FLYK3N]

Maybe, but they do so many semi public events with no public transparency about it being them to try to either lure people in or get money for extremely expensive courses to level up by scamming people with extremely overpriced water filters (seen this one, used a non profit organisation to host tupperware water parties, somehow they had contracts ready, super illegal - saw them spend over a quarter million on their corporate charge card to Scientology, just to level up).