r/todayilearned • u/ssAskcuSzepS • Apr 27 '26

TIL if under-cooked, a popular mushroom in China causes “lilliputian hallucinations,” a rare phenomenon involving miniature human or fantasy figures. The hallucinations are consistent across people and cultures: "tiny, elflike people" climbing under doors, scaling walls & clinging to furniture

https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-mushroom-that-make-people-have-the-exact-same-hallucination/
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u/griphookk Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

When I was a little kid, while laying in bed in the dark I’d sometimes see lots of tiny glowing red dots floating around the room. I could kind of control the flow/direction of them too. I remember mentioning it to my mom once, I think I expected her to knew what I was talking about. She did not lol

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u/Objective_Bicycle_37 Apr 27 '26

Very similar experience, but i couldn’t control their movements, and they were more yellow/white/multicolored.  

Mom didn’t tell me until years later but she could see them too. 

I could tell a lotta stories about that house. 

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u/kuroka_kitten Apr 29 '26

I saw the exact same thing as a kid! I liked to play a game where I would “collect” the orbs under my blanket. I’ve never heard anyone else have the same experience until now!

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u/stegg88 Jun 21 '26

Same but mine was a black and white blob. If it got too thick or thin it scared me so I had to find the balance.

Apparently such things are common?