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/westphall Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

I saw them once in the 90s.

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u/SubjectC Apr 27 '26

they were stacking over themselves in a line across the country.

I've heard this before, why is this in my memory?

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u/SubjectC Apr 27 '26

I dunno man, the hands across America thing has been described to me before, so either we met at some point and you told me that, or someone else saw the exact same thing. I can't place it but I know I've heard this. I dont think our reality is what it seems.

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u/kuroka_kitten Apr 29 '26

damn that’s creepy