Monday, May 17, 2010

BAD ACID IN THE REDWOODS



















Arcata is a cute coastal town in the Northern California redwoods. With a large boho population, Arcata knows plenty about acid, but, over the past few weeks, a series of bizarre events suggest that somebody is selling terminally bad shit to the stoners of the town. The local paper reports…

“On April 18, officers responded to a residence to assist the Arcata Mad River Ambulance with a 31-year-old male subject who had just castrated himself. Medical personnel and officers were unable to locate the subject's testicles. He later told officers that he flushed them down the toilet as he feared they contained "monsters." The victim, who police say had a Tennessee address, was with several friends when he began to experience negative feelings. He was dropped off at the Jay Street residence, to which Arcata Police responded at 4:18 p.m. that day. "We just thought it was an isolated incident," said Police Chief Tom Chapman. He said calls to aid people having a bad experience with LSD or psilocybin mushrooms are "not uncommon." But a flurry of subsequent incidents represent an unusual surge in LSD-related calls for service. On May 8, a 21-year-old male subject took LSD and wandered away from his residence. He left his shoes, adequate clothing, and cell phone behind and did not tell anyone where he was going. He wandered around the forest for days while concerned friends and family looked for him. He eventually returned a couple days later. On May 9, officers responded to the Mad River Hospital to assist with a combative 19-year-old male subject who was undergoing "flashbacks." The subject had ingested LSD two weeks ago. Today, officers found him standing in the field being held by three friends who were attempting to get him into the emergency room. The friends were requesting police assistance and wanted their friend to get help. The officers detained the subject and held him for psychiatric evaluation by Humboldt County Mental Health. Last night, officers responded to the 900 block of H Street where an 18-year-old male subject, who was under the influence of LSD, was throwing himself on the ground in the middle of the street. He was arrested and taken to jail. Also last night, May 11,officers from APD assisted officers from UPD arrest a subject who was under the influence of LSD. Officers from the Arcata Police Department also had two additional contacts with unrelated subjects undergoing "flashbacks." Both were cared for by friends and family. One subject was taken out of the area and back home by his family.” (Click here for the Arcata Eye)

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5 comments:

Ed Ward said...

The Arcata Eye's police log, written by the paper's inimitable editor, is one of the treasures of American journalism. It's rarely this dark, I gotta say.

Timmy said...

Great Youtube, by the way. And, as I was viewing Chris, David, Roger & Bob, I began to envision why we can have bad trips, as well as good, AND BOTH FROM THE SAME BATCHES OF ACID. It seems to me that the trips are induced via vibes, or environmental issues. So, we could all take a healthy dosing of 1960's acid, but when you try to take t5hat same shit NOW, look out, Lucy... (Where are my scissors?)

Timmy said...

And, now, minutes later, YouTube has cowared from allowing the video to be viewed.

nygrump said...

Why are they so quick to report it as "LSD"-did they test each person? I assert real LSD is just about impossible to make now due to the illegalization of precursors. Who knows what crazy chemicals are being fed to these poor people as "LSD"

welchpix said...

Humboldt County? Temporarily Humbolt County?
Were these guys waiting for the electrician (or someone like him)?