'So Far, So Good,' Says Trail Runner Trying Mushrooms for First Time
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A trail runner experimenting with psilocybin mushrooms today felt the psychoactive substance kick in about half a mile into his run, Dumb Runner has learned.
Gordon Wasson, 58, had never tried mushrooms before, a source said, and seemed pleased with the initial results.
“So far, so good,” Wasson said, as the world before him swirled and morphed into a vivid, Technicolor landscape populated by friendly cartoon animals, including at least one unicorn, and where everything smelled like bubble gum. “Oh wow.”
“Hello, little friend,” he added, waving to a wildflower playing a glockenspiel.
It was unclear how long or far Wasson intended to run, a calculation made trickier by the fact that the trail itself kept expanding and contracting like an accordion, only instead of sounding like an accordion it produced sounds somewhat like a bass guitar except that Wasson smelled the sounds rather than heard them.
Glancing at his watch roughly 30 minutes into his run, Wasson saw the entire universe.
At last report, Wasson was taking a short break from his run to just sit and look at a rock.
