Are Mushrooms to Blame For the Violently Bad Trips Up North?

The case of mixed martial arts fighter Jarrod Wyatt who, up in Crescent City, CA, murdered his friend by drilling a hole in his chest and ripping out his heart, makes us wonder: Could he have been on the same super-nasty drugs as the guy who castrated himself in Arcata?

Wyatt, age 26, and friends Taylor Powell, Justin Davis, and Wyatt's ex-girlfriend Billy Jo Bailey were all gathered in a house on March 21 drinking mushroom tea. Reportedly after drinking the tea, Powell's behavior became aggressive, and ultimately Wyatt said "the Devil's in that dude" and proceeded to kill his friend. When Davis tried to flee the scene, Wyatt reportedly said there was a tidal wave coming (tidal waves being somewhat common in Crescent City) and told him not to leave.

The final struggle came when Wyatt decided to "kill Satan" by cutting an 18-inch hole in Powell's chest, removing his heart, cutting his tongue off, removing a majority of Powell's face, and trying to stuff his body in a wood stove. Police found Wyatt at the scene later, near the victim's body, naked and covered in blood. He's pleading insanity and currently about to stand trial.

via Are Mushrooms to Blame For the Violently Bad Trips Up North? - SFist.