Mass hallucination
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Numerous media outlets reported that over the next several hours, the two responding police officers, a 78-year-old woman whom the complainant was caring for, and a hospital worker, all began to hallucinate. She was taken to the nearby Coos Bay Area Hospital where she was examined by medical personnel, "appeared fine, and returned home." (1) Given the unusual nature of her claims, police grew suspicious that the woman may have hallucinated the episodes. In fact, the responding deputies, Doug Miller and David Blalack, could find no evidence that any crime had been committed. Once again police rushed to the scene but could find nothing out of the ordinary. Two and a half hours later, the same woman again called to report that the vandals were back and trying to remove her car roof. When police arrived, they could find no evidence of any crime and soon left. The caller claimed that several people were trying to remove the roof of her car. The complainant was a 57-year-old woman who was a live-in caregiver for an elderly resident.
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At about 3 am, police responded to a 9-1-1 call of vandalism. The case of the hallucinating Oregonians serves as a stark reminder of the threat posed by an uncritical media, and the need for skepticism and critical thinking.ĭuring the early morning hours of Wednesday October 12th, 2016, an extraordinary story began unfolding in the community of North Bend, a small picturesque suburb of Coos Bay nestled along the Pacific Ocean in southwest Oregon. There's only one problem: it never happened. When a mysterious epidemic of hallucinations was reported to have broken out in Oregon in October of 2016, media outlets around the world portrayed the story as a baffling medical mystery. "Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream."-W.