Bizarre Science: These 6 Things Can Cause Hallucinations
Oct 17, 2016 12:27 PM By Elana Glowatz
Part of what makes hallucinations so scary is the victim's inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Another thing that makes them terrifying is their many different causes.
The frightening malady was in the news lately when five people in Oregon were hospitalized with hallucinations, the only apparent link between them being direct contact with one another. According to the Oregonian, it started with a caregiver who twice called police when she thought a group of people was trying to damage her car. From there, two deputies she came into contact with started to have similar symptoms, as did the caregiver’s elderly patient and a hospital worker. CBS affiliate KVAL reported that authorities could not find a source of the contamination, which they referred to as “a hazardous material that appears to be spreading by contact.†Is it possible their hallucinations were caused by one of the rare conditions below?
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