[Western] News Flash: Mass Hallucinations Reported

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Strange happenings and sightings have been the norm this week in Trelac.  Sightings of ghosts, dragons and the undead have been reported all over Trelac to the Trelac Guard.  William Seymour reported seeing a herd of pink donkeys parading through the Shire.  A number of people have reported seeing the villain Ruspoli and his army roaming  the streets of Trelac, while others have sighted large heavily armored Trolls in the Shire.
 
In a more serious incident, Trelac Guardsmen had to prevent Mary Stewart from drowning her baby in a wash tub.  She apparently thought she was doing her laundry and kept saying "the stain won't come out, the stain just won't come out"  It should be noted, however, that this was in no way related to similar incident incident involving Lady Macbeth.  Lady Macbeth was seen running down the main street of Trelac waving a butcher knife, chasing her dog and shouting "out dam spot." This was apparently not due to any kind of hallucination.  In her case, the dog had just consumed an entire leg of lamb that was meant for the evening's meal, thus provoking her ire.
 
It is now believed that these hallucinations may have been due to people eating tainted bread bought at the "Trelac Bakery."  Brother Cadfael from Abbott's Abby investigated the matter and said he suspects that moldy grain may have been the culprit.  Elizabeth Baker, employee from the bakery, admitted that the wheat they used to bake the latest batch of bread was not purchased from their regular vendor, Trelac Granary.  Instead, she said it was bought from the "Blacklake Granary."   She further admitted that the grain smelled a little moldy, but  she said that manager Richard Longfellow told her it would be alright to to use it. She reported that Longfellow said that people wouldn't even notice the slightly off flavor of the bread and would instead be glad of the additional savings passed on from buying the cheaper grain from Blacklake.
 
 
 Editorial note:  If you would like to read more about a true occurence of mass hallucination due to eating bread contaminated with LSD from ergot fungus on grain,  check out this website:                               http://www.hulford.co.uk/ergot.html


      
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