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Chinese man climbs out of 27th-floor flat to ‘seek immortality’ after eating magic mushrooms
A Chinese man from Yunnan province climbed out of his 27th-floor apartment after consuming self-cooked jianshouqing mushrooms, experiencing hallucinations and believing his family was guiding him to 'attain immortality' as depicted in Chinese fantasy novels. He climbed down a water pipe, sustaining scratches but was reportedly saved by luck.
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