Pont Saint Esprit-a quiet, picturesque village in the south of #France. But in August 1951, it witnessed a bizarre and terrifying event: with no warning, 250 of its inhabitants were hit by a deadly outbreak of madness. The unexplained mass hysteria was blamed on the local baker's bread, said to be infected by a fungus called ergot-which if eaten, can cause frightening hallucinations. But not everyone believes accidental ergot poisoning was the cause of the outbreak of madness.
"I don't have any doubt whatsoever that what happened at Pont Saint Esprit was an experiment conducted for specific military and intelligence purposes to benefit the United States government." Investigative journalist Hank Albarelli believes the #CIA deliberately laced the bread dough with #LSD-a chemical derived in the lab from ergot-to test the effects of the mind-altering drug, "aimed specifically at producing those results that were witnessed."
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27 авг 2024
