Canadian man lynched over shaman's death in Peru

AP ^ | April 23, 2018

[ConservativeStatement]

LIMA, Peru -- A 41-year-old Canadian who traveled to Peru to study hallucinogenic medicine was killed by a mob in a remote corner of the Amazon rain forest after people blamed him for the slaying of an elderly shaman, authorities said Sunday. Peru's attorney general's office said Sebastian Woodroffe was dragged by the neck shortly after the killing of Olivia Arevalo, an octogenarian plant healer from the Shipibo-Konibo tribe of northeastern Peru.

[Steely Tom]

The “Gorgeous Mosaic” strikes again.

[circlecity]

Note to self: Avoid drug taking aborigines.

[Larry Lucido]

Nothing good happens in the rainforest.

[PGR88]

Has someone already bought the film rights to his story?

[Sans-Culotte]

It’s not often that cosmic flakiness leads to death; in this case it did.

[Larry Lucido]

[Migraine]

changing careers to become an addiction counselor using hallucinogenic medicine

Yes, just think of all the possibilities!

[ClearCase_guy]

Bummer. Sounds like a real bad trip, man.

[Gay State Conservative]

I never have,and never will,set foot in any country or region where Spanish is the predominant language.I've set foot in a Portuguese speaking country and came very close to regretting it deeply (crime ridden).

[Delta 21]

Already been done. Dont be trippin on that Peruvian acid, man.

https://youtu.be/40FiMy-ak0k

[waterhill]

Talk about a bad trip....

[dowcaet]

With the title “Die to Get High”.

[waterhill]

Actually been tried before.
Psychotropic drugs are not addictive also.

[DJ Taylor]

FWIW, here’s a video of the last time I toured this part of the Amazon:

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=HIV3E3-Q2mY

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I have read that in many of the Amazon tribes, death is always believed to be caused by “witchcraft” and not natural. So when someone dies someone else is murdered for causing it.

[SgtHooper]

Obviously, he’s floating on a higher plane of consciousness now.

[Enchante]

"the Indiegogo crowd-funding website seeking financial help to advance his studies."

Wow, think of all the hippies on acid who could have said they were pursuing "studies"... is there a PhD in good trips?

[Migraine]

Psychotropic drugs are not addictive also.

Actually, there is an aversion, the opposite of addiction, that often comes with hallucinogens. Because sometimes what one sees while hallucinating is scary. People have gone into various shades of insanity from taking them.

[Company Man]

If only he had read “ “The Night Bird Blew for Doctor Warner”, by Terry Southern.