'Witch doctor' fed blind motorcyclist LSD-laced gherkins

metro.co.uk ^ | March 25, 2010

[Free ThinkerNY]

A ‘witch doctor’ has been jailed for eight months after claiming he could cure a blind man – by feeding him gherkins laced with LSD.

Jobless hairdresser Patrick Baecker, 35, posed as a mystic healer and told Axel Pfeffer he would make him see for £20,000.

The court in Fehmarn, Germany, heard how the former motorcyclist had tried everything to restore his sight after losing it in a crash.

But instead Baecker fed him pickles laced with powerful mind-bending hallucinogenic drugs to induce visions.

‘You are a hairdresser, not a shaman,’ Judge Markus Faerber told Baecker in court.

[Grizzled Bear]

Ping just for the title!

[Rennes Templar]

Has to be a finalist for title of the year.

[Starboard]

Jobless hairdresser Patrick Baecker, 35, posed as a mystic healer and told Axel Pfeffer he would make him see for £20,000.

Sounds like he's well on his way to running for high office as a Democrat.

[gargoyle]

...”Shamans Blues”. Any contact info for Magic Alex???

[Semper Mark]

A Witch doctor/hair dresser, a blind motorcyclist and LSD laced gherkins ping.

This otta be good.

[Secret Agent Man]

Okay the phrase “hide the pickle” takes on a meaning I never would have thought of...

[Semper Mark]

A Witch doctor/hair dresser, a blind motorcyclist and LSD laced gherkins ping.

This otta be good.

[Starboard]

pickles laced with powerful mind-bending hallucinogenic drugs to induce visions

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. LOL.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[JoeSixPack1]

Oh this has your name all over it :O

PING

[Yardstick]

“You are a hairdresser, not a shaman”

That’s tagline material right there.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I think it’s safe to say the title of this article is in the “never been used before” category.

[Starboard]

“I think it’s safe to say the title of this article is in the “never been used before” category.”

You gotta admit, it was a real attention getter! A great hook. LOL.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

It’s true, it really has a lot going for it!

The whole article almost seems like someone with a bowl of those random-word refrigerator magnets bumped into a guy working a “mad-libs” puzzle.

I like the name “Axel Pfeffer”, too.

[Starboard]

This may be the tamest article on the page. Check out "The Weird Files" if you dare.

Thanks for posting. I needed a good laugh after watching all the healthcare crap.

[Army Air Corps]

Sight Potion Number 9?

[Beowulf9]

Yeahhhh, so this blind guy goes to the Shaman, who promises him the gift of sight. “All you have to do is eat these pickles...”

You’d think at about this time in the conversation a guy would’ve questioned his ‘Shaman skills’...

[Tainan]

classic thread comment bump

[Slings and Arrows]

You had me at "Witch Doctor."