[Polybius]

Medline Plus ......poisoning from sucking nectar from the flowers or chewing leaves from the oleander or yellow oleander plant. Poisoning can also happen if you eat honey made by bees that used the oleander plant for nectar.

[LibFreeOrDie]

I know that oleanders are poisonous. The point of my post is whether the scout incident actually occurred or if it is urban legend.