Four people in Oregon experience hallucinations after coming into contact with elderly woman
- 8 years ago
NORTH BEND, OREGON — An unknown illness appears to have spread from one woman to four other people in Oregon, including two deputies, and caused them to have hallucinations.
According to KVAL News, the incident began at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, when a 57-year-old caregiver reported someone vandalizing her car outside the home where she works in North Bend.
A deputy responded her report but found nothing. The caregiver called the police again several hours later. The deputies then suspected the woman might be having hallucinations caused by medical issues.
She was taken to a hospital for examination, but medical personnel were unable to find anything unusual, so she was released.
Shortly after she was released, the two deputies who handled the caregiver began having hallucinations and had to be hospitalized. The woman who was cared by the woman and a hospital employee also began exhibiting symptoms of hallucinations and had to be hospitalized.
The Coos Bay Hazmat Team has not yet found the source of the contamination, but they said the illness appears to be passing through human contact.
According to KVAL News, the incident began at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, when a 57-year-old caregiver reported someone vandalizing her car outside the home where she works in North Bend.
A deputy responded her report but found nothing. The caregiver called the police again several hours later. The deputies then suspected the woman might be having hallucinations caused by medical issues.
She was taken to a hospital for examination, but medical personnel were unable to find anything unusual, so she was released.
Shortly after she was released, the two deputies who handled the caregiver began having hallucinations and had to be hospitalized. The woman who was cared by the woman and a hospital employee also began exhibiting symptoms of hallucinations and had to be hospitalized.
The Coos Bay Hazmat Team has not yet found the source of the contamination, but they said the illness appears to be passing through human contact.